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 Riverside
- Water consumption in the City Of Riverside decreased 9.71 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 19.54 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 1408 million gallons
- August 2014 1063 million gallons
- August 2015 1255 million gallons
- August 2016 1133 million gallons
- August 2017 1063 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 59.0% of water consumption in the City Of Riverside is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 11.74 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 71.40
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 80.90
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 1322 million gallons
- 2015 1305 million gallons
- 2016 1026 million gallons
- 2013 1207 million gallons
- 2015 1129 million gallons
- 2016 1197 million gallons
- 2013 1570 million gallons
- 2015 1617 million gallons
- 2016 1267 million gallons
- 2013 1908 million gallons
- 2015 1680 million gallons
- 2016 1435 million gallons
- 2013 2275 million gallons
- 2015 1597 million gallons
- 2016 1656 million gallons
- 2013 2406 million gallons
- 2015 1866 million gallons
- 2016 1969 million gallons
- 2013 2567 million gallons
- 2015 1780 million gallons
- 2016 2184 million gallons
- 2013 2544 million gallons
- 2015 1947 million gallons
- 2016 2224 million gallons
- 2013 2370 million gallons
- 2015 1709 million gallons
- 2016 1986 million gallons
- 2013 1989 million gallons
- 2015 1606 million gallons
- 2016 1729 million gallons
- 2013 1614 million gallons
- 2015 1418 million gallons
- 2016 1437 million gallons
- 2013 1408 million gallons
- 2015 1255 million gallons
- 2016 1133 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Riverside water use decreased by 21.65 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.
- 324.526
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 254.276
- 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 Riverside to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received30 | Follow-up Actions30 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received27 | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received25 | Follow-up Actions25 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received46 | Follow-up Actions46 | Warnings Issued12 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received22 | Follow-up Actions22 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received24 | Follow-up Actions24 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received14 | Follow-up Actions14 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions16 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received14 | Follow-up Actions14 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received23 | Follow-up Actions23 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions16 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received27 | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received30 | Follow-up Actions30 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received27 | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received25 | Follow-up Actions25 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received46 | Follow-up Actions46 | Warnings Issued12 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received72 | Follow-up Actions72 | Warnings Issued17 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received46 | Follow-up Actions46 | Warnings Issued11 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received48 | Follow-up Actions48 | Warnings Issued13 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received43 | Follow-up Actions43 | Warnings Issued11 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received44 | Follow-up Actions44 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received44 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received68 | Follow-up Actions68 | Warnings Issued13 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received31 | Follow-up Actions31 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received60 | Follow-up Actions60 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received58 | Follow-up Actions58 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received87 | Follow-up Actions87 | Warnings Issued32 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received97 | Follow-up Actions97 | Warnings Issued21 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received153 | Follow-up Actions153 | Warnings Issued30 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received153 | Follow-up Actions153 | Warnings Issued30 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received129 | Follow-up Actions107 | Warnings Issued12 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received89 | Follow-up Actions89 | Warnings Issued14 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received103 | Follow-up Actions50 | Warnings Issued20 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | 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 Days7 | 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
Wash only full loads
Take shorter showers
Use a broom to clean the driveway or sidewalk
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.