Imperial’s water footprint
The Imperial Irrigation District used 2.6 million acre-feet of Colorado River water in 2021.
(Scale in millions of acre-feet)
![Chart showing use of Colorado River water by Nevada, 242,168 acre feet; Arizona, 2.4 million acre feet; and California, 4.4 million acre feet, of which 2.6 million is used by the Imperial Irrigation District.](/projects/repowering-the-west/assets/img/ai2html/la-enviro-imperial-water-footprint-desktop.9d9e08d6.png)
4.4 million
2.4 million
2.6
million
242,168
Nevada
Arizona
California
![Chart showing use of Colorado River water by Nevada, 242,168 acre feet; Arizona, 2.4 million acre feet; and California, 4.4 million acre feet, of which 2.6 million is used by the Imperial Irrigation District.](/projects/repowering-the-west/assets/img/ai2html/la-enviro-imperial-water-footprint-mobile.879436da.png)
4.4
million
2.4
million
2.6
million
242,168
Nev.
Ariz.
Calif.
Bureau of Reclamation
Consumption comparison
Overall water used by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power compared with Colorado River water used by the Imperial Irrigation District in 2021.
(Scale in millions of acre-feet)
![Chart showing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s overall water use, 491,119 acre feet in 2021, compared with the Imperial Irrigation District’s consumption of Colorado River water, 2.6 million acre feet, in the same year.](/projects/repowering-the-west/assets/img/ai2html/la-enviro-imperial-water-comparison-desktop.afb7ba9e.png)
2.6 million
491,119
Imperial Irrigation
District
LADWP
![Chart showing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s overall water use, 491,119 acre feet in 2021, compared with the Imperial Irrigation District’s consumption of Colorado River water, 2.6 million acre feet, in the same year.](/projects/repowering-the-west/assets/img/ai2html/la-enviro-imperial-water-comparison-mobile.874e9c5a.png)
2.6 million
491,119
Imperial Irrigation
District
LADWP
California State Water Resources Control Board, Bureau of Reclamation
LOS ANGELES TIMES