Environment

Is California water use increasing?

Produced by Aaron Mendelson & Chris Keller | Updated Sept. 7, 2016

August monthly water use by the City Of Redding

Water consumption in the City Of Redding increased 0.99 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 22.04 percent over the past five years.
  • August 2013 416 million gallons
  • August 2014 341 million gallons
  • August 2015 321 million gallons
  • August 2016 324 million gallons
  • August 2017 341 million gallons

Displayed in millions of gallons

Average daily water consumption by each residential customer

About 62.0% of water consumption in the City Of Redding is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 8.67 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
71.60
average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
78.40
average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017

Year-over-year water consumption

January
  • 2013 363 million gallons
  • 2015 349 million gallons
  • 2016 308 million gallons
February
  • 2013 372 million gallons
  • 2015 327 million gallons
  • 2016 284 million gallons
March
  • 2013 501 million gallons
  • 2015 474 million gallons
  • 2016 316 million gallons
April
  • 2013 628 million gallons
  • 2015 520 million gallons
  • 2016 462 million gallons
May
  • 2013 979 million gallons
  • 2015 660 million gallons
  • 2016 611 million gallons
June
  • 2013 1106 million gallons
  • 2015 770 million gallons
  • 2016 825 million gallons
July
  • 2013 1292 million gallons
  • 2015 872 million gallons
  • 2016 1003 million gallons
August
  • 2013 1219 million gallons
  • 2015 832 million gallons
  • 2016 1033 million gallons
September
  • 2013 974 million gallons
  • 2015 741 million gallons
  • 2016 902 million gallons
October
  • 2013 780 million gallons
  • 2015 634 million gallons
  • 2016 536 million gallons
November
  • 2013 556 million gallons
  • 2015 408 million gallons
  • 2016 339 million gallons
August
  • 2013 416 million gallons
  • 2015 321 million gallons
  • 2016 324 million gallons

Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed

Progress toward mandatory water reduction*

City Of Redding water use decreased by 28.60 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.
128.609
billion gallons consumed
over the same months in 2013.
91.831
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 Redding 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 Actions Warnings Issued Penalties Assessed
MonthJuly 2017 Watering Days7 Complaints Received Follow-up Actions Warnings Issued Penalties Assessed
MonthOctober 2017 Watering Days7 Complaints Received9 Follow-up Actions9 Warnings Issued3 Penalties Assessed
MonthSeptember 2017 Watering Days7 Complaints Received2 Follow-up Actions2 Warnings Issued2 Penalties Assessed
MonthAugust 2017 Watering Days7 Complaints Received2 Follow-up Actions2 Warnings Issued Penalties Assessed
MonthJuly 2017 Watering Days7 Complaints Received4 Follow-up Actions4 Warnings Issued2 Penalties Assessed
MonthJune 2017 Watering Days7 Complaints Received9 Follow-up Actions9 Warnings Issued9 Penalties Assessed
MonthMay 2017 Watering Days7 Complaints Received3 Follow-up Actions3 Warnings Issued3 Penalties Assessed
MonthApril 2017 Watering Days7 Complaints Received2 Follow-up Actions2 Warnings Issued1 Penalties Assessed
MonthMarch 2017 Watering Days7 Complaints Received1 Follow-up Actions1 Warnings Issued1 Penalties Assessed
MonthFebruary 2017 Watering Days7 Complaints Received Follow-up Actions Warnings Issued Penalties Assessed
MonthJanuary 2017 Watering Days7 Complaints Received1 Follow-up Actions1 Warnings Issued1 Penalties Assessed
MonthAugust 2016 Watering Days7 Complaints Received Follow-up Actions Warnings Issued Penalties Assessed
MonthNovember 2016 Watering Days7 Complaints Received Follow-up Actions Warnings Issued Penalties Assessed
MonthOctober 2016 Watering Days7 Complaints Received9 Follow-up Actions9 Warnings Issued3 Penalties Assessed
MonthSeptember 2016 Watering Days7 Complaints Received2 Follow-up Actions2 Warnings Issued2 Penalties Assessed
MonthAugust 2016 Watering Days7 Complaints Received5 Follow-up Actions5 Warnings Issued2 Penalties Assessed
MonthJuly 2016 Watering Days7 Complaints Received5 Follow-up Actions2 Warnings Issued2 Penalties Assessed
MonthJune 2016 Watering Days7 Complaints Received4 Follow-up Actions2 Warnings Issued2 Penalties Assessed
MonthMay 2016 Watering Days7 Complaints Received5 Follow-up Actions3 Warnings Issued1 Penalties Assessed
MonthApril 2016 Watering Days3 Complaints Received8 Follow-up Actions7 Warnings Issued7 Penalties Assessed
MonthMarch 2016 Watering Days3 Complaints Received7 Follow-up Actions7 Warnings Issued7 Penalties Assessed1
MonthFebruary 2016 Watering Days3 Complaints Received9 Follow-up Actions5 Warnings Issued5 Penalties Assessed
MonthJanuary 2016 Watering Days3 Complaints Received11 Follow-up Actions4 Warnings Issued4 Penalties Assessed
MonthAugust 2015 Watering Days3 Complaints Received8 Follow-up Actions5 Warnings Issued5 Penalties Assessed
MonthNovember 2015 Watering Days3 Complaints Received28 Follow-up Actions10 Warnings Issued10 Penalties Assessed
MonthOctober 2015 Watering Days3 Complaints Received39 Follow-up Actions39 Warnings Issued39 Penalties Assessed
MonthSeptember 2015 Watering Days3 Complaints Received85 Follow-up Actions85 Warnings Issued85 Penalties Assessed
MonthAugust 2015 Watering Days3 Complaints Received301 Follow-up Actions301 Warnings Issued320 Penalties Assessed
MonthJuly 2015 Watering Days3 Complaints Received400 Follow-up Actions400 Warnings Issued341 Penalties Assessed
MonthJune 2015 Watering Days3 Complaints Received70 Follow-up Actions70 Warnings Issued46 Penalties Assessed
MonthMay 2015 Watering Days3 Complaints Received44 Follow-up Actions44 Warnings Issued29 Penalties Assessed
MonthApril 2015 Watering Days3 Complaints Received47 Follow-up Actions47 Warnings Issued38 Penalties Assessed
MonthMarch 2015 Watering Days Complaints Received Follow-up Actions Warnings Issued 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

Use a broom to clean the driveway or sidewalk

Take shorter showers

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.

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