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 Fountain Valley
- Water consumption in the City Of Fountain Valley decreased 8.28 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 22.43 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 228 million gallons
- August 2014 193 million gallons
- August 2015 193 million gallons
- August 2016 177 million gallons
- August 2017 193 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 40.0% of water consumption in the City Of Fountain Valley is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 49.07 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 38.50
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 75.60
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 210 million gallons
- 2015 143 million gallons
- 2016 172 million gallons
- 2013 198 million gallons
- 2015 140 million gallons
- 2016 174 million gallons
- 2013 244 million gallons
- 2015 178 million gallons
- 2016 194 million gallons
- 2013 274 million gallons
- 2015 250 million gallons
- 2016 206 million gallons
- 2013 309 million gallons
- 2015 238 million gallons
- 2016 230 million gallons
- 2013 321 million gallons
- 2015 241 million gallons
- 2016 243 million gallons
- 2013 337 million gallons
- 2015 236 million gallons
- 2016 266 million gallons
- 2013 333 million gallons
- 2015 259 million gallons
- 2016 270 million gallons
- 2013 324 million gallons
- 2015 236 million gallons
- 2016 257 million gallons
- 2013 289 million gallons
- 2015 232 million gallons
- 2016 240 million gallons
- 2013 251 million gallons
- 2015 208 million gallons
- 2016 210 million gallons
- 2013 228 million gallons
- 2015 193 million gallons
- 2016 177 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Fountain Valley water use decreased by 22.18 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — achieving a 20 percent reduction.
- 46.431
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 36.133
- 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 Fountain Valley to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed5 |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received17 | Follow-up Actions17 | Warnings Issued17 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received20 | Follow-up Actions20 | Warnings Issued20 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received17 | Follow-up Actions17 | Warnings Issued17 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received18 | Follow-up Actions18 | Warnings Issued18 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received20 | Follow-up Actions20 | Warnings Issued20 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received27 | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued27 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received28 | Follow-up Actions28 | Warnings Issued28 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions120 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received159 | Follow-up Actions159 | Warnings Issued159 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received122 | Follow-up Actions122 | Warnings Issued122 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received41 | Follow-up Actions41 | Warnings Issued41 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received18 | Follow-up Actions18 | Warnings Issued18 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received38 | Follow-up Actions38 | Warnings Issued38 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received44 | Follow-up Actions44 | Warnings Issued44 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received53 | Follow-up Actions53 | Warnings Issued53 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received40 | Follow-up Actions40 | Warnings Issued40 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions13 | Warnings Issued13 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received20 | Follow-up Actions20 | Warnings Issued20 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued2 | 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
Plant California Friendly plants
Take shorter showers
Repair leaks
Wash only full loads
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.