![]() ![]() The project will also expand the utility’s leak detection network and pressure sensors and provide more leak alerts. The total cost of the real and apparent losses exceeded $12 million last year, according to TWDB’s data.Īustin Water said its My ATX Water project is in the process of swapping more than a quarter million analog meters with smart meters that provide more accurate digital readings and reduce apparent losses. The city tallied 1.5 billion gallons of apparent losses last year, according to audit data. Apparent losses can happen due to inaccurate meters, billing errors and unauthorized consumption, according to TWDB. Those real gallons don’t include “apparent losses,” which are accounting losses, such as water that was used but not billed for. The 6.9 billion gallons of lost water are categorized as “real water” losses, meaning physical water lost from the system. Each year the number and size of leaks varies, and the year-to-year increase in leaks last year was “part of that normal variation,” an Austin Water spokesperson said in a statement.Īustin pipes leaked 6.49 billion gallons in 2021, an improvement over 2020Īustin Water serves more than 1 million retail customers, has over 250,000 retail connections and more than 4,000 miles of main lines, according to audit data. Fielding Runs is based on actual time at. Last year’s leaks were also within a satisfactory range, according to an industry measurement called the “infrastructure leakage index,” which takes into account a utility’s total connections, miles of pipes and water pressure, the city said.Īustin Water Utility said some lost water is unavoidable in a system of Austin’s size. WAR and Wins Above Average are computed at the team/position level by prorating the players team-season totals by time played at the position, so they may not represent exactly what the player did at that position, but rather it assumes they were equally valued at each position. While 6.9 billion gallons may seem like a staggering amount of treated water, it’s less than the city’s all-time high of 7.3 billion gallons leaked in 2020. That’s enough to fill Lady Bird Lake nearly three times, and it’s an increase of more than 400 million gallons compared to the year before, according to water loss audit data obtained from the Texas Water Development Board. In total, city pipes lost over 6.9 billion gallons of drinkable water in 2022. AUSTIN (KXAN) – From service-line drips to main-line cascades, Austin Water’s pipes leaked more than enough treated water to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool every hour of every day last year. ![]()
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