Water Production & Consumption, 1982 to 2020

		(in Millions of Gallons)
Year	Production	Consumption	Wastage/Loss	No. of Consumers On File
1982	1,830	1,281	549	..
1983	1,840	1,375	465	..
1984	2,057	1,588	469	..
1985	2,048	1,606	442	15,934
1986	2,255	1,620	635	18,605
1987	2,381	1,672	709	20,488
1988	2,550	1,850	700	21,711
1989	2,325	1,697	628	23,742
1990	2,402	1,885	517	25,424
1991	2,376	1,914	462	26,850
1992	3,068	2,057	1,011	29,634
1993	3,160	2,212	948	31,000
1994	2,366	1,982	473	33,000
1995	2,579	2,115	464	33,752
1996	2,468	2,035	432	37,782
1997	2,739	2,353	386	37,990
1998	2,909	1,997	912	39,416
1999	3,459	1,660	1,799	..
2000	3,641	1,930	1,711	39,618
2001	3,641	2,025	1,616	47,493
2002	3,207	1,764	1,443	51,696
2003	3,165	1,870	1,295	36,312
2004	3,146	1,882	1,264	36,472
2005	4,128	2,384	1,744	54,061
2006	4,352	2,568	1,784	55,492
2007	4,340	1,920	2,420	56,966
2008	4,291	1,975	2,316	58,004
2009	4,842	1,496	3,346	58,929
2010	3,867	926	2,941	59,441
2011	3,909	1,786	2,123	59,996
2012	5,547	2,188	3,359	60,583
2013	5,122	1,769	3,352	62,072
2014	4,686	1,783	2,902	63,329
2015	3,288	1,401	1,887	64,356
2016	3114	2275	..	..
2017	..	1897	..	..
2018	..	1980	..	..
2019	..	1947	..	..
2020*	..	1357	..	..
*Data available for January to October
.. Not available for a specific reference period
Note: unaccounted for water according to the World Bank was 52% and 47% in 1999 and 2000 respectively. In 2003, accounts that were inactive and duplicated were deleted from the system. In 2006, the meter for Theobalds T. Plant was Faulty. In 2010, a drought spell and hurricane Tomas in October 2010 left the meter for Canaries faulty for the year.
Source: Water and Sewage Company Inc. (WASCO)
Last updated: 23/05/2021 by Olympia Joseph