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 Anaheim
- Water consumption in the City Of Anaheim increased 0.16 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 20.41 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 1459 million gallons
- August 2014 1241 million gallons
- August 2015 1236 million gallons
- August 2016 1238 million gallons
- August 2017 1241 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 56.0% of water consumption in the City Of Anaheim is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 2.95 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 62.40
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 64.30
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 1431 million gallons
- 2015 1438 million gallons
- 2016 1095 million gallons
- 2013 1302 million gallons
- 2015 1366 million gallons
- 2016 1107 million gallons
- 2013 1692 million gallons
- 2015 1594 million gallons
- 2016 1236 million gallons
- 2013 1657 million gallons
- 2015 1624 million gallons
- 2016 1424 million gallons
- 2013 1972 million gallons
- 2015 1484 million gallons
- 2016 1597 million gallons
- 2013 2179 million gallons
- 2015 1588 million gallons
- 2016 1666 million gallons
- 2013 2084 million gallons
- 2015 1507 million gallons
- 2016 1913 million gallons
- 2013 2216 million gallons
- 2015 1673 million gallons
- 2016 1871 million gallons
- 2013 2047 million gallons
- 2015 1563 million gallons
- 2016 1655 million gallons
- 2013 1942 million gallons
- 2015 1551 million gallons
- 2016 1616 million gallons
- 2013 1580 million gallons
- 2015 1435 million gallons
- 2016 1435 million gallons
- 2013 1555 million gallons
- 2015 1236 million gallons
- 2016 1238 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Anaheim water use decreased by 21.48 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — achieving a 20 percent reduction.
- 303.281
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 238.149
- 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 Anaheim to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received87 | Follow-up Actions87 | Warnings Issued80 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received156 | Follow-up Actions156 | Warnings Issued158 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received227 | Follow-up Actions227 | Warnings Issued135 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received285 | Follow-up Actions285 | Warnings Issued199 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received217 | Follow-up Actions217 | Warnings Issued34 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received62 | Follow-up Actions62 | Warnings Issued58 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received53 | Follow-up Actions53 | Warnings Issued51 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received71 | Follow-up Actions71 | Warnings Issued69 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received73 | Follow-up Actions73 | Warnings Issued67 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received53 | Follow-up Actions53 | Warnings Issued43 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received24 | Follow-up Actions24 | Warnings Issued23 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received46 | Follow-up Actions46 | Warnings Issued42 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received87 | Follow-up Actions87 | Warnings Issued80 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received156 | Follow-up Actions156 | Warnings Issued158 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received227 | Follow-up Actions227 | Warnings Issued135 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received285 | Follow-up Actions285 | Warnings Issued199 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received240 | Follow-up Actions240 | Warnings Issued218 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received169 | Follow-up Actions169 | Warnings Issued152 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received227 | Follow-up Actions227 | Warnings Issued204 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received174 | Follow-up Actions174 | Warnings Issued157 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received143 | Follow-up Actions143 | Warnings Issued135 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received168 | Follow-up Actions168 | Warnings Issued166 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received349 | Follow-up Actions349 | Warnings Issued336 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received263 | Follow-up Actions263 | Warnings Issued253 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received164 | Follow-up Actions164 | Warnings Issued159 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received316 | Follow-up Actions316 | Warnings Issued303 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received417 | Follow-up Actions417 | Warnings Issued412 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received472 | Follow-up Actions472 | Warnings Issued450 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received814 | Follow-up Actions814 | Warnings Issued770 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1313 | Follow-up Actions1313 | Warnings Issued1127 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received482 | Follow-up Actions524 | Warnings Issued284 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received301 | Follow-up Actions301 | Warnings Issued119 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received121 | Follow-up Actions121 | Warnings Issued451 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received89 | Follow-up Actions54 | Warnings Issued32 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2015 | Watering Days— | 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
Take shorter showers
Repair broken sprinklers
Wash only full loads
Turn the water off while brushing your teeth
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.