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 Vacaville
- Water consumption in the City Of Vacaville decreased 21.19 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 21.19 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 316 million gallons
- August 2014 248 million gallons
- August 2015 312 million gallons
- August 2016 246 million gallons
- August 2017 248 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 72.0% of water consumption in the City Of Vacaville is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 21.10 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 63.20
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 80.10
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 269 million gallons
- 2015 260 million gallons
- 2016 222 million gallons
- 2013 291 million gallons
- 2015 241 million gallons
- 2016 208 million gallons
- 2013 405 million gallons
- 2015 345 million gallons
- 2016 238 million gallons
- 2013 465 million gallons
- 2015 360 million gallons
- 2016 313 million gallons
- 2013 631 million gallons
- 2015 414 million gallons
- 2016 411 million gallons
- 2013 686 million gallons
- 2015 440 million gallons
- 2016 498 million gallons
- 2013 748 million gallons
- 2015 459 million gallons
- 2016 562 million gallons
- 2013 718 million gallons
- 2015 453 million gallons
- 2016 572 million gallons
- 2013 616 million gallons
- 2015 421 million gallons
- 2016 505 million gallons
- 2013 528 million gallons
- 2015 528 million gallons
- 2016 376 million gallons
- 2013 388 million gallons
- 2015 388 million gallons
- 2016 264 million gallons
- 2013 312 million gallons
- 2015 312 million gallons
- 2016 246 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Vacaville water use decreased by 23.46 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.
- 80.349
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 61.496
- 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 Vacaville to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received93 | Follow-up Actions93 | Warnings Issued93 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received118 | Follow-up Actions118 | Warnings Issued118 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received60 | Follow-up Actions60 | Warnings Issued60 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received69 | Follow-up Actions69 | Warnings Issued69 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received161 | Follow-up Actions161 | Warnings Issued161 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received27 | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued27 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received71 | Follow-up Actions71 | Warnings Issued71 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received42 | Follow-up Actions42 | Warnings Issued42 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received14 | Follow-up Actions14 | Warnings Issued14 | 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 Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2014 | Watering Days2 | 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
Plant California Friendly plants
Take shorter showers
Repair broken sprinklers
Capture tap water
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.