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Walker County Water & Sewer Authority
Water-loss briefing
2025 audit. Prepared 2026-10-14. Walker County audit grouping.
| 2025 reported measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Supplied | 828.5 million gallons |
| Total losses | 379.9 million gallons / 45.9% |
| Daily total-loss equivalent | 1,040,758 gallons |
| Physical / apparent losses | 373.1 / 6.758 million gallons |
| Leakage / connection / day | 74.7 gallons |
| Leakage / mile / day | 2,381 gallons |
| Data validity | 69 / 100 (documentation, not % accuracy) |
| Reported loss valuation | $258,929 (not guaranteed savings) |
Physical leakage trend: +47.6% since 2024; +0.9% since 2016. Missing years remain missing.
Three questions for the governing body
- What explains the sharp 2022 change in volume, connections and pressure?
Records: Complete annual audit workbooks, Comments and Notes, meter verification, and the current water-loss control program.
- Why did physical leakage rebound in 2025 after the lower 2024 estimate?
Records: Input worksheets, pipe inventory, connection counts, and corresponding financial records.
- How are the stable connection and pipe-inventory inputs verified annually?
Records: Monthly water balances, leak and repair logs, meter tests, targets, budgets and annual progress reports.
2025 EPD compilation, worksheet “2025 Water Audits ”, row 235. Full profile: https://waterloss.elliotpierce.net/utilities/walker-county-authority/. Volume estimates do not establish the cause of outages, recoverable savings or specific rate increases. Complete audit notes and operational records are needed.