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 Sierra Madre
- Water consumption in the City Of Sierra Madre decreased 21.98 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 17.08 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 53 million gallons
- August 2014 39 million gallons
- August 2015 56 million gallons
- August 2016 44 million gallons
- August 2017 39 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 94.0% of water consumption in the City Of Sierra Madre is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 24.69 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 119.90
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 159.20
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 52 million gallons
- 2015 44 million gallons
- 2016 47 million gallons
- 2013 53 million gallons
- 2015 45 million gallons
- 2016 43 million gallons
- 2013 67 million gallons
- 2015 54 million gallons
- 2016 44 million gallons
- 2013 73 million gallons
- 2015 data not yet available
- 2016 49 million gallons
- 2013 80 million gallons
- 2015 56 million gallons
- 2016 53 million gallons
- 2013 82 million gallons
- 2015 57 million gallons
- 2016 63 million gallons
- 2013 82 million gallons
- 2015 62 million gallons
- 2016 71 million gallons
- 2013 80 million gallons
- 2015 68 million gallons
- 2016 73 million gallons
- 2013 78 million gallons
- 2015 65 million gallons
- 2016 66 million gallons
- 2013 70 million gallons
- 2015 58 million gallons
- 2016 63 million gallons
- 2013 62 million gallons
- 2015 59 million gallons
- 2016 53 million gallons
- 2013 53 million gallons
- 2015 56 million gallons
- 2016 44 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Sierra Madre water use decreased by 21.24 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — but the agency failed to meet a 32 percent reduction.
- 11.748
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 9.252
- 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 Sierra Madre to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed5 |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed5 |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions16 | Warnings Issued16 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions18 | Warnings Issued18 | Penalties Assessed5 |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions18 | Warnings Issued18 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued19 | Penalties Assessed6 |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions17 | Warnings Issued17 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions21 | Warnings Issued26 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions61 | Warnings Issued61 | Penalties Assessed6 |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions32 | Warnings Issued46 | Penalties Assessed7 |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received11 | Follow-up Actions53 | Warnings Issued30 | Penalties Assessed6 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions130 | Warnings Issued24 | Penalties Assessed6 |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions89 | Warnings Issued53 | Penalties Assessed9 |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions108 | Warnings Issued14 | Penalties Assessed11 |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed1 |
| 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
Capture tap water
Take shorter showers
Repair leaks
Plant California Friendly plants
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.