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 South Pasadena
- Water consumption in the City Of South Pasadena decreased 3.49 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 21.45 percent over the past four years.
- August 2014 0 million gallons
- August 2015 84 million gallons
- August 2016 81 million gallons
- August 2017 84 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 77.0% of water consumption in the City Of South Pasadena is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 10.47 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 77.00
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 86.00
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 94 million gallons
- 2015 82 million gallons
- 2016 73 million gallons
- 2013 94 million gallons
- 2015 83 million gallons
- 2016 73 million gallons
- 2013 112 million gallons
- 2015 99 million gallons
- 2016 81 million gallons
- 2013 122 million gallons
- 2015 96 million gallons
- 2016 87 million gallons
- 2013 129 million gallons
- 2015 89 million gallons
- 2016 94 million gallons
- 2013 138 million gallons
- 2015 97 million gallons
- 2016 99 million gallons
- 2013 149 million gallons
- 2015 101 million gallons
- 2016 112 million gallons
- 2013 153 million gallons
- 2015 108 million gallons
- 2016 108 million gallons
- 2013 150 million gallons
- 2015 98 million gallons
- 2016 108 million gallons
- 2013 135 million gallons
- 2015 92 million gallons
- 2016 103 million gallons
- 2013 113 million gallons
- 2015 89 million gallons
- 2016 90 million gallons
- 2013 103 million gallons
- 2015 84 million gallons
- 2016 81 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of South Pasadena water use decreased by 27.79 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.
- 20.869
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 15.069
- 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 South Pasadena to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued12 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received33 | Follow-up Actions33 | Warnings Issued33 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued12 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued15 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued12 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received33 | Follow-up Actions33 | Warnings Issued33 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received20 | Follow-up Actions20 | Warnings Issued20 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received26 | Follow-up Actions26 | Warnings Issued26 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received21 | Follow-up Actions21 | Warnings Issued21 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received32 | Follow-up Actions32 | Warnings Issued32 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received81 | Follow-up Actions81 | Warnings Issued81 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received23 | Follow-up Actions23 | Warnings Issued23 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received23 | Follow-up Actions23 | Warnings Issued23 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions16 | Warnings Issued16 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued15 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions16 | Warnings Issued16 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received43 | Follow-up Actions43 | Warnings Issued43 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received20 | Follow-up Actions20 | Warnings Issued20 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received39 | Follow-up Actions39 | Warnings Issued39 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received26 | Follow-up Actions26 | Warnings Issued26 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received21 | Follow-up Actions21 | Warnings Issued21 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received35 | Follow-up Actions35 | Warnings Issued35 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received28 | Follow-up Actions28 | Warnings Issued28 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received29 | Follow-up Actions29 | Warnings Issued29 | 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— |
| 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 Days3 | Complaints Received30 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued30 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
Here are some ways you can help conserve water
Repair leaks
Wash cars with a bucket and sponge
Repair broken sprinklers
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.