How much water does the City of Bend use each year?
The city of Bend uses approximately 9200 acre feet per year, or about 0.015%. An acre foot is 325,000 gallons and is a common measurement. The City of Bend’s typical demand is approximately 4.99 million gallons per day during winter months and peaks at 26.0 million gallons per day during the hot summer months. Much of this summer use is on outdoor irrigation of lawns and gardens. The city of Bend used about 4,366,380,500 gallons (about 4.33 billion gallons) of water during the 2004 calendar year.*www.ci.bend.or.
