Produced by Aaron Mendelson & Chris Keller | Updated Sept. 7, 2016
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About the data: These charts show the daily per capita residential water use rate in California as calculated by the State Water Resources Control Board. The charts cover the August 2017 reporting period, and are compared to the previous month unless specified. Since the per capita measure (which reflects gallons of water used per resident per day) does not take into account rainfall, temperature, humidity and population density, the State Water Resources Control Board discourages comparisons between water suppliers.
Daily per capita residential water use increased in August 2017 to an average of 68.92 gallons for the 42 agencies in the Sacramento River hydrologic region. That number is compared to the July 2017 daily per capita residential water use of 68.41. Use the chart below to see how the 42 agencies in this region performed. Click here to see enforcement statistics for water agencies in this region.