Water Facts & Figures
The following tables show trends in water consumption throughout the Tweed Shire since 1991.
Key points from the tables are:
- Residential consumption is around 60% of annual water usage
- Daily residential consumption per capita has steadily fallen since 2002
- The shire used less water in 2008 than it did in 1991
|
1991
|
5815
(63%)
|
1584
(17%)
|
201
(2%)
|
162
(2%)
|
185
(2%)
|
100
(1%)
|
242
(3%)
|
902
(10%)
|
9190
(100%)
|
|
1995/96
|
5163
(60%)
|
1400
(16%)
|
144
(2%)
|
150
(2%)
|
171
(2%)
|
70
(1%)
|
257
(3%)
|
1170
(14%)
|
8526
(100%)
|
|
2000/01
|
5833
(60%)
|
1827
(19%)
|
211
(2%)
|
171
(2%)
|
195
(2%)
|
105
(1%)
|
260
(3%)
|
1081
(11%)
|
9683
(100%)
|
|
2005/06
|
5703
(60%)
|
1563
(16%)
|
241
(3%)
|
166
(2%)
|
170
(2%)
|
57
(1%)
|
241
(3%)
|
1245
(13%)
|
9386
(100%)
|
|
2006/07
|
6004
(64%)
|
1401
(15%)
|
143
(1%)
|
47
(0%)
|
209
(2%)
|
38
(0%)
|
258
(3%)
|
1465
(15%)
|
9566
(100%)
|
|
2007/08
|
5251
(59.43%)
|
1015
(11.49%)
|
242
(2.74%)
|
154
(1.74%)
|
600
(6.79%)
|
66
(0.75%)
|
181
(2.05%)
|
1327
(15.01%)
|
8836
(100%)
|
|
2000/01
|
64,624
|
5,833
|
90,261
|
247
|
|
2001/02
|
65,614
|
6,215
|
94,721
|
260
|
|
2002/03
|
66,604
|
5,552
|
83,358
|
228
|
|
2003/04
|
67,594
|
5,690
|
84,179
|
231
|
|
2004/05
|
68,584
|
5,996
|
87,426
|
240
|
|
2005/06
|
69,574
|
5,703
|
81,970
|
225
|
|
2006/07
|
70,564
|
6,004
|
85,086
|
233
|
|
2007/08
|
71,554
|
5,251
|
73,385
|
201
|
|