Top 10 Whittier water users

The Whittier City Council at its 6:30 p.m. meeting tonight is most likely going to approve a water bond issue of a little more than $8 million. But included in the staff report is some interesting information about water usage in the city -- at least the 53 percent of Whittier served by the municipal system.

However, the information probably isn't too surprising. The biggest user of water is the city itself for its parks. And the city also thus provides the most money to the water system.
And yet there are no large users. Whittier is responsible for 2.3 percent of consumption and 2.8 percent of revenue.

Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital is the largest private user. The top users also include four schools and two senior citizen complexes.

The top 10 users make up for 236,060 100 cubic feet in water use. Total consumption in the city is nearly 3.3 million of 100 cubic feet. They also produce $483,333, with total water sales of $6.3 million. Here are the numbers in hundred cubic feet and annual revenue for the top 10 users.

Whittier city parks,       76,987  $156.2 million
Presbyterian Hospital    58,938 $117.6 million
Whittier College            47,964 $104.7 million
Whittier High School      9,971   $19.9 million
Chateau-Merrill Gardens 8,606   $17.3 million
Whittier Market Place    8,436   $16.8 million
Lutheran Towers            8,420   $16.9 million
D. Quan Laundromat      6,034   $12 million
Dexter Middle School     5,476   $11 million
Ocean View School       5,228    $10.5 million