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 San Bernardino
- Water consumption in the City Of San Bernardino increased 2.42 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 15.08 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 898 million gallons
- August 2014 726 million gallons
- August 2015 744 million gallons
- August 2016 762 million gallons
- August 2017 726 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 64.0% of water consumption in the City Of San Bernardino is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 4.61 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 78.70
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 82.50
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 818 million gallons
- 2015 805 million gallons
- 2016 685 million gallons
- 2013 753 million gallons
- 2015 801 million gallons
- 2016 653 million gallons
- 2013 958 million gallons
- 2015 984 million gallons
- 2016 790 million gallons
- 2013 1136 million gallons
- 2015 1028 million gallons
- 2016 854 million gallons
- 2013 1400 million gallons
- 2015 973 million gallons
- 2016 969 million gallons
- 2013 1546 million gallons
- 2015 1111 million gallons
- 2016 1189 million gallons
- 2013 1617 million gallons
- 2015 1135 million gallons
- 2016 1323 million gallons
- 2013 1781 million gallons
- 2015 1183 million gallons
- 2016 1357 million gallons
- 2013 1523 million gallons
- 2015 1053 million gallons
- 2016 1224 million gallons
- 2013 1268 million gallons
- 2015 970 million gallons
- 2016 1037 million gallons
- 2013 1007 million gallons
- 2015 840 million gallons
- 2016 905 million gallons
- 2013 898 million gallons
- 2015 744 million gallons
- 2016 762 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of San Bernardino water use decreased by 25.27 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.
- 205.864
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 153.838
- 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 San Bernardino to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received66 | Follow-up Actions64 | Warnings Issued64 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received112 | Follow-up Actions106 | Warnings Issued92 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received109 | Follow-up Actions105 | Warnings Issued97 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received174 | Follow-up Actions157 | Warnings Issued147 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received144 | Follow-up Actions140 | Warnings Issued117 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received163 | Follow-up Actions144 | Warnings Issued90 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received154 | Follow-up Actions137 | Warnings Issued120 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received176 | Follow-up Actions171 | Warnings Issued167 | Penalties Assessed14924 |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received168 | Follow-up Actions165 | Warnings Issued142 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received153 | Follow-up Actions149 | Warnings Issued131 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received57 | Follow-up Actions53 | Warnings Issued48 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received41 | Follow-up Actions40 | Warnings Issued38 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received66 | Follow-up Actions64 | Warnings Issued64 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received112 | Follow-up Actions106 | Warnings Issued92 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received109 | Follow-up Actions105 | Warnings Issued97 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received174 | Follow-up Actions157 | Warnings Issued147 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received204 | Follow-up Actions197 | Warnings Issued180 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received233 | Follow-up Actions221 | Warnings Issued201 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received285 | Follow-up Actions269 | Warnings Issued241 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received294 | Follow-up Actions275 | Warnings Issued256 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received143 | Follow-up Actions136 | Warnings Issued123 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received110 | Follow-up Actions101 | Warnings Issued75 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received65 | Follow-up Actions62 | Warnings Issued49 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received54 | Follow-up Actions52 | Warnings Issued25 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received57 | Follow-up Actions55 | Warnings Issued33 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received69 | Follow-up Actions67 | Warnings Issued43 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received119 | Follow-up Actions103 | Warnings Issued70 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received142 | Follow-up Actions113 | Warnings Issued92 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received213 | Follow-up Actions179 | Warnings Issued97 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received201 | Follow-up Actions172 | Warnings Issued84 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received199 | Follow-up Actions149 | Warnings Issued77 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received92 | Follow-up Actions82 | Warnings Issued31 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received148 | Follow-up Actions97 | Warnings Issued54 | 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 Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2014 | Watering Days7 | 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
Take shorter showers
Repair broken sprinklers
Repair leaks
Turn the water off while brushing your teeth
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.