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 Kerman
- Water consumption in the City Of Kerman increased 4.98 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 23.48 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 71 million gallons
- August 2014 57 million gallons
- August 2015 39 million gallons
- August 2016 41 million gallons
- August 2017 57 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 70.0% of water consumption in the City Of Kerman is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer increased 4.93 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 63.90
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 60.90
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 47 million gallons
- 2015 71 million gallons
- 2016 36 million gallons
- 2013 47 million gallons
- 2015 42 million gallons
- 2016 36 million gallons
- 2013 73 million gallons
- 2015 data not yet available
- 2016 45 million gallons
- 2013 94 million gallons
- 2015 82 million gallons
- 2016 62 million gallons
- 2013 125 million gallons
- 2015 92 million gallons
- 2016 88 million gallons
- 2013 142 million gallons
- 2015 102 million gallons
- 2016 108 million gallons
- 2013 150 million gallons
- 2015 104 million gallons
- 2016 120 million gallons
- 2013 137 million gallons
- 2015 106 million gallons
- 2016 117 million gallons
- 2013 121 million gallons
- 2015 95 million gallons
- 2016 100 million gallons
- 2013 99 million gallons
- 2015 76 million gallons
- 2016 83 million gallons
- 2013 71 million gallons
- 2015 49 million gallons
- 2016 53 million gallons
- 2013 53 million gallons
- 2015 39 million gallons
- 2016 41 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Kerman water use decreased by 27.80 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.
- 16.256
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 11.737
- 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 Kerman to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received19 | Follow-up Actions23 | Warnings Issued98 | Penalties Assessed21 |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received24 | Follow-up Actions41 | Warnings Issued156 | Penalties Assessed7 |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received19 | Follow-up Actions28 | Warnings Issued163 | Penalties Assessed26 |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received29 | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued259 | Penalties Assessed8 |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received53 | Follow-up Actions69 | Warnings Issued273 | Penalties Assessed31 |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received24 | Follow-up Actions30 | Warnings Issued164 | Penalties Assessed34 |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received43 | Follow-up Actions34 | Warnings Issued154 | Penalties Assessed31 |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received48 | Follow-up Actions52 | Warnings Issued190 | Penalties Assessed26 |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received27 | Follow-up Actions32 | Warnings Issued95 | Penalties Assessed9 |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received18 | Follow-up Actions21 | Warnings Issued184 | Penalties Assessed24 |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received24 | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued97 | Penalties Assessed21 |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received28 | Follow-up Actions53 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed11 |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received19 | Follow-up Actions23 | Warnings Issued98 | Penalties Assessed21 |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received24 | Follow-up Actions41 | Warnings Issued156 | Penalties Assessed7 |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received19 | Follow-up Actions28 | Warnings Issued163 | Penalties Assessed26 |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received29 | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued259 | Penalties Assessed8 |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received21 | Follow-up Actions32 | Warnings Issued204 | Penalties Assessed14 |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received40 | Follow-up Actions52 | Warnings Issued134 | Penalties Assessed22 |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received31 | Follow-up Actions40 | Warnings Issued161 | Penalties Assessed31 |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received28 | Follow-up Actions62 | Warnings Issued208 | Penalties Assessed31 |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received23 | Follow-up Actions45 | Warnings Issued121 | Penalties Assessed46 |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received32 | Follow-up Actions56 | Warnings Issued60 | Penalties Assessed56 |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received46 | Follow-up Actions102 | Warnings Issued87 | Penalties Assessed70 |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received36 | Follow-up Actions67 | Warnings Issued58 | Penalties Assessed53 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received41 | Follow-up Actions53 | Warnings Issued68 | Penalties Assessed56 |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions33 | Warnings Issued101 | Penalties Assessed48 |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions53 | Warnings Issued151 | Penalties Assessed91 |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received31 | Follow-up Actions42 | Warnings Issued195 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received28 | Follow-up Actions66 | Warnings Issued162 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received76 | Follow-up Actions196 | Warnings Issued96 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received61 | Follow-up Actions217 | Warnings Issued18 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions202 | Warnings Issued13 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2015 | Watering Days2 | 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 Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2014 | Watering Days2 | 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
Repair broken sprinklers
Take shorter showers
Repair leaks
Capture tap water
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.