Environment
Is California water use increasing?
Produced by Aaron Mendelson & Chris Keller | Updated Sept. 7, 2016
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August monthly water use by the Castaic Lake Water Agency Santa Clarita Water Division
- Water consumption in the Castaic Lake Water Agency Santa Clarita Water Division decreased 6.22 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 21.69 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 577 million gallons
- August 2014 346 million gallons
- August 2015 482 million gallons
- August 2016 452 million gallons
- August 2017 346 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 72.0% of water consumption in the Castaic Lake Water Agency Santa Clarita Water Division is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 6.35 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 85.50
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 91.30
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 514 million gallons
- 2015 460 million gallons
- 2016 364 million gallons
- 2013 472 million gallons
- 2015 450 million gallons
- 2016 435 million gallons
- 2013 626 million gallons
- 2015 534 million gallons
- 2016 473 million gallons
- 2013 751 million gallons
- 2015 572 million gallons
- 2016 520 million gallons
- 2013 909 million gallons
- 2015 587 million gallons
- 2016 661 million gallons
- 2013 1005 million gallons
- 2015 691 million gallons
- 2016 781 million gallons
- 2013 1117 million gallons
- 2015 686 million gallons
- 2016 926 million gallons
- 2013 1126 million gallons
- 2015 746 million gallons
- 2016 971 million gallons
- 2013 1054 million gallons
- 2015 658 million gallons
- 2016 862 million gallons
- 2013 845 million gallons
- 2015 656 million gallons
- 2016 754 million gallons
- 2013 647 million gallons
- 2015 576 million gallons
- 2016 585 million gallons
- 2013 577 million gallons
- 2015 482 million gallons
- 2016 452 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- Castaic Lake Water Agency Santa Clarita Water Division water use decreased by 27.96 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — but the agency failed to meet a 32 percent reduction.
- 135.015
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 97.266
- billion gallons consumed
- between June 2015 and February 2016.
*: Approved by the State Water Resources Control Board in 2015, the reduction target was meant to achieve a 25 percent reduction in water use statewide. It is tied to an average July through Sept. 2014 daily per capita residential water use rate that placed water agencies into nine tiers.
Enforcement statistics
- Selected enforcement statistics reported by the Castaic Lake Water Agency Santa Clarita Water Division to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued11 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued27 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued38 | Penalties Assessed5 |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received11 | Follow-up Actions11 | Warnings Issued27 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received19 | Follow-up Actions19 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received14 | Follow-up Actions14 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued11 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued27 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued38 | Penalties Assessed5 |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received11 | Follow-up Actions11 | Warnings Issued27 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued36 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received42 | Follow-up Actions42 | Warnings Issued71 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received63 | Follow-up Actions63 | Warnings Issued134 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received55 | Follow-up Actions55 | Warnings Issued203 | Penalties Assessed5 |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued44 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received21 | Follow-up Actions21 | Warnings Issued50 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received21 | Follow-up Actions21 | Warnings Issued42 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received11 | Follow-up Actions11 | Warnings Issued26 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions13 | Warnings Issued57 | Penalties Assessed4 |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received62 | Follow-up Actions62 | Warnings Issued101 | Penalties Assessed6 |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received93 | Follow-up Actions93 | Warnings Issued103 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received128 | Follow-up Actions128 | Warnings Issued355 | Penalties Assessed62 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received189 | Follow-up Actions189 | Warnings Issued992 | Penalties Assessed169 |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received206 | Follow-up Actions206 | Warnings Issued1369 | Penalties Assessed133 |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received253 | Follow-up Actions253 | Warnings Issued1544 | Penalties Assessed9 |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received127 | Follow-up Actions127 | Warnings Issued127 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received83 | Follow-up Actions83 | Warnings Issued83 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received47 | Follow-up Actions47 | Warnings Issued47 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received38 | Follow-up Actions38 | Warnings Issued38 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2014 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2014 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2014 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2014 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2014 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
Here are some ways you can help conserve water
Take shorter showers
Capture tap water
Repair broken sprinklers
Plant California Friendly plants
About the data: This data is for urban water suppliers and is based on the the most recent reports submitted to the State Water Resources Control Board. Since the gallons of water used per person per day measurement does not take into account rainfall, temperature, humidity and population density, the State Water Resources Control Board discourages comparisons between water suppliers.