Water Loss, Use and Conservation - you gave us the data, now what? Siobhan Scott Municipal Water Conservation Unless specifically noted, this presentation does not necessarily reflect official Board positions or decisions.

Required Submittals Water Use Survey Water Loss Audit March 1st All entities using surface water or groundwater for municipal, industrial, power generation, or mining purposes Water Loss Audit May 1st All retail water suppliers, once every five years Retail water suppliers with active financial assistance with TWDB Retail water suppliers with more than 3,300 connections Water Use Survey - To collect water use and pumping data for planning purposes Water Loss Audit – Useful to the utility and provided to the RWP group for use in considering water management strategies. Although not required for most, all utilities are encouraged to conduct an annual water loss audit to track what is going on in their systems. Loans – 386 3300 - 266 Total - 652

Required Submittals Water Conservation Plans Update every five years – May 1st Retail water suppliers with active financial assistance with TWDB Retail water suppliers with 3,300 or more connections Entities with certain surface water rights Annual Conservation Reports May 1st Entities having active financial assistance with TWDB WCP includes a UP, which is a review of an entity's 5-year historic water data. The same entities required to have a WCP are required to submit an AR. Annual Reports – additionally there is a 5-year implementation report for entities with surface water rights with TCEQ Loan – 302 3300 – 192 SWR – 211 Total - 705

This shows the relationship between the required reports and plans. Some examples include: The relationship between the WCP and the RWP, water needs, water management strategies and BMPS. Data from the WLA is used in AR and UP and setting 5 and 10-year goals for WCPs. The WLA data also used to calculate water loss thresholds as part of our review of requests for financial assistance and if an entity needs to include funds to mitigate its water loss. Thresholds are also used in prioritizing SWIFT applications. This visual also shows how the same data is often used in different reports. We often heard from utilities that “I already gave you that info”. Also, depending on who was filling out the report, there often was discrepancies in data from one report to the next.

A Solution In 2013, the 83rd Texas Legislature appropriated resources to: Streamline data collection Eliminate redundant data entry Improve data Make data accessible In 2013, the 83rd Texas Legislature appropriated funds to develop an online tool to: Streamline the data collection for the TWDB’s water planning and conservation programs, Eliminate redundant data entry for the required reporting documents, Improve the data collection process and the quality and consistency of that data, and Make the data accessible online.

Loss, Use and Conservation Application (LUC) Reporting sequence – flow of data 5-year historic data will auto-populate in the utility profile Entities with surface water rights should use TCEQ’s utility profile form and water conservation plan requirements. The data in the online utility profile should be helpful to you.

LUC Application Reports Water Loss & Conservation Data by Year by Entity by County by Region by Population <10,000 10,000 to 49,999 50,000 to 99,999 >=100,000 Statewide Examples of the types of reports that will be available. When will the reports be available???

So how will the reports be accessed?

This shows water balance data by region.

This shows the water balance data graphically.

This table shows the median and average of water loss performance indicators and other water use data by region.

This report shows teh median and average values for total GPCD, residential GPCD and water loss GPCD.

Siobhan Scott 512-463-9565 Siobhan.scott@twdb.texas.gov It seems that a better understanding of the importance of data on a local, regional and statewide basis is being recognized, as well as the relationships that the data has to helping all of us ensure adequate water supplies for the future.