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 Sunnyvale
- Water consumption in the City Of Sunnyvale increased 2.01 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 18.72 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 428 million gallons
- August 2014 328 million gallons
- August 2015 341 million gallons
- August 2016 348 million gallons
- August 2017 328 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 66.0% of water consumption in the City Of Sunnyvale is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 2.92 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 49.90
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 51.40
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 362 million gallons
- 2015 386 million gallons
- 2016 318 million gallons
- 2013 422 million gallons
- 2015 345 million gallons
- 2016 318 million gallons
- 2013 478 million gallons
- 2015 457 million gallons
- 2016 361 million gallons
- 2013 588 million gallons
- 2015 432 million gallons
- 2016 423 million gallons
- 2013 751 million gallons
- 2015 466 million gallons
- 2016 481 million gallons
- 2013 703 million gallons
- 2015 453 million gallons
- 2016 551 million gallons
- 2013 783 million gallons
- 2015 496 million gallons
- 2016 583 million gallons
- 2013 751 million gallons
- 2015 479 million gallons
- 2016 602 million gallons
- 2013 638 million gallons
- 2015 482 million gallons
- 2016 561 million gallons
- 2013 616 million gallons
- 2015 318 million gallons
- 2016 465 million gallons
- 2013 507 million gallons
- 2015 359 million gallons
- 2016 357 million gallons
- 2013 428 million gallons
- 2015 341 million gallons
- 2016 348 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Sunnyvale water use decreased by 28.75 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — achieving a 16 percent reduction.
- 94.851
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 67.586
- 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 Sunnyvale to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued9 | 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— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued12 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions14 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received31 | Follow-up Actions31 | Warnings Issued24 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received33 | Follow-up Actions32 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received12 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received112 | Follow-up Actions124 | Warnings Issued62 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received80 | Follow-up Actions160 | Warnings Issued117 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received165 | Follow-up Actions161 | Warnings Issued30 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received77 | Follow-up Actions46 | Warnings Issued21 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received35 | Follow-up Actions29 | Warnings Issued17 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received64 | Follow-up Actions52 | Warnings Issued10 | 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— |
Here are some ways you can help conserve water
Wash only full loads
Capture tap water
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.