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 Livingston
- Water consumption in the City Of Livingston increased 7.07 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 14.06 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 178 million gallons
- August 2014 148 million gallons
- August 2015 142 million gallons
- August 2016 153 million gallons
- August 2017 148 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 16.0% of water consumption in the City Of Livingston is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer increased 3.65 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 56.80
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 54.80
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 167 million gallons
- 2015 166 million gallons
- 2016 149 million gallons
- 2013 153 million gallons
- 2015 155 million gallons
- 2016 130 million gallons
- 2013 194 million gallons
- 2015 196 million gallons
- 2016 160 million gallons
- 2013 198 million gallons
- 2015 201 million gallons
- 2016 175 million gallons
- 2013 225 million gallons
- 2015 199 million gallons
- 2016 194 million gallons
- 2013 227 million gallons
- 2015 220 million gallons
- 2016 220 million gallons
- 2013 253 million gallons
- 2015 235 million gallons
- 2016 236 million gallons
- 2013 255 million gallons
- 2015 208 million gallons
- 2016 223 million gallons
- 2013 217 million gallons
- 2015 186 million gallons
- 2016 203 million gallons
- 2013 223 million gallons
- 2015 181 million gallons
- 2016 194 million gallons
- 2013 191 million gallons
- 2015 100 million gallons
- 2016 151 million gallons
- 2013 178 million gallons
- 2015 142 million gallons
- 2016 153 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Livingston water use decreased by 16.15 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.
- 34.732
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 29.123
- 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 Livingston to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions19 | Warnings Issued19 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions59 | Warnings Issued59 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions19 | Warnings Issued19 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions59 | Warnings Issued59 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions65 | Warnings Issued65 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions58 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed8 |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions30 | Warnings Issued30 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions29 | Warnings Issued29 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions55 | Warnings Issued55 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions47 | Warnings Issued47 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions62 | Warnings Issued62 | Penalties Assessed4 |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received14 | Follow-up Actions14 | Warnings Issued14 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions16 | Warnings Issued16 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued20 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued— | 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
Wash cars with a bucket and sponge
Capture tap water
Plant California Friendly plants
Water before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m.
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.