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 La Habra
- Water consumption in the City Of La Habra decreased 1.40 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 25.96 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 230 million gallons
- August 2014 214 million gallons
- August 2015 173 million gallons
- August 2016 170 million gallons
- August 2017 214 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 80.0% of water consumption in the City Of La Habra is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer increased 0.73 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 69.40
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 68.90
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 182 million gallons
- 2015 198 million gallons
- 2016 155 million gallons
- 2013 166 million gallons
- 2015 217 million gallons
- 2016 162 million gallons
- 2013 203 million gallons
- 2015 261 million gallons
- 2016 176 million gallons
- 2013 274 million gallons
- 2015 224 million gallons
- 2016 213 million gallons
- 2013 294 million gallons
- 2015 210 million gallons
- 2016 226 million gallons
- 2013 313 million gallons
- 2015 241 million gallons
- 2016 286 million gallons
- 2013 326 million gallons
- 2015 230 million gallons
- 2016 271 million gallons
- 2013 316 million gallons
- 2015 245 million gallons
- 2016 301 million gallons
- 2013 337 million gallons
- 2015 261 million gallons
- 2016 243 million gallons
- 2013 299 million gallons
- 2015 226 million gallons
- 2016 237 million gallons
- 2013 229 million gallons
- 2015 211 million gallons
- 2016 220 million gallons
- 2013 230 million gallons
- 2015 173 million gallons
- 2016 170 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of La Habra water use decreased by 20.48 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — but the agency failed to meet a 28 percent reduction.
- 44.365
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 35.279
- 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 La Habra to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions29 | Warnings Issued15 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions40 | Warnings Issued37 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions46 | Warnings Issued47 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued12 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued11 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued15 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions20 | Warnings Issued12 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions17 | Warnings Issued15 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued18 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions18 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions21 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions29 | Warnings Issued15 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions40 | Warnings Issued37 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions46 | Warnings Issued47 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions53 | Warnings Issued40 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions30 | Warnings Issued25 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions59 | Warnings Issued54 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued44 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions84 | Warnings Issued42 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions24 | Warnings Issued56 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions53 | Warnings Issued14 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued53 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions63 | Warnings Issued28 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions25 | Warnings Issued48 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions78 | Warnings Issued78 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions49 | Warnings Issued49 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions37 | Warnings Issued37 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received21 | Follow-up Actions21 | Warnings Issued21 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions43 | Warnings Issued43 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions37 | Warnings Issued37 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | 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
Water before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m.
Plant California Friendly plants
Wash cars with a bucket and sponge
Take shorter showers
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.