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 Fruitridge Vista Water Company
- Water consumption in the Fruitridge Vista Water Company increased 26.99 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has increased 5.57 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 64 million gallons
- August 2014 55 million gallons
- August 2015 53 million gallons
- August 2016 67 million gallons
- August 2017 55 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 99.0% of water consumption in the Fruitridge Vista Water Company is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer increased 27.09 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 100.40
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 79.00
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 72 million gallons
- 2015 66 million gallons
- 2016 68 million gallons
- 2013 59 million gallons
- 2015 68 million gallons
- 2016 53 million gallons
- 2013 71 million gallons
- 2015 61 million gallons
- 2016 55 million gallons
- 2013 109 million gallons
- 2015 66 million gallons
- 2016 84 million gallons
- 2013 119 million gallons
- 2015 91 million gallons
- 2016 80 million gallons
- 2013 135 million gallons
- 2015 84 million gallons
- 2016 103 million gallons
- 2013 185 million gallons
- 2015 112 million gallons
- 2016 137 million gallons
- 2013 142 million gallons
- 2015 91 million gallons
- 2016 107 million gallons
- 2013 148 million gallons
- 2015 86 million gallons
- 2016 121 million gallons
- 2013 99 million gallons
- 2015 92 million gallons
- 2016 73 million gallons
- 2013 97 million gallons
- 2015 59 million gallons
- 2016 56 million gallons
- 2013 64 million gallons
- 2015 53 million gallons
- 2016 67 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- Fruitridge Vista Water Company water use decreased by 29.45 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.
- 18.188
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 12.832
- 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 Fruitridge Vista Water Company 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 Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued15 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received17 | Follow-up Actions17 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received22 | Follow-up Actions22 | Warnings Issued6 | 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 Days2 | Complaints Received18 | Follow-up Actions15 | 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 Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | 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
Take shorter showers
Repair broken sprinklers
Plant California Friendly plants
Turn the water off while brushing your teeth
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.