North American Water Loss Conference Hawaii s New Water Loss Audit Training Program

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1 North American Water Loss Conference 2017 Hawaii s New Water Loss Audit Training Program December 4, 2017 San Diego, CA Presenter: Neal Fujii Hawaii Commission on Water Resource Management

2 Overview Background Authorizing legislation and requirements Affected utilities Program elements Implementation Lessons learned Next steps

3 Hawaii Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) Authorized by Hawaii Constitution and State Water Code (1987) Water is a public trust in Hawaii State agency attached to HI Department of Land and Natural Resources Statewide fresh water resource management mandate Balance reasonable/beneficial uses with protection and traditional & customary uses Implement water conservation programs

4 Background: Water Loss Audits in Hawaii February 2013 Hawaii Water Conservation Plan completed Recommends procedure for requiring and conduction annual water loss audit for public water systems April 2014 Water loss audit workshops completed statewide with HRWA

5 Background: Water Loss Audits in Hawaii 2015 Fresh Water Blueprint released May 2016 Pilot water audit training program completed for PUC-regulated systems June 2016 Act 169 signed into law (nonadmin bill; first try!)

6 Act 169, SLH 2016, Relating to Water Audits Requires Commission to implement water audit program and provide technical assistance & training to affected utilities for AWWA water audits Affects ~100 public water systems: 2 Phases 1 st county-owned 2 nd large capacity (serving population 1000) or within designated water management areas Deliver 90% of drinking water in the state

7 Act 169, SLH 2016, Relating to Water Audits County water audits due July 1, 2018 Large Capacity & WMA water audits due July 1, 2020 AWWA water audits must be Level 1 Validated Act 169 authorizes $600,000 federal and $100,000 private funding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Hawaii Department of Health / Hawaii Community Foundation

8 Regulatory Background Water Loss Reporting Requirements AWWA Methodology & Third Party Validation AWWA Methodology Basic Reporting No Requirement

9 Kauai Oahu Molokai Lanai Maui Hawaii Island Giambelluca, T.W., Q. Chen, A.G. Frazier, J.P. Price, Y.-L. Chen, P.-S. Chu, J.K. Eischeid, and D.M. Delparte, 2013: Online Rainfall Atlas of Hawai i. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 94, , doi: /BAMS-D

10 County of Kauai County of Maui City & County of Honolulu County of Hawaii Giambelluca, T.W., Q. Chen, A.G. Frazier, J.P. Price, Y.-L. Chen, P.-S. Chu, J.K. Eischeid, and D.M. Delparte, 2013: Online Rainfall Atlas of Hawai i. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 94, , doi: /BAMS-D

11 4 County Water Departments in Hawaii Kauai DOW Honolulu BWS Maui DWS Hawaii DWS Water Developed 11 MGD 140 MGD 33.7 MGD 28 MGD # PWS Customer Accounts/Meters 21, ,000 71,353 42,759 Est. Population Served 60, , , ,000

12 Water Audit Validation Effort Hawaii W.A.V.E. NOTE: Separate but identical WAVE programs for county and large-cap/wma

13 Hawaii WAVE is a Water Audit Training and Technical Assistance Program Wave 1 Workshops: Introductions, water audit concepts and water system data review Wave 2 Teleconferences: Audit technical review: islandwide and individual systems Wave 3 Workshops: Advanced water audit concepts, audit preparation and introduction to intervention measures Wave 4 Teleconferences: Technical review and Level 1 validation for submission to CWRM

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15 Program Implementation Hired capable consultant Outreach to industry through water conferences and newsletter Formed Hawaii Water Loss Control Committee Introduction webinar prior to 1 st workshop Wave 1: Conducted five 2-day workshops in 4 counties

16 Program Implementation Day 1: Introduction to water audits, AWWA Water Audit Spreadsheet, data review Day 2: Identification of system boundaries, sources of water supplied, customer meter records, practice audits Trained 32 individuals from four county water departments Currently in Wave 2, received completed audits on time from 2 out of 4 counties, follow-up teleconferences

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18 Lessons Learned Good consultant invaluable to water audit neophyte agency Early outreach to industry is important communication is key for buy-in Support from upper management critical Relationships matter Need to be flexible Utility audit team should include management, ops, engineering, billing/finance, IT

19 Lessons Learned Data collection & prep prior to workshops Choose workshop venues convenient for utility We re here to help: utilities are apprehensive May need to apply consistent pressure Consider internal staffing requirements Bring food

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21 Next Steps Wave 3 & 4 for county systems Submission of county official audits July 1, 2018 CWRM review of ~50 water audits Begin WAVE program for large-cap/wma systems Q Submission of large-cap/wma systems audits July 1, 2020 Validation training/certification?? Will utilities implement economic evaluation & water loss interventions?

22 Hawaii Commission on Water Resource Management Neal Fujii (808)