Environment
Is California water use increasing?
Produced by Aaron Mendelson & Chris Keller | Updated Sept. 7, 2016
Sources: California Water Resources Control Board. Built using: django-bakery, underscore.js, backbone.js, leaflet.js, chartist.js & Bootstrap. Circles on a line distribution charts based on CensusReporter charts, design and code created by Ryan Pitts, Joe Germuska, Ian Dees and Sara Schnadt. Icon credits: Waste icon created by Luis Prado and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Washing Machine icon created by Megan Sheehan and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Bucket icon created by Nithin Viswanathan and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Water drop icon created by Diego Naive and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Broom icon created by Anna Weiss and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Clock icon created by Pavel Nikandrov and used via a Public Domain Mark from The Noun Project. Sprinkler icon created by Micah West and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Cactus icon created by Edward Boatman and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution from The Noun Project. Shower icon used via a Public Domain Mark from The Noun Project.
August monthly water use by the Rowland Water District
- Water consumption in the Rowland Water District decreased 9.50 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 13.94 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 275 million gallons
- August 2014 235 million gallons
- August 2015 261 million gallons
- August 2016 237 million gallons
- August 2017 235 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 51.0% of water consumption in the Rowland Water District is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 9.52 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 62.70
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 69.30
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 254 million gallons
- 2015 244 million gallons
- 2016 228 million gallons
- 2013 227 million gallons
- 2015 258 million gallons
- 2016 244 million gallons
- 2013 276 million gallons
- 2015 298 million gallons
- 2016 228 million gallons
- 2013 298 million gallons
- 2015 285 million gallons
- 2016 251 million gallons
- 2013 334 million gallons
- 2015 281 million gallons
- 2016 267 million gallons
- 2013 344 million gallons
- 2015 286 million gallons
- 2016 291 million gallons
- 2013 370 million gallons
- 2015 301 million gallons
- 2016 315 million gallons
- 2013 380 million gallons
- 2015 308 million gallons
- 2016 327 million gallons
- 2013 362 million gallons
- 2015 294 million gallons
- 2016 302 million gallons
- 2013 337 million gallons
- 2015 282 million gallons
- 2016 280 million gallons
- 2013 287 million gallons
- 2015 266 million gallons
- 2016 257 million gallons
- 2013 275 million gallons
- 2015 261 million gallons
- 2016 237 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- Rowland Water District water use decreased by 12.50 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — but the agency failed to meet a 20 percent reduction.
- 51.460
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 45.028
- 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 Rowland Water District to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received44 | Follow-up Actions44 | Warnings Issued44 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received44 | Follow-up Actions44 | Warnings Issued44 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received42 | Follow-up Actions42 | Warnings Issued42 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received54 | Follow-up Actions54 | Warnings Issued54 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received62 | Follow-up Actions62 | Warnings Issued62 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days4 | Complaints Received89 | Follow-up Actions89 | Warnings Issued89 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received84 | Follow-up Actions84 | Warnings Issued84 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received69 | Follow-up Actions69 | Warnings Issued69 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received53 | Follow-up Actions53 | Warnings Issued53 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received51 | Follow-up Actions51 | Warnings Issued51 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received57 | Follow-up Actions57 | Warnings Issued57 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received41 | Follow-up Actions41 | Warnings Issued41 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received44 | Follow-up Actions44 | Warnings Issued44 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received44 | Follow-up Actions44 | Warnings Issued44 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received42 | Follow-up Actions42 | Warnings Issued42 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received54 | Follow-up Actions54 | Warnings Issued54 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received68 | Follow-up Actions68 | Warnings Issued68 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received62 | Follow-up Actions62 | Warnings Issued62 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received34 | Follow-up Actions34 | Warnings Issued34 | Penalties Assessed12 |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received40 | Follow-up Actions40 | Warnings Issued40 | Penalties Assessed20 |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received46 | Follow-up Actions46 | Warnings Issued46 | Penalties Assessed19 |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received53 | Follow-up Actions53 | Warnings Issued53 | Penalties Assessed23 |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received66 | Follow-up Actions66 | Warnings Issued66 | Penalties Assessed35 |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received70 | Follow-up Actions70 | Warnings Issued70 | Penalties Assessed43 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received55 | Follow-up Actions55 | Warnings Issued55 | Penalties Assessed24 |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received72 | Follow-up Actions72 | Warnings Issued72 | Penalties Assessed41 |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed8 |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received43 | Follow-up Actions42 | Warnings Issued42 | Penalties Assessed5 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received20 | Follow-up Actions20 | Warnings Issued20 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions13 | Warnings Issued13 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received17 | Follow-up Actions17 | Warnings Issued17 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed6 |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received7 | 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 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
Repair broken sprinklers
Use a broom to clean the driveway or sidewalk
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.