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 Vaughn Water Company
- Water consumption in the Vaughn Water Company increased 1.29 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 19.26 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 197 million gallons
- August 2014 153 million gallons
- August 2015 157 million gallons
- August 2016 159 million gallons
- August 2017 153 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 96.0% of water consumption in the Vaughn Water Company is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 0.77 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 155.20
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 156.40
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 152 million gallons
- 2015 130 million gallons
- 2016 124 million gallons
- 2013 158 million gallons
- 2015 140 million gallons
- 2016 129 million gallons
- 2013 229 million gallons
- 2015 215 million gallons
- 2016 195 million gallons
- 2013 334 million gallons
- 2015 295 million gallons
- 2016 240 million gallons
- 2013 452 million gallons
- 2015 314 million gallons
- 2016 316 million gallons
- 2013 508 million gallons
- 2015 339 million gallons
- 2016 416 million gallons
- 2013 553 million gallons
- 2015 389 million gallons
- 2016 465 million gallons
- 2013 535 million gallons
- 2015 385 million gallons
- 2016 450 million gallons
- 2013 456 million gallons
- 2015 346 million gallons
- 2016 394 million gallons
- 2013 380 million gallons
- 2015 298 million gallons
- 2016 352 million gallons
- 2013 267 million gallons
- 2015 201 million gallons
- 2016 241 million gallons
- 2013 197 million gallons
- 2015 157 million gallons
- 2016 159 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- Vaughn Water Company water use decreased by 26.13 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.
- 59.118
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 43.669
- 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 Vaughn 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 Received10 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received31 | Follow-up Actions31 | Warnings Issued28 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued2 | 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 Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received31 | Follow-up Actions31 | Warnings Issued28 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued13 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received17 | Follow-up Actions17 | Warnings Issued15 | Penalties Assessed15 |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received18 | Follow-up Actions18 | Warnings Issued18 | Penalties Assessed18 |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions13 | Warnings Issued11 | Penalties Assessed11 |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions13 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed10 |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions16 | Warnings Issued12 | Penalties Assessed12 |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received20 | Follow-up Actions20 | Warnings Issued17 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received54 | Follow-up Actions54 | Warnings Issued51 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received74 | Follow-up Actions74 | Warnings Issued65 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received100 | Follow-up Actions100 | Warnings Issued79 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received204 | Follow-up Actions204 | Warnings Issued187 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received137 | Follow-up Actions137 | Warnings Issued102 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received75 | Follow-up Actions75 | Warnings Issued42 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received56 | Follow-up Actions56 | Warnings Issued32 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received33 | Follow-up Actions33 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received22 | Follow-up Actions22 | Warnings Issued2 | 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
Water before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m.
Take shorter showers
Turn the water off while brushing your teeth
Plant California Friendly plants
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.