Where our water goes.
Every gallon The Villages is billed for by the City of San José, mapped to the meter that measured it and the district it serves. Reconciled line-for-line to the City invoice.
Community water use
This period by service typei
Find the meter that serves your home
Open the map, locate your street, and see recent usage for the meter serving your cluster of homes.
Browse the full meter roster
Search all 683 meters by address or meter number, filter by district or service type, and view each meter's history.
| District | Homes | Est. residents | Water used | District water cost | Est. cost / home | Est. cost / resident |
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Simple ways to save — outdoors
Outdoor watering is where most water — and most waste — happens. These changes have the biggest payoff.
Run irrigation before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m. so far less evaporates. San José rules restrict daytime sprinkler watering year-round.
Turn irrigation off during and after rain. A simple rain sensor — or the rule "1 inch this week, skip the next watering" — saves a lot.
A broken sprinkler head or dripping hose can waste gallons a minute. San José asks that leaks be repaired within five working days of noticing them.
Drip lines deliver water straight to the roots of trees, shrubs, and beds — using far less than spray heads. Valley Water rebates help cover the swap.
Drought-tolerant and California-native plants thrive in our climate on a fraction of a lawn's water — and there are rebates to convert.
Aim sprinklers so water lands on plants, not sidewalks and gutters (also required by city rules). Sweep hard surfaces instead of hosing them.
Simple ways to save — indoors
Put a few drops of food coloring in the toilet tank. If color reaches the bowl within 10 minutes, the flapper leaks — a cheap fix that can save tens of thousands of gallons a year.
Five minutes less saves about 15 gallons. A WaterSense showerhead saves more — and is free from your water provider (see below).
Run the dishwasher and washing machine only when full, and skip the pre-rinse — modern dishwashers don't need it and it saves ~24 gallons a load.
Free faucet aerators cut sink water use without any drop in pressure — one of the easiest swaps in the house.
High-efficiency toilets and clothes washers are the largest indoor savers — a new washer can use ~40% less. Rebates help offset the cost.
Rebates & free water-saving gear
Santa Clara County water agencies pay residents to upgrade — and give away efficient fixtures for free.
News & water education
The authoritative local, state, and national sources for water rules, tips, and updates.
| Service address | District | Service type | Meter no. | Latest (gal) |
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| Billing period | Total charged | Water used (gal) |
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How this works
How these numbers are produced
This portal shows the community's water the way the City of San José bills it. Every figure traces back to a City invoice — nothing is estimated or modeled.
What the current invoice contains
One pin for every billed meter
The map and roster show all meters on the current invoice — not one pin per address. Most homes do not have their own meter: about 584 residential meters serve roughly 2,500 homes, so a typical meter measures a small cluster of about four homes. Irrigation, commercial, and recycled-water meters keep shared landscaping and the golf course running and are billed to the community.
Reading the City's scans
The City provides paper and scanned bills. Optical character recognition occasionally garbles a meter number or an address digit (a leading “5” read as “6” or “8”). During reconciliation every line is matched to its true meter and address by cross-checking the reading and location, so the roster shows clean, corrected records while still tying to the City's dollar totals.
Districts
Each meter is assigned to one of thirteen residential districts, or to the Club category for golf-course, clubhouse, and shared commercial meters. The fourteen district views together account for every meter on the invoice.