AWWA M36 Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, Third Edition, 2009

Organization: American Water Works Association

Co-author/Contributor: Maddaus Water Management

Lisa Maddaus is a contributing author for the third edition of AWWA’s M36 Water Audits and Loss Control Programs. This manual has step-by-step instructions for conducting a water system audit. The audit procedure and methodology in the manual provide guidance to utilities to improve their water loss control programs, thereby enhancing their ability to reduce water losses and recover revenue losses. These methods can also determine the economic level of leakage for the cost-effective and efficient reinvestment in our aging water infrastructure. With competing demands for both new water supply permits and accessing funding for the rehabilitation and replacement of infrastructure, this approach to conducting audits is a vital tool for what has become mandated in many states. Lisa has recently become a California Certified Water Audit Validator for these methods based on the updated 4th edition of the manual published in 2016.