With increasing public awareness and conservation measures in the United States, residential indoor water use per person per day decreased from 69 gallons in 1999 to 59 gallons in 2016. (Residential End Uses of Water, Version 2: Executive Report, Water Research Foundation, ISBN 978-1-60573-236-7, April 2016)
In gallons per household per day (gphd), toilet flushing is the largest indoor use of water in single-family homes, followed by faucets, showers, clothes washers, leaks, bathtubs, other/miscellaneous, and dishwashers:
Outdoor water use is primarily landscape irrigation, which varies considerably by acreage, density of plantings, means of water delivery, types of plants, and time of year.
Alexander Valley Acres Mutual Water Company production by year:
| YEAR | GALLONS PRODUCED |
| 2005 | 17,697,448 |
| 2006 | 14,037,606 |
| 2007 | 14,856,704 |
| 2008 | 16,058,776 |
| 2009 | 15,005,106 |
| 2010 | 15,855,319 |
| 2011 | 9,268,700 |
| 2012 | 11,924,050 |
| 2013 | 14,312,000 |
| 2014 | 13,054,097 |
| 2015 | 8,618,098 |
| 2016 | 7,327,360 |
| 2017 | 10,957,000 |
| 2018 | 9,436,450 |
| 2019 | 8,538,430 |
| 2020 | 10,216,320 |
| 2021 | 6,797,400 |
| 2022 | 4,176,200 |
| 2023 | 4,736,600 |