Resources

WLC Tools and Resources

• City of Sacramento Water Loss Input Change Request Template
  
• STPUD Water Loss Input Change Request Template
  
• State Water Board Supporting Data Guidance Document -organized by input, December 2021 version
  
• State Water Board Water Loss Regulation Documents, Economic Model and Supplier specific water loss targets (using default data)
  
• AWWA M36 Manual Water Audits and Loss Control Programs
  
• AWWA Water Loss Audit Software
• Resources from the Natural Resources Defense Council
• Alliance for Water Efficiency Library on water loss control
• Water Loss Control Projects by the Water Research Foundation
• Validation Guidance - Project 5057 Executive Summary by the Water Research Foundation
• Validation Report Templates (required by California DWR with annual submittal)
• WLCC Resource Community on AWWA.org
  • Free AWWA Water Audit Software 
• WLCC FAQ's
• WLCC Budget
• Water Research Foundation Links
• State Water Resources Control Board
• Senate Bill 555 requires all urban water suppliers to conduct and submit validated water loss audit reports to the DWR on October 1, annually.
• Senate Bill 1420 requires all urban water suppliers to submit water loss audits with their Urban Water Management Plans every five years to DWR.
• DWR rulemaking process for the annual Water Loss Audit Report submission
• UC Davis Economic Model -Untapped potential: leak reduction is the most cost-effective urban water management tool  
  

WLC Articles and Presentations

• CRLI Presentation to CA-NV AWWA Water Loss Control Committee January 11, 2023
• ASDWA “State of the States” – Cavanaugh (October 2014)
• Center for Neighborhood Technology, “Stepping Up Water Loss Control:  Lessons from the State of Georgia” (Feb. 2014)
• "Controlling Water Loss More Critical than Ever" AWWA Connections

Organizations

• CA-NV AWWA Water Loss Control Committee