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 Imperial
- Water consumption in the City Of Imperial increased 3.31 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 0.81 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 57 million gallons
- August 2014 51 million gallons
- August 2015 54 million gallons
- August 2016 56 million gallons
- August 2017 51 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 76.0% of water consumption in the City Of Imperial is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer increased 1.60 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 76.30
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 75.10
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 53 million gallons
- 2015 52 million gallons
- 2016 48 million gallons
- 2013 51 million gallons
- 2015 53 million gallons
- 2016 51 million gallons
- 2013 69 million gallons
- 2015 64 million gallons
- 2016 65 million gallons
- 2013 78 million gallons
- 2015 73 million gallons
- 2016 68 million gallons
- 2013 94 million gallons
- 2015 76 million gallons
- 2016 78 million gallons
- 2013 101 million gallons
- 2015 78 million gallons
- 2016 83 million gallons
- 2013 100 million gallons
- 2015 79 million gallons
- 2016 91 million gallons
- 2013 93 million gallons
- 2015 85 million gallons
- 2016 91 million gallons
- 2013 82 million gallons
- 2015 76 million gallons
- 2016 82 million gallons
- 2013 80 million gallons
- 2015 73 million gallons
- 2016 78 million gallons
- 2013 66 million gallons
- 2015 62 million gallons
- 2016 68 million gallons
- 2013 57 million gallons
- 2015 54 million gallons
- 2016 56 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Imperial water use decreased by 11.65 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.
- 12.936
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 11.430
- 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 Imperial to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received89 | Follow-up Actions89 | Warnings Issued89 | Penalties Assessed39 |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received88 | Follow-up Actions88 | Warnings Issued16 | Penalties Assessed16 |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received125 | Follow-up Actions125 | Warnings Issued55 | Penalties Assessed55 |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received55 | Follow-up Actions55 | Warnings Issued55 | Penalties Assessed15 |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received91 | Follow-up Actions91 | Warnings Issued91 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received77 | Follow-up Actions77 | Warnings Issued12 | Penalties Assessed12 |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received104 | Follow-up Actions104 | Warnings Issued39 | Penalties Assessed39 |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received122 | Follow-up Actions122 | Warnings Issued122 | Penalties Assessed33 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received139 | Follow-up Actions139 | Warnings Issued139 | Penalties Assessed43 |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received159 | Follow-up Actions159 | Warnings Issued128 | Penalties Assessed31 |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received281 | Follow-up Actions37 | Warnings Issued244 | Penalties Assessed37 |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received220 | Follow-up Actions23 | Warnings Issued197 | Penalties Assessed23 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received220 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued220 | Penalties Assessed7 |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued13 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued15 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
Here are some ways you can help conserve water
Wash cars with a bucket and sponge
Plant California Friendly plants
Take shorter showers
Repair leaks
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.