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 Brea
- Water consumption in the City Of Brea decreased 8.45 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 34.56 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 263 million gallons
- August 2014 198 million gallons
- August 2015 188 million gallons
- August 2016 172 million gallons
- August 2017 198 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 65.0% of water consumption in the City Of Brea is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer increased 6.24 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 83.40
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 78.50
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 223 million gallons
- 2015 214 million gallons
- 2016 163 million gallons
- 2013 201 million gallons
- 2015 225 million gallons
- 2016 208 million gallons
- 2013 240 million gallons
- 2015 288 million gallons
- 2016 189 million gallons
- 2013 335 million gallons
- 2015 294 million gallons
- 2016 222 million gallons
- 2013 326 million gallons
- 2015 247 million gallons
- 2016 274 million gallons
- 2013 346 million gallons
- 2015 296 million gallons
- 2016 282 million gallons
- 2013 376 million gallons
- 2015 277 million gallons
- 2016 278 million gallons
- 2013 349 million gallons
- 2015 301 million gallons
- 2016 327 million gallons
- 2013 341 million gallons
- 2015 270 million gallons
- 2016 291 million gallons
- 2013 328 million gallons
- 2015 253 million gallons
- 2016 263 million gallons
- 2013 262 million gallons
- 2015 239 million gallons
- 2016 225 million gallons
- 2013 263 million gallons
- 2015 188 million gallons
- 2016 172 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Brea water use decreased by 21.10 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — but the agency failed to meet a 24 percent reduction.
- 51.098
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 40.317
- 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 Brea to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions16 | Warnings Issued16 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued15 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received28 | Follow-up Actions28 | Warnings Issued28 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received18 | Follow-up Actions18 | Warnings Issued18 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received9 | Follow-up Actions9 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions16 | Warnings Issued16 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received14 | Follow-up Actions14 | Warnings Issued14 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received16 | Follow-up Actions16 | Warnings Issued16 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued15 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received28 | Follow-up Actions28 | Warnings Issued28 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received18 | Follow-up Actions18 | Warnings Issued18 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received30 | Follow-up Actions30 | Warnings Issued30 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received21 | Follow-up Actions21 | Warnings Issued21 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received24 | Follow-up Actions24 | Warnings Issued24 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received67 | Follow-up Actions67 | Warnings Issued67 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received125 | Follow-up Actions125 | Warnings Issued125 | Penalties Assessed125 |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received27 | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued28 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received28 | Follow-up Actions28 | Warnings Issued28 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received19 | Follow-up Actions19 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received101 | Follow-up Actions101 | Warnings Issued101 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days1 | Complaints Received67 | Follow-up Actions67 | Warnings Issued67 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received31 | Follow-up Actions31 | Warnings Issued31 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received44 | Follow-up Actions44 | Warnings Issued44 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received40 | Follow-up Actions40 | Warnings Issued40 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received22 | Follow-up Actions22 | Warnings Issued90 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received22 | Follow-up Actions22 | Warnings Issued22 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received22 | Follow-up Actions22 | Warnings Issued22 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received29 | Follow-up Actions29 | Warnings Issued29 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received13 | Follow-up Actions13 | Warnings Issued13 | 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
Repair leaks
Capture tap water
Repair broken sprinklers
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.