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Chattooga County Water District
Water-loss briefing
2025 audit. Prepared 2026-10-14. Chattooga County audit grouping.
| 2025 reported measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Supplied | 375.1 million gallons |
| Total losses | 163.3 million gallons / 43.5% |
| Daily total-loss equivalent | 447,500 gallons |
| Physical / apparent losses | 145.2 / 18.183 million gallons |
| Leakage / connection / day | 110.6 gallons |
| Leakage / mile / day | 1,326 gallons |
| Data validity | 51 / 100 (documentation, not % accuracy) |
| Reported loss valuation | $226,109 (not guaranteed savings) |
Physical leakage trend: -2.9% since 2024; +34.0% since 2016. Missing years remain missing.
Three questions for the governing body
- How are 300 miles of mains, unchanged through the decade, verified?
Records: Complete annual audit workbooks, Comments and Notes, meter verification, and the current water-loss control program.
- What meter-testing and billing evidence supports the apparent-loss estimate?
Records: Input worksheets, pipe inventory, connection counts, and corresponding financial records.
- What funded steps will improve audit inputs and reduce actual leakage on the long network?
Records: Monthly water balances, leak and repair logs, meter tests, targets, budgets and annual progress reports.
2025 EPD compilation, worksheet “2025 Water Audits ”, row 47. Full profile: https://waterloss.elliotpierce.net/utilities/chattooga-county-water-district/. Volume estimates do not establish the cause of outages, recoverable savings or specific rate increases. Complete audit notes and operational records are needed.