Water Auditing 1 Cari DeWolf, Consultant
Mindsets… Budgets… Oversight… 2 Photo by Cari DeWolf, El Dorado Irrigation District
o Save $$$ o Lower costs o Reinvest savings $$$ o Plan for upgrades 3
Facility Water Audit Process 4 Pre-auditSite Visit AnalysesReports Re-access Data Needs
Photo by Cari DeWolf
Business activities Busiest hours Employee schedules Equipment operations Maintenance program Processes 6
Contacts Billing data Site address(es) Maps, schematics, layouts Meter/sub-meter locations 7
8 Deadwood, South Dakota
Policies/procedures Health/safety code Regulatory items Company & personal ID 9
Pacific Energy Center Photo by Cari DeWolf
Floor plan Meter(s) Sub-meter(s) Flow-meter(s) Service pipeline size Pressure reducing valves (PRV) 11
Photo by Cari DeWolf PG&E Pacific Energy Center
◦ Equipment and appliances ◦ Plumbing fixtures ◦ Hoses ◦ Return pumps and piping ◦ Irrigation systems ◦ Fountains ◦ Ponds and pools 13
14 Photo by Cari DeWolf
16 Photo by Lynne Bridges
Data-logging Observation Manual Flow testing Leak detection 17
Photo by Lynne Bridges
19 Shadow Ranch Vineyard
20 Photo courtesy of Placer County Water Agency
Pipe connections/joints Valves Holding tanks Boilers Steam traps 21
22 Photo by Cari DeWolf
Repair leaks Stop/minimize damage ◦ Product ◦ Property ◦ Reduce liability Update schematics 24
25 Photo by Cari DeWolf
Photo courtesy of Placer County Water Agency
Inspections Reduce pressures Broom or blower Maintenance Signage “Report leaks to …” 27
Photo by Cari DeWolf
Water Energy Chemicals Sewer sanitation Efficiencies Product outputs $$$$ savings 29
Photo by Cari DeWolf
Demands… ◦ Energy, chemicals, labor, product output Uses by… ◦ Area, equipment, product, employees, customers Compare to similar end-users… ◦ Technology, product type, labor, costs, data source(s), methods 31
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Utilities Manufacturers Companies Grants 33
Changes in the industry New regulations/code Improvements Current trends Service contractors 34
Photos by Cari DeWolf, EI Dorado Irrigation District