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  title info:
    title: Improvements and assessments of water auditing techniques
  name:
    name part: Meyer, Sarah Ruth.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Brumbelow, James Kelly
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: Water auditing is an emerging method of increasing accountability for water utility systems. A water loss audit according to the methodology of the International Water Association (IWA) is applied to a major North American water utility, San Antonio Water System (SAWS), which is already a leader in conservation policies. However, some modifications to the auditing process are needed for this model's application to a North American utility. These improvements to the IWA methodology include: calculating system input volume from multiple methods of measurements as well as numerous input points, incorporating deferred storage consumption (in this case aquifer storage and recovery) principles into the auditing process, calculating a volume of unavoidable annual real losses (allowable leakage) for a system with varied pressure zones, and defining procedures for assessing customer meter accuracy for a system. Application of the improved IWA audit method to SAWS discovered that its system input volume is being significantly undermeasured by current practices, current water loss control programs are very effective, customer accounting procedures result in large volumes of apparent loss, and current customer meter accuracy is adequate but could be marginally improved. Application of the audit process to the utility is beneficial because it facilitates increased communication between utility departments, assesses shortcomings in current policies, pin-points areas needing increased resources, and validates programs that are performing well.
  note: by Sarah Ruth Meyer.
  note: "Major Subject: Civil Engineering"
  note: Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created 2010-03-12 12:08:51).
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Master of Science Texas A&M University 2006 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1087
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis)
  subject:
    topic: Major civil engineering
  subject:
    topic: Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Management
  subject:
    topic: Accountability
  subject:
    topic: Planning
  subject:
    topic: Edwards Aquifer
  subject:
    topic: Utility
  subject:
    topic: Water
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1087
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 100429
    record change date: 20151201150214.0
    record identifier: in00002555689