About the program

The Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority (LCWSA), in partnership with the Wyoming County Water Resource Agency, have established a Pilot Program for small water utilities within the two-county region to learn how to improve water efficiency within our systems and to control water loss through a water system audit process.  Similar to financial audits conducted by accountants, a water audit compares volumes of water treated (or purchased) and pumped to volumes consumed by customers, and other uses such as firefighting, water breaks and community uses. Estimated volumes of losses due to leakage and poor metering and accounting can also be quantified in the water audit process. A reliable water audit methodology was developed jointly by the International Water Association (IWA) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and is described in detail in the AWWA M36 Manual.

The purpose of this pilot program is to provide technical assistance to a pilot group of 12 water systems across Livingston and Wyoming counties to implement best-management practices for water loss control following the methods established in the AWWA Manual of Water Supply Practices M36 Water Audits and Loss Control Programs.