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 Upland
- Water consumption in the City Of Upland decreased 6.94 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 24.47 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 431 million gallons
- August 2014 305 million gallons
- August 2015 350 million gallons
- August 2016 326 million gallons
- August 2017 305 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 69.0% of water consumption in the City Of Upland is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 7.96 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 94.80
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 103.00
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 372 million gallons
- 2015 325 million gallons
- 2016 278 million gallons
- 2013 357 million gallons
- 2015 378 million gallons
- 2016 310 million gallons
- 2013 484 million gallons
- 2015 463 million gallons
- 2016 349 million gallons
- 2013 608 million gallons
- 2015 492 million gallons
- 2016 407 million gallons
- 2013 713 million gallons
- 2015 432 million gallons
- 2016 451 million gallons
- 2013 763 million gallons
- 2015 531 million gallons
- 2016 554 million gallons
- 2013 810 million gallons
- 2015 520 million gallons
- 2016 637 million gallons
- 2013 828 million gallons
- 2015 554 million gallons
- 2016 664 million gallons
- 2013 752 million gallons
- 2015 504 million gallons
- 2016 587 million gallons
- 2013 642 million gallons
- 2015 443 million gallons
- 2016 520 million gallons
- 2013 475 million gallons
- 2015 420 million gallons
- 2016 434 million gallons
- 2013 431 million gallons
- 2015 350 million gallons
- 2016 326 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Upland water use decreased by 27.53 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — but the agency failed to meet a 36 percent reduction.
- 98.864
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 71.648
- 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 Upland to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received51 | Follow-up Actions51 | Warnings Issued14 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received60 | Follow-up Actions60 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received94 | Follow-up Actions94 | Warnings Issued35 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received102 | Follow-up Actions102 | Warnings Issued42 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received47 | Follow-up Actions47 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received30 | Follow-up Actions30 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received66 | Follow-up Actions66 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received43 | Follow-up Actions43 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received17 | Follow-up Actions17 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received41 | Follow-up Actions41 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received49 | Follow-up Actions49 | Warnings Issued21 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received63 | Follow-up Actions63 | Warnings Issued26 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received51 | Follow-up Actions51 | Warnings Issued14 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received60 | Follow-up Actions60 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received94 | Follow-up Actions94 | Warnings Issued35 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received102 | Follow-up Actions102 | Warnings Issued42 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received47 | Follow-up Actions47 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received27 | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received67 | Follow-up Actions67 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received48 | Follow-up Actions48 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received48 | Follow-up Actions48 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received30 | Follow-up Actions30 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received20 | Follow-up Actions20 | Warnings Issued17 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received37 | Follow-up Actions37 | Warnings Issued7 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received42 | Follow-up Actions42 | Warnings Issued34 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received30 | Follow-up Actions30 | Warnings Issued27 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received72 | Follow-up Actions72 | Warnings Issued72 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received98 | Follow-up Actions98 | Warnings Issued84 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received119 | Follow-up Actions119 | Warnings Issued84 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received37 | Follow-up Actions37 | Warnings Issued28 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received26 | Follow-up Actions26 | Warnings Issued21 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received26 | Follow-up Actions26 | Warnings Issued20 | 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— |
| 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 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.