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 Long Beach
- Water consumption in the City Of Long Beach decreased 5.32 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 14.63 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 1474 million gallons
- August 2014 1302 million gallons
- August 2015 1329 million gallons
- August 2016 1259 million gallons
- August 2017 1302 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 73.0% of water consumption in the City Of Long Beach is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 5.88 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 60.80
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 64.60
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 1413 million gallons
- 2015 1365 million gallons
- 2016 1229 million gallons
- 2013 1311 million gallons
- 2015 1292 million gallons
- 2016 1210 million gallons
- 2013 1543 million gallons
- 2015 1503 million gallons
- 2016 1300 million gallons
- 2013 1611 million gallons
- 2015 1514 million gallons
- 2016 1344 million gallons
- 2013 1731 million gallons
- 2015 1392 million gallons
- 2016 1438 million gallons
- 2013 1765 million gallons
- 2015 1423 million gallons
- 2016 1488 million gallons
- 2013 1824 million gallons
- 2015 1479 million gallons
- 2016 1598 million gallons
- 2013 1840 million gallons
- 2015 1514 million gallons
- 2016 1599 million gallons
- 2013 1780 million gallons
- 2015 1448 million gallons
- 2016 1518 million gallons
- 2013 1735 million gallons
- 2015 1452 million gallons
- 2016 1490 million gallons
- 2013 1536 million gallons
- 2015 1358 million gallons
- 2016 1344 million gallons
- 2013 1474 million gallons
- 2015 1329 million gallons
- 2016 1259 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Long Beach 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.
- 273.907
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 231.369
- 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 Long Beach to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received186 | Follow-up Actions134 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received363 | Follow-up Actions303 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received351 | Follow-up Actions261 | Warnings Issued29 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received342 | Follow-up Actions255 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received217 | Follow-up Actions142 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received178 | Follow-up Actions130 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received129 | Follow-up Actions102 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received134 | Follow-up Actions105 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received106 | Follow-up Actions85 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received94 | Follow-up Actions65 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received40 | Follow-up Actions31 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received126 | Follow-up Actions96 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received186 | Follow-up Actions134 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received363 | Follow-up Actions303 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received351 | Follow-up Actions261 | Warnings Issued29 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received342 | Follow-up Actions255 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received391 | Follow-up Actions285 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received320 | Follow-up Actions242 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received385 | Follow-up Actions290 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received453 | Follow-up Actions334 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received570 | Follow-up Actions444 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received654 | Follow-up Actions438 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received637 | Follow-up Actions429 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received456 | Follow-up Actions344 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received795 | Follow-up Actions504 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received866 | Follow-up Actions627 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1408 | Follow-up Actions941 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1678 | Follow-up Actions1232 | Warnings Issued29 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1726 | Follow-up Actions1290 | Warnings Issued35 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2260 | Follow-up Actions1758 | Warnings Issued14 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2138 | Follow-up Actions1745 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1465 | Follow-up Actions1194 | Warnings Issued9 | Penalties Assessed3 |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1766 | Follow-up Actions1478 | Warnings Issued15 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received493 | Follow-up Actions396 | Warnings Issued13 | Penalties Assessed4 |
| MonthFebruary 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received240 | Follow-up Actions145 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received128 | Follow-up Actions109 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received132 | Follow-up Actions110 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received221 | Follow-up Actions178 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received543 | Follow-up Actions418 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received1042 | Follow-up Actions825 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received905 | Follow-up Actions722 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received904 | Follow-up Actions715 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2014 | Watering Days3 | Complaints Received273 | Follow-up Actions219 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
Here are some ways you can help conserve water
Plant California Friendly plants
Repair broken sprinklers
Repair leaks
Capture tap water
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.