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Biggest increases, decreases in August water consumption
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SACRAMENTO  (AP) — Water suppliers serving more than 3,000 customers must submit monthly production numbers to the State Water Resources Control Board, which imposed statewide water restrictions in July.

State water officials caution that changes in water consumption are not always comparable because of different climates and historical conservation efforts. Officials in San Luis Obispo, which posted the largest water increase, say years of conservation efforts produced one of the lowest per-capita water-use rates on the coast, making it tougher to cut further.

Agencies will start reporting water use on a per capita basis later this month.

The following is from the state water board consumption survey for August, a report that was released Tuesday.

These large suppliers (serving more than 40,000 people) reported the largest decreases in water use among the 394 respondents compared to the previous year:

• City of Tracy (San Joaquin County), 41 percent.

• California Water Service Company Livermore (Alameda County), 37 percent.

• Dublin-San Ramon Services District (Alameda County), 36 percent.

• City of Pleasanton (Alameda County), 33 percent.

• City of West Sacramento (Yolo County), 28 percent.

• City of Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County), 28 percent.

• City of Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara County), 26 percent.

•California American Water Company-Sacramento (Sacramento County), 25 percent.

• East Valley Water District (San Bernardino County), 24 percent.

• Placer County Water Agency, 24 percent.

• City of Sacramento (Sacramento County), 24 percent.

• Alameda County Water District, 24 percent.

 

These large suppliers were the only ones to report increases in August water use:

• City of San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo County), 26 percent.

• City of Compton (Los Angeles County), 10 percent.

• City of Colton (San Bernardino County), 9 percent.

• City of Coachella (Riverside County), 9 percent.

• City of Hawthorne (Los Angeles County), 8 percent.

• City of San Clemente (Orange County), 4 percent.

• City of La Habra (Orange County), 3 percent.

• City of San Juan Capistrano (Orange County), 3 percent.

• City of South Gate (Los Angeles County), 2 percent.

• City of Brea (Orange County), 1 percent.