California (ACWA) Jan. 5, 2016 -- Caifornia's State Water Resources Control Board Tuesday approved a resolution authorizing the use of approximately $3.2 million in Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Local Assistance set-aside funds to establish a Water Loss Control Collaborative, a statewide water loss control program intended to make the state’s water management system more efficient and resilient.
The resolution authorizes $400,0000 to assist urban retail water suppliers in preparing and validating water loss audit reports as required by SB 555 (Wolk; 2015) and another $2.8 million to implement Phase 1 of the Water Loss Control Collaborative to be led by the California-Nevada Section, American Water Works Association. Implementation of Phase 1 will take place over a three-year period and involve 460 urban water retail suppliers. CA-NV AWWA membership funds will be used to fund future years of the program.
“This is a really important step for our state,” State Water Board Member Steven Moore said of the resolution.
