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 Pismo Beach
- Water consumption in the City Of Pismo Beach decreased 13.63 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 13.63 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 53 million gallons
- August 2014 35 million gallons
- August 2015 36 million gallons
- August 2016 31 million gallons
- August 2017 35 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 46.0% of water consumption in the City Of Pismo Beach is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 13.56 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 59.30
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 68.60
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 41 million gallons
- 2015 44 million gallons
- 2016 34 million gallons
- 2013 41 million gallons
- 2015 42 million gallons
- 2016 34 million gallons
- 2013 52 million gallons
- 2015 48 million gallons
- 2016 38 million gallons
- 2013 54 million gallons
- 2015 48 million gallons
- 2016 48 million gallons
- 2013 65 million gallons
- 2015 51 million gallons
- 2016 47 million gallons
- 2013 68 million gallons
- 2015 51 million gallons
- 2016 53 million gallons
- 2013 75 million gallons
- 2015 53 million gallons
- 2016 59 million gallons
- 2013 72 million gallons
- 2015 53 million gallons
- 2016 55 million gallons
- 2013 63 million gallons
- 2015 51 million gallons
- 2016 49 million gallons
- 2013 63 million gallons
- 2015 50 million gallons
- 2016 51 million gallons
- 2013 54 million gallons
- 2015 38 million gallons
- 2016 36 million gallons
- 2013 36 million gallons
- 2015 36 million gallons
- 2016 31 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- City Of Pismo Beach water use decreased by 23.94 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.
- 9.801
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 7.455
- 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 Pismo Beach to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed8 |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed2 |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received8 | Follow-up Actions8 | Warnings Issued8 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued6 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received10 | Follow-up Actions10 | Warnings Issued10 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received6 | Follow-up Actions6 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed1 |
| MonthFebruary 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions3 | Warnings Issued3 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2015 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received5 | Follow-up Actions5 | Warnings Issued5 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions1 | Warnings Issued1 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received2 | Follow-up Actions2 | Warnings Issued2 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received15 | Follow-up Actions15 | Warnings Issued15 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received19 | Follow-up Actions19 | Warnings Issued19 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2014 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received4 | Follow-up Actions4 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
Here are some ways you can help conserve water
Take shorter showers
Wash only full loads
Repair broken sprinklers
Water before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m.
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.