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 Phelan Pinon Hills Community Services District
- Water consumption in the Phelan Pinon Hills Community Services District decreased 0.31 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016. Overall, consumption in August has decreased 13.01 percent over the past five years.
- August 2013 53 million gallons
- August 2014 55 million gallons
- August 2015 47 million gallons
- August 2016 47 million gallons
- August 2017 55 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
Average daily water consumption by each residential customer
- About 78.0% of water consumption in the Phelan Pinon Hills Community Services District is residential. The average daily gallons used by each residential customer decreased 1.58 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.
- 56.00
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
- 56.90
- average daily gallons
used by each residential
customer for August 2017
Year-over-year water consumption
- 2013 60 million gallons
- 2015 49 million gallons
- 2016 40 million gallons
- 2013 49 million gallons
- 2015 53 million gallons
- 2016 41 million gallons
- 2013 70 million gallons
- 2015 68 million gallons
- 2016 51 million gallons
- 2013 75 million gallons
- 2015 77 million gallons
- 2016 57 million gallons
- 2013 106 million gallons
- 2015 98 million gallons
- 2016 73 million gallons
- 2013 103 million gallons
- 2015 98 million gallons
- 2016 100 million gallons
- 2013 123 million gallons
- 2015 92 million gallons
- 2016 105 million gallons
- 2013 123 million gallons
- 2015 100 million gallons
- 2016 113 million gallons
- 2013 109 million gallons
- 2015 84 million gallons
- 2016 87 million gallons
- 2013 76 million gallons
- 2015 69 million gallons
- 2016 70 million gallons
- 2013 60 million gallons
- 2015 53 million gallons
- 2016 55 million gallons
- 2013 53 million gallons
- 2015 47 million gallons
- 2016 47 million gallons
Displayed in millions of gallons
2014 water use data is incomplete and therefore not displayed
Progress toward mandatory water reduction*
- Phelan Pinon Hills Community Services District water use decreased by 20.55 percent between June 2015 and February 2016 — the nine months of the initial statewide conservation mandate — but the agency failed to meet a 32 percent reduction.
- 14.212
- billion gallons consumed
- over the same months in 2013.
- 11.291
- 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 Phelan Pinon Hills Community Services District to the State Water Resources Control Board.
| Month | Watering Days | Complaints | Follow-up Actions | Warnings Issued | Penalties Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions116 | Warnings Issued116 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions104 | Warnings Issued104 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions117 | Warnings Issued117 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions155 | Warnings Issued155 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received192 | Follow-up Actions192 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received177 | Follow-up Actions177 | Warnings Issued177 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions166 | Warnings Issued166 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions103 | Warnings Issued103 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions91 | Warnings Issued91 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions84 | Warnings Issued84 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions159 | Warnings Issued159 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2017 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions155 | Warnings Issued155 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions116 | Warnings Issued116 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions104 | Warnings Issued104 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions117 | Warnings Issued117 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions155 | Warnings Issued155 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions170 | Warnings Issued170 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions171 | Warnings Issued171 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions157 | Warnings Issued157 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions93 | Warnings Issued93 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions100 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2016 | Watering Days2 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions102 | Warnings Issued102 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions277 | Warnings Issued30 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2016 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions140 | Warnings Issued140 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions27 | Warnings Issued153 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions99 | Warnings Issued30 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received1 | Follow-up Actions99 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received3 | Follow-up Actions243 | Warnings Issued4 | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions215 | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMay 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthApril 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthMarch 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthFebruary 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJanuary 2015 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthNovember 2014 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthOctober 2014 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthSeptember 2014 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthAugust 2014 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJuly 2014 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
| MonthJune 2014 | Watering Days7 | Complaints Received— | Follow-up Actions— | Warnings Issued— | Penalties Assessed— |
Here are some ways you can help conserve water
Capture tap water
Plant California Friendly plants
Water before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m.
Use a broom to clean the driveway or sidewalk
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.