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Delaware River Basin Commission
Water Utility Auditing and Water Use Trends in the Delaware River Basin
Kent Barr
Water Resource Planner
March 17, 2016
AWWA NJ Annual Conference
Photo: David B. Soete
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Today’s talk will cover…
• Water Use Trends in the DRB : Industrial, Power Generation, Public
Water Supply and largest Basin exports
• The DRBC water audit
• Brief history
• Program Results from CY2014
Water Utility Auditing and Water Use Trends in the Delaware River Basin
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DRB – Total Withdrawals 8,279 Million Gallons / Day
Agriculture 61
Self-supplied Domestic 114
Industrial 680
Mining 57
Non-agricultural Irrigation
2
Public Water Supply 863
Thermoelectric 5,514
Hydroelectric 394
All Other 10
NYC 494
NJ (D&R Canal) 90
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DRB – Total Withdrawals 8,279 Million Gallons / Day
Agriculture 61
Self-supplied Domestic 114
Industrial 680
Mining 57
Non-agricultural Irrigation
2
Public Water Supply 863
Thermoelectric 5,514
Hydroelectric 394
All Other 10
NYC 494
NJ (D&R Canal) 90
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DRB – Total Withdrawals 8,279 Million Gallons / Day
Agriculture 61
Self-supplied Domestic 114
Industrial 680
Mining 57
Non-agricultural Irrigation
2
Public Water Supply
863 Thermoelectric
5,514
Hydroelectric 394
All Other 10
NYC 494
NJ (D&R Canal) 90
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DRB – Total Withdrawals 8,279 Million Gallons / Day
Agriculture 61
Self-supplied Domestic 114
Industrial 680
Mining 57
Non-agricultural Irrigation
2
Public Water Supply 863
Thermoelectric 5,514
Hydroelectric 394
All Other 10
NYC 494
NJ (D&R Canal) 90
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DRB – Total Withdrawals 8,279 Million Gallons / Day
Agriculture 61
Self-supplied Domestic 114
Industrial 680
Mining 57
Non-agricultural Irrigation
2
Public Water Supply 863
Thermoelectric 5,514
Hydroelectric 394
All Other 10
NYC 494
NJ (D&R Canal) 90
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DRB – Total Withdrawals 8,279 Million Gallons / Day
Agriculture 61
Self-supplied Domestic 114
Industrial 680
Mining 57
Non-agricultural Irrigation
2
Public Water Supply 863
Thermoelectric 5,514
Hydroelectric 394
All Other 10
NYC 494
NJ (D&R Canal) 90
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DRB – Total Consumptive Withdrawals 886 Million Gallons / Day
Agriculture 55
Self-supplied Domestic 11
Industrial 34
Mining 11
Non-agricultural Irrigation
2
Public Water Supply 86
Thermoelectric 97
All Other 5
NYC 494
NJ (D&R Canal) 90
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DRB – Total Consumptive Withdrawals 886 Million Gallons / Day
Agriculture 55
Self-supplied Domestic 11
Industrial 34
Mining 11
Non-agricultural Irrigation
2
Public Water Supply 86
Thermoelectric 97
All Other 5
NYC 494
NJ (D&R Canal) 90
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DRB – Total Consumptive Withdrawals 886 Million Gallons / Day
Agriculture 55
Self-supplied Domestic 11
Industrial 34
Mining 11
Non-agricultural Irrigation
2
Public Water Supply 86
Thermoelectric 97
All Other 5
NYC 494
NJ (D&R Canal) 90
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DRB – Total Consumptive Withdrawals 886 Million Gallons / Day
Agriculture 55
Self-supplied Domestic 11
Industrial 34
Mining 11
Non-agricultural Irrigation
2
Public Water Supply
86 Thermoelectric 97
All Other 5
NYC 494
NJ (D&R Canal) 90
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DRB – Total Consumptive Withdrawals 886 Million Gallons / Day
Agriculture 55
Self-supplied Domestic 11
Industrial 34
Mining 11
Non-agricultural Irrigation
2
Public Water Supply 86
Thermoelectric 97
All Other 5
NYC 494
NJ (D&R Canal) 90
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DRB – Total Consumptive Withdrawals 886 Million Gallons / Day
Agriculture 55
Self-supplied Domestic 11
Industrial 34
Mining 11
Non-agricultural Irrigation
2
Public Water Supply 86
Thermoelectric 97
All Other 5
NYC 494
NJ (D&R Canal) 90
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Aggregate Withdrawals of 40 Public Water Supply Systems in the DRB (Million Gallons/Day)
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Water Exported to New York City from Delaware River Basin 1955 - 2015 (Annual Data)
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Water Exported via D & R Canal from Delaware River Basin 1990 - 2014 (Annual Data)
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What does it all mean?
• Big picture: Relatively flat demand w/localized demand pressures (geographically and by sector)
• Power: • Trend is away from Once Through Cooling to Evaporative Cooling , which results in much
less total water use but increases in consumptive use
• Industry: • Decreased water use over time, sensitive to loss of large facilities
• PWS: • Conservation efforts have helped to offset population growth, a trend that is likely to
continue
• Implementation of Water Loss Accounting could continue this trend
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The purpose of DRBC’s water audit
program is to track how efficiently water
is moved from its source to the customer
(within a public water supply system)
and to ensure that systems quantify and
are accountable for water losses.
DRBC Water Audit Program: What is it?
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Public Water Supply Service Area in the Delaware River Basin
• Total PWS withdrawals:
~863 MGD
• 2nd largest water use sector in the Basin
• Approx. 21% of Basin covered by service area
• Serve 6.7 million customers (80% of basin residents)
• Approx. 306 systems subject to Water Audit Requirement
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History of DRBC Water Conservation Regulations
1986: Source & Service Metering
1987: Leak Detection & Repair (UFW)
1988: Conservation Plumbing Standards
1992: Water Conservation Pricing
2006-9: Water Loss Accountability (Committee)
2009-11: “Water Audit” Rule/Outreach
2012: First year for new water audit format
2013: First water audit reports due
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Unaccounted for Water (UFW)
DRBC Rule change
IWA/AWWA Water Audit
Methodology
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IWA/AWWA Water Audit Components
Water
Imported
Own
Sources
Total
System
Input
( allow
for
known
errors )
Total
System
Input
(allow
for
known
errors)
Water
Supplied
Water
Exported
Water
Supplied
Water
Exported
Water
Losses
Authorized
Consumption
Water
Losses
Authorized
Consumption
Real
Losses
Apparent
Losses
Unbilled
Authorized
Consumption
Billed
Authorized
Consumption
Non-
Revenue
Water
Revenue
Water
Leakage & Overflows at Storage
Billed Unmetered Consumption
Billed Metered Consumption
Billed Water Exported
Leakage on Service Lines
Leakage on Mains
Customer Metering Inaccuracies
Unauthorized Consumption
Unbilled Unmetered Consumption
Unbilled Metered Consumption
Systematic Data Handling Error
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• UFW:
– Vague / inconsistent definitions / value
– Negative UFW values reported!?
• AWWA Method: – Best Practice Approach
– Standardized definitions / terminology
– Meaningful indicators (ILI, gpd/conn)
– Real losses vs apparent losses
• Better Indicators = better water management
Benefits of the IWA/AWWA Water Audit Methodology
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AWWA Resources / Software
• M36 Water Audit manual
• Free interactive audit software available
• DRBC provided a key role in software design and development
• Data grading capability assesses the validity of the input data
• Instructions, definitions provided in software
www.awwa.org
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Water Loss – National Perspective
State By State Water Loss Policy Map. American Water Works Association, 2015. Web. 5 Feb. 2016. <http://www.awwa.org/Portals/0/files/resources/water knowledge/water loss control/Landscape of Varying Levels of Water Loss Management Policy.pdf>.
DRBC
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Water Audit Data Analysis:
CY2014 Results for the
Delaware River Basin...
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Cumulative Pcnt of Total (276 audits)
95% volume 5% volume
Water Supplied in CY2014 – DRB (MGD)
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System (n = 276)
Median Value: 75.7
Water Audit Data Validity Score CY2014 - DRB
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Priority Areas to Improve Grading Score CY2014 - DRB
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System (n = 264)
Non-Revenue Water as % of Water Supplied CY2014 - DRB
157 (57%) systems >=15%
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140 MGD (RL)
Non-Revenue Water ~ 25% Basin PWS Withdrawal
DRBC water audit program summary (CY2014)
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• Water Use Trends: basin export trends relatively flat while consumptive
use trends vary for the 3 major sectors
• Water Audit:
• Raising awareness of best practice
• Continuing trends in conservation
• Asset Management Tool
• DRBC leadership in Water Auditing: Training / Support / Validation
Program (funding?)
Conclusions / Next Steps
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One Process One Permit
DRBC Compact and Rules allow for and encourage the use of administrative agreements with states and state agencies to:
Promote inter-agency collaboration and cooperation on shared mission objectives.
Promote regulatory program efficiencies.
Avoid unnecessary duplication of effort.
Recognizes the Authority, standards, rules of each agency
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Summary
• Who we are: • Watershed based interstate agency
• Engineers, Scientists, Planners
• What we do: • Plan: Watershed based, Comprehensive water resource, Topic
Driven, WQ Assessments
• Policies: Regulations, Standards, Rules of Practice
• Projects: Supported by DRBC (e.g., Blue Marsh and Beltzville Reservoirs) and supported by others to meet Basin needs.
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One Process One Permit
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Steve Tambini, Executive Director [email protected]
www.drbc.net
Managing Our Shared Water Resources since 1961