We're not out of the woods, yet. (And probably never will be.)

Even though we've received record rain in the past year doesn't mean can just forget about the ever present Southern California drought.  We all still need to remain vigilant with our water usage, especially because on average 70% of a home's water is used in the landscape (although our goal is to get it as close to zero as possible).  A few of our local water purveyors, especially LADWP and Los Angeles County DPW, are creating more user-friendly billing strategies to help us visualize our usage through graphs and charts.   

Below is a sample of the new LADWP bill

This is what the water bill portion will look like. 

Here is the LA County DPW bill which shows what the tiered billing looks like.  They describe HCF (hundred cubic feet) as "units".

In our G3LA training, we were taught that when thinking about HCF (hundred cubic feet) which equals 748 gallons, we should understand how much water a person needs to survive in a year.  If a person needs 8 eight-ounce glasses of water a day that equals 183 gallons a year...how many people could you care for with your garden's water?