Water Loss Seminar

Attendees will learn the methods and technologies to economically control water and revenue losses by managing leakage and pressure to save water and optimizing revenue via revenue protection programs. Be sure to bring a laptop or personal device to the seminar! Attendees who have completed a water audit for their utility using the AWWA Free Water Audit Software are encouraged to bring an electronic copy of the audit.

Water Loss Seminar at-a-Glance
Preliminary Schedule is subject to change.

Day One (7 Credit Hours) Water Accountability, Water Audits and Data Validation
8:00-8:30 a.m.	Registration
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.	-Water Supply Infrastructure and Water Revenue Losses -Water Accountability and Water Efficiency
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m. - noon	-The AWWA Standard Water Audit Method and Free Tools -The Data Validation Process
noon - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch (AWWA Provides)
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.	-Compiling the Water Audit using the AWWA Free Water Software -Organizing the Water Loss Control Team
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15 - 5:00 p.m.	-Water Audit Data Collection: Good Practices -An Overview of Validated North American Utility Water Audit Data
Day Two (7 Credit Hours) Controlling Non-Revenue Water, Particularly Real and Apparent Losses
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.	-Controlling Real Losses: Leakage and Pressure Management -The Nature and Occurrence of Leakage
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.- noon	-Assessing Leakage Volumes: Leakage Component Analysis -The Four Pillars of Real Loss Control -Creating a Cost-Effective Leakage and Pressure Management Program
noon - 1:00	Lunch (On your Own)
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.	-Controlling Apparent Losses: Revenue Protection -The Nature and Occurrence of Apparent Losses
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15 - 5:00 p.m.	-Assessing Apparent Losses Via Component Analysis -The Four Pillars of Apparent Loss Control -Creating a Cost-Effective Revenue Protection Program

Speaker and Presenter Information

George Kunkel is Principal of Kunkel Water Efficiency Consulting, a firm that specializes in water loss control in drinking water utilities. He has over 35 years of water utility and consulting experience and led the successful water loss control program in Philadelphia for over 20 years.
Will Jernigan is a Director with Cavanaugh, and a nationally recognized leader in Water Loss Management and Bioenergy with 15 years in the industry. Will presently serves as Program Manager for the ground-breaking multi-phase water loss program for the State of Georgia since 2012.
David Sayers has nearly 20 years of experience in the fields of water use analyses, water resources management, water conservation and water system audits. He has experience working in the United Kingdom and the United States and has worked for a water utility, a regulatory agency, and as a consultant.