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 Irvine Ranch Water District
- Water consumption in the Irvine Ranch Water District decreased 2.07 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 14.88 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 1467 million gallons
- August 2014 1373 million gallons
- August 2015 1275 million gallons
- August 2016 1248 million gallons
- August 2017 1373 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 63.0% of water consumption in the Irvine Ranch Water District is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 3.32 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 64.00
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 66.20
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 1410 million gallons
- 2015 1279 million gallons
- 2016 1337 million gallons
- 2013 1205 million gallons
- 2015 1333 million gallons
- 2016 1205 million gallons
- 2013 1424 million gallons
- 2015 1578 million gallons
- 2016 1290 million gallons
- 2013 1807 million gallons
- 2015 1559 million gallons
- 2016 1381 million gallons
- 2013 1793 million gallons
- 2015 1415 million gallons
- 2016 1489 million gallons
- 2013 1983 million gallons
- 2015 1740 million gallons
- 2016 1606 million gallons
- 2013 1979 million gallons
- 2015 1541 million gallons
- 2016 1750 million gallons
- 2013 1983 million gallons
- 2015 1603 million gallons
- 2016 1646 million gallons
- 2013 1923 million gallons
- 2015 1678 million gallons
- 2016 1602 million gallons
- 2013 1962 million gallons
- 2015 1498 million gallons
- 2016 1582 million gallons
- 2013 1495 million gallons
- 2015 1222 million gallons
- 2016 1378 million gallons
- 2013 1467 million gallons
- 2015 1275 million gallons
- 2016 1248 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- Irvine Ranch Water District water use decreased by 15.53 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — but the agency failed to meet a 16 percent reduction.
- 286.026
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 241.605
- 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 Irvine Ranch Water District to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed5 |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed4 |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions11 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received17 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received7 | Follow-up Actions11 | Warnings Issued11 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions7 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received24 | Follow-up Actions11 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received27 | Follow-up Actions12 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received63 | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received50 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions180 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received14 | Follow-up Actions54 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions25 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days— | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions56 | 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
Plant California Friendly plants
Capture tap water
Take shorter showers
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.