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 Grover Beach
- Water consumption in the City Of Grover Beach decreased 8.44 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 42.02 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 46 million gallons
- August 2014 29 million gallons
- August 2015 29 million gallons
- August 2016 26 million gallons
- August 2017 29 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 82.0% of water consumption in the City Of Grover Beach is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 8.45 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 53.10
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 58.00
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 46 million gallons
- 2015 35 million gallons
- 2016 27 million gallons
- 2013 37 million gallons
- 2015 30 million gallons
- 2016 27 million gallons
- 2013 47 million gallons
- 2015 37 million gallons
- 2016 31 million gallons
- 2013 48 million gallons
- 2015 35 million gallons
- 2016 34 million gallons
- 2013 51 million gallons
- 2015 32 million gallons
- 2016 35 million gallons
- 2013 57 million gallons
- 2015 35 million gallons
- 2016 37 million gallons
- 2013 56 million gallons
- 2015 36 million gallons
- 2016 40 million gallons
- 2013 54 million gallons
- 2015 37 million gallons
- 2016 36 million gallons
- 2013 53 million gallons
- 2015 36 million gallons
- 2016 35 million gallons
- 2013 52 million gallons
- 2015 35 million gallons
- 2016 36 million gallons
- 2013 45 million gallons
- 2015 30 million gallons
- 2016 30 million gallons
- 2013 46 million gallons
- 2015 29 million gallons
- 2016 26 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Grover Beach water use decreased by 32.51 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — achieving a 8 percent reduction.
- 8.109
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 5.472
- 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 Grover Beach to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions124 | Warnings Issued34 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions104 | Warnings Issued21 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions120 | Warnings Issued25 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued101 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued222 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued126 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions81 | Warnings Issued81 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions82 | Warnings Issued82 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions88 | Warnings Issued88 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions40 | Warnings Issued40 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions80 | Warnings Issued67 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions90 | Warnings Issued16 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions124 | Warnings Issued34 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions104 | Warnings Issued21 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions120 | Warnings Issued25 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued101 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued222 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued131 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued197 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued256 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued186 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions85 | Warnings Issued53 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions18 | Warnings Issued84 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued142 | Penalties Assessed71 |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued17 | Penalties Assessed26 |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued32 | Penalties Assessed47 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions84 | Warnings Issued77 | Penalties Assessed14 |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions153 | Warnings Issued82 | Penalties Assessed53 |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions42 | Warnings Issued44 | Penalties Assessed20 |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions71 | Warnings Issued74 | Penalties Assessed34 |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions107 | Warnings Issued71 | Penalties Assessed26 |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received171 | Follow-up Actions171 | Warnings Issued171 | Penalties Assessed41 |
| MonthFebruary 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received147 | Follow-up Actions147 | Warnings Issued147 | Penalties Assessed36 |
| 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— |
Here are some ways you can help conserve water
Capture tap water
Wash only full loads
Repair leaks
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.