Environment
Is California water use increasing?
Produced by Aaron Mendelson & Chris Keller | Updated Sept. 7, 2016
Sources: California Water Resources Control Board. Built using: django-bakery, underscore.js, backbone.js, leaflet.js, chartist.js & Bootstrap. Circles on a line distribution charts based on CensusReporter charts, design and code created by Ryan Pitts, Joe Germuska, Ian Dees and Sara Schnadt. Icon credits: Waste icon created by Luis Prado and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Washing Machine icon created by Megan Sheehan and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Bucket icon created by Nithin Viswanathan and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Water drop icon created by Diego Naive and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Broom icon created by Anna Weiss and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Clock icon created by Pavel Nikandrov and used via a Public Domain Mark from The Noun Project. Sprinkler icon created by Micah West and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Cactus icon created by Edward Boatman and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Shower icon used via a Public Domain Mark from The Noun Project.
August monthly water use by the City Of Oakdale
- Water consumption in the City Of Oakdale increased 28.40 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 12.88 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 74 million gallons
- August 2014 65 million gallons
- August 2015 50 million gallons
- August 2016 64 million gallons
- August 2017 65 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 79.0% of water consumption in the City Of Oakdale is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer increased 27.35 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 74.50
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 58.50
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 83 million gallons
- 2015 66 million gallons
- 2016 52 million gallons
- 2013 91 million gallons
- 2015 53 million gallons
- 2016 48 million gallons
- 2013 137 million gallons
- 2015 83 million gallons
- 2016 60 million gallons
- 2013 149 million gallons
- 2015 97 million gallons
- 2016 81 million gallons
- 2013 194 million gallons
- 2015 129 million gallons
- 2016 118 million gallons
- 2013 247 million gallons
- 2015 138 million gallons
- 2016 166 million gallons
- 2013 263 million gallons
- 2015 149 million gallons
- 2016 199 million gallons
- 2013 243 million gallons
- 2015 142 million gallons
- 2016 204 million gallons
- 2013 203 million gallons
- 2015 139 million gallons
- 2016 183 million gallons
- 2013 152 million gallons
- 2015 117 million gallons
- 2016 149 million gallons
- 2013 115 million gallons
- 2015 62 million gallons
- 2016 87 million gallons
- 2013 74 million gallons
- 2015 50 million gallons
- 2016 64 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Oakdale water use decreased by 40.68 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — achieving a 32 percent reduction.
- 27.297
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 16.192
- 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 Oakdale to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received22 | Follow-up Actions22 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received22 | Follow-up Actions22 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received21 | Follow-up Actions21 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received21 | Follow-up Actions21 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions14 | Warnings Issued12 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions16 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions14 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received14 | Follow-up Actions14 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received34 | Follow-up Actions34 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received28 | Follow-up Actions28 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received40 | Follow-up Actions20 | Warnings Issued20 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received32 | Follow-up Actions32 | Warnings Issued32 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received21 | Follow-up Actions83 | Warnings Issued62 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received34 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued12 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2014 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2014 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2014 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2014 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2014 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
Here are some ways you can help conserve water
Repair broken sprinklers
Capture tap water
Take shorter showers
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.