Lake Worth Utilities is the second lowest consumer of water on a per person per day rate at 98 gallons, compared to other water utilities in Palm Beach County. The article notes that part of the reason for that may lie in the fact that we have mostly residential land uses and not a lot of commercial and industrial uses. This also affects our taxable property value. Redevelopment along Dixie Hwy. and getting the Park of Commerce on line might change these numbers. Click title for link.
[And,] according to Boynton Beach Utilities Department Director Colin Groff, that’s one of the ways Boynton Beach’s residents have been able to land in the top five — behind Palm Springs, Lake Worth Utilities and Wellington — in using the least amount of gallons of water a day in Palm Beach County. Residents in Boca Raton, Highland Beach and Manalapan use the most, according to the South Florida Water Management District.
“We are pretty low compared to most of the (communities),” Groff said. But, “we’ll have a goal of less than that.”
Boynton Beach uses an average of 131 gallons of water per person a day, according to the water management district’s Lower East Coast Water Supply Plan. The plan was released in 2013 and is based on 2010 numbers. The county’s average is 166 gallons, which is less than other municipalities including Jupiter, Riviera Beach, Delray Beach, West Palm Beach and Tequesta.
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