Talking About Water Loss…
During ASDWA’s October 2017 Annual Conference, the topic of water loss and water audits came up. What tools are out there that might be helpful in trying to prevent, identify, and correct water loss in a community? One free tool is AWWA’s Water Audit Software. You may download it at no cost here from AWWA’s website.
Their description of this audit tool includes the following…This spreadsheet-based water audit tool [is] designed to help quantify and track water losses associated with water distribution systems and identify areas for improved efficiency and cost recovery…Version 5.0 introduces a new Water Loss Dashboard with interactive graphical analyses as well as a new Comments page allowing the water auditor to capture essential information pertaining to the audit (data sources, assumptions, calculations, etc.). In addition, the overall color scheme and layout have also been improved
Take a look at this tool and consider recommending it to your water systems that may be experiencing water loss.