Water Use Tracker In Madison

Water Conservation Tool

If you are a Madison resident, you can now monitor your water use. Do you know right now how much water you use watering your lawn? How about how much water you use doing laundry or taking a shower? Madison Water Utilities has made it easy for you to find out. Water Conservation is important; to that end Madison Water Utilities has unveiled Wisconsin’s first online water conservation tool. Right now you can see your monthly, daily, and even hourly water use to see exactly when you are using water and also how much.

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First Head to our Customer Care page to log in. If you’ve already signed up for eBills, you don’t need to create a new account. Don’t have an account? You’ll need the Customer Number and Account Number from your Municipal Services Bill to create one.

Once you’ve logged in, click “View My Usage” on the bottom left.

You’ll see your water usage graph for the past 30 days.

Setting up a water usage alert:

Our new online conservation tool doesn’t just let you view your water use, it lets you take control of your water use. Choose the number of gallons you want to use on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Go over that number, and you’ll get an email alert.

Click the “Sign Up for Notifications” box on the lower right of your 30 day water usage graph.

You’ll be taken to a screen to enter your notification settings.

Set a monthly, weekly or daily usage threshold (or all three!)

For more information about our Online Conservation Tool – People living in single family homes and duplexes in Madison currently use 60.9 gallons of water per person per day, but we hope to reduce that number by giving customers the detailed information they need to conserve. Thousands of MWU customers are taking the first, critical step towards conservation by tracking their detailed water use online. Once you know when you’re using water and how you’re using water, it’s easier to conserve.

Water usage graphs – How does your usage compare?

Here’s how monthly usage breaks down in Madison by household size:

Usage Alerts:

Action Plumbing Heating Air Conditioning & Electrical encourages everyone to sign up to be notified if your usage surpasses a threshold that you choose. Click on the link in the Sign Up for Notifications box that appears below your monthly usage graph.

• You can set up monthly, weekly, or daily water consumption thresholds.
• If your water use goes above the number of gallons that you’ve chosen, you’ll get an alert via email. An alert will also appear when you click “View My Usage” on the Customer Care page.
• Comparing previous usage – Head to the “Water Usage” tab on the upper left side of the screen and choose “Water Consumption Report” from the dropdown menu.
• From there, click on “overlay” to compare current data with the previous month, previous year, your average use or past weather information.
• Exporting data – While on the “Water Consumption Report” page, click on the icons on the upper right hand side to print your usage data, save as a jpeg image, or export as an Excel document or PDF.

Why This Matters To You As a Madison Resident:

In 2015, Madison’s annual water use made headlines nationwide when it dropped below 10 billion gallons for the first time in 47 years. This was quite an impressive report. In 2016, water use was down again — 1.3 percent from the year before. Madison Water Utility pumped 9.85 billion gallons of water to homes, schools and businesses across the city in 2016, that’s 129 million gallons less than 2015.

Almost half of the drop comes from the upcoming closure of Madison’s Oscar Mayer plant, which has long been the biggest water user in the city. Last year, the plant used 285.5 million gallons of water, which is about 62 million gallons less than it used 2015. Madison Water Utility expects the plant to only use about 50 million gallons of water in 2017 before production ceases in the spring.

Madison Water Utility is the first in Wisconsin to allow customers to view their monthly, daily, even hourly water use online. Tracking your water use can help you catch plumbing leaks and spot inefficient appliances and fixtures like old water softeners, washing machines and toilets. If you have an older toilet, consider taking advantage of our toilet rebate program to replace it with a high-efficiency model.

Saving water saves energy. It takes an enormous amount of energy to pump water from the ground and then pump it again to homes and businesses across Madison. We pump more than 8 tons of water from the aquifer every minute at every operating well across the city. Take a look at some of our conservation tips to see how you can conserve, and learn how to spot leaks in your home.

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