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 Redding
- Water consumption in the City Of Redding increased 0.99 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 22.04 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 416 million gallons
- August 2014 341 million gallons
- August 2015 321 million gallons
- August 2016 324 million gallons
- August 2017 341 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 62.0% of water consumption in the City Of Redding is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 8.67 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 71.60
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 78.40
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 363 million gallons
- 2015 349 million gallons
- 2016 308 million gallons
- 2013 372 million gallons
- 2015 327 million gallons
- 2016 284 million gallons
- 2013 501 million gallons
- 2015 474 million gallons
- 2016 316 million gallons
- 2013 628 million gallons
- 2015 520 million gallons
- 2016 462 million gallons
- 2013 979 million gallons
- 2015 660 million gallons
- 2016 611 million gallons
- 2013 1106 million gallons
- 2015 770 million gallons
- 2016 825 million gallons
- 2013 1292 million gallons
- 2015 872 million gallons
- 2016 1003 million gallons
- 2013 1219 million gallons
- 2015 832 million gallons
- 2016 1033 million gallons
- 2013 974 million gallons
- 2015 741 million gallons
- 2016 902 million gallons
- 2013 780 million gallons
- 2015 634 million gallons
- 2016 536 million gallons
- 2013 556 million gallons
- 2015 408 million gallons
- 2016 339 million gallons
- 2013 416 million gallons
- 2015 321 million gallons
- 2016 324 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Redding water use decreased by 28.60 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — but the agency failed to meet a 36 percent reduction.
- 128.609
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 91.831
- 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 Redding to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received11 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received28 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received39 | Follow-up Actions39 | Warnings Issued39 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received85 | Follow-up Actions85 | Warnings Issued85 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received301 | Follow-up Actions301 | Warnings Issued320 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received400 | Follow-up Actions400 | Warnings Issued341 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received70 | Follow-up Actions70 | Warnings Issued46 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received44 | Follow-up Actions44 | Warnings Issued29 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received47 | Follow-up Actions47 | Warnings Issued38 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | 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
Plant California Friendly plants
Use a broom to clean the driveway or sidewalk
Take shorter showers
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.