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 Oxnard
- Water consumption in the City Of Oxnard decreased 12.17 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 19.15 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 657 million gallons
- August 2014 506 million gallons
- August 2015 605 million gallons
- August 2016 531 million gallons
- August 2017 506 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 55.0% of water consumption in the City Of Oxnard is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 9.18 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 47.50
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 52.30
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 596 million gallons
- 2015 559 million gallons
- 2016 513 million gallons
- 2013 569 million gallons
- 2015 525 million gallons
- 2016 503 million gallons
- 2013 668 million gallons
- 2015 624 million gallons
- 2016 557 million gallons
- 2013 729 million gallons
- 2015 643 million gallons
- 2016 597 million gallons
- 2013 816 million gallons
- 2015 670 million gallons
- 2016 677 million gallons
- 2013 808 million gallons
- 2015 648 million gallons
- 2016 691 million gallons
- 2013 841 million gallons
- 2015 661 million gallons
- 2016 724 million gallons
- 2013 826 million gallons
- 2015 669 million gallons
- 2016 728 million gallons
- 2013 784 million gallons
- 2015 630 million gallons
- 2016 691 million gallons
- 2013 785 million gallons
- 2015 636 million gallons
- 2016 667 million gallons
- 2013 685 million gallons
- 2015 599 million gallons
- 2016 581 million gallons
- 2013 657 million gallons
- 2015 605 million gallons
- 2016 531 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Oxnard water use decreased by 16.74 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — achieving a 12 percent reduction.
- 122.680
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 102.140
- 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 Oxnard to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received20 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received37 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received23 | Follow-up Actions14 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received23 | Follow-up Actions19 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received27 | Follow-up Actions19 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received20 | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received20 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received37 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received25 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received34 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received35 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received22 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued13 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions29 | Warnings Issued29 | Penalties Assessed4 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received29 | Follow-up Actions34 | Warnings Issued34 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received36 | Follow-up Actions31 | Warnings Issued31 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received81 | Follow-up Actions44 | Warnings Issued44 | Penalties Assessed9 |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received91 | Follow-up Actions87 | Warnings Issued87 | Penalties Assessed4 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received93 | Follow-up Actions116 | Warnings Issued116 | Penalties Assessed4 |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received113 | Follow-up Actions121 | Warnings Issued121 | Penalties Assessed6 |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received96 | Follow-up Actions188 | Warnings Issued188 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received79 | Follow-up Actions88 | Warnings Issued88 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received82 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued133 | Penalties Assessed6 |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received60 | Follow-up Actions48 | Warnings Issued43 | 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— |
Here are some ways you can help conserve water
Repair broken sprinklers
Plant California Friendly plants
Water before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m.
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.