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 City Of Alhambra
- Water consumption in the City Of Alhambra decreased 3.80 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 20.86 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 273 million gallons
- August 2014 228 million gallons
- August 2015 225 million gallons
- August 2016 216 million gallons
- August 2017 228 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 90.0% of water consumption in the City Of Alhambra is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 13.48 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 73.80
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 85.30
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 253 million gallons
- 2015 240 million gallons
- 2016 209 million gallons
- 2013 239 million gallons
- 2015 225 million gallons
- 2016 198 million gallons
- 2013 283 million gallons
- 2015 265 million gallons
- 2016 222 million gallons
- 2013 300 million gallons
- 2015 250 million gallons
- 2016 219 million gallons
- 2013 317 million gallons
- 2015 250 million gallons
- 2016 236 million gallons
- 2013 336 million gallons
- 2015 250 million gallons
- 2016 248 million gallons
- 2013 360 million gallons
- 2015 257 million gallons
- 2016 251 million gallons
- 2013 364 million gallons
- 2015 271 million gallons
- 2016 277 million gallons
- 2013 344 million gallons
- 2015 251 million gallons
- 2016 262 million gallons
- 2013 322 million gallons
- 2015 245 million gallons
- 2016 255 million gallons
- 2013 284 million gallons
- 2015 231 million gallons
- 2016 233 million gallons
- 2013 273 million gallons
- 2015 225 million gallons
- 2016 216 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Alhambra water use decreased by 23.48 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — but the agency failed to meet a 24 percent reduction.
- 51.469
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 39.385
- 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 City Of Alhambra to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received19 | Follow-up Actions11 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued21 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received19 | Follow-up Actions11 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received32 | Follow-up Actions32 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received20 | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received21 | Follow-up Actions21 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions11 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions13 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received36 | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received29 | Follow-up Actions29 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received28 | Follow-up Actions21 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received56 | Follow-up Actions50 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received34 | Follow-up Actions34 | Warnings Issued34 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received31 | Follow-up Actions31 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received78 | Follow-up Actions78 | Warnings Issued28 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received33 | Follow-up Actions33 | Warnings Issued28 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received41 | Follow-up Actions39 | Warnings Issued28 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received20 | Follow-up Actions20 | Warnings Issued20 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | 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
Capture tap water
Take shorter showers
Wash only full loads
Water before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m.
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.