California Water Code

§ 10608.34

WAT § 10608.34 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 6 · Part 2.55 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(a)(1) On or before January 1, 2017, the department shall adopt rules for all of the following:

(A)The conduct of standardized water loss audits by urban retail water suppliers in accordance with the method adopted by the American Water Works Association in the third edition of Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, Manual M36 and in the Free Water Audit Software, version 5.0.

(B)The process for validating a water loss audit report prior to submitting the report to the department. For the purposes of this section, “validating” is a process whereby an urban retail water supplier uses a technical expert to confirm the basis of all data entries in the urban retail water supplier’s water loss audit report and to appropriately characterize the quality of the reported data. The validation process shall follow the principles and terminology laid out by the American Water Works Association in the third edition of Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, Manual M36 and in the Free Water Audit Software, version 5.0. A validated water loss audit report shall include the name and technical qualifications of the person engaged for validation.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 239, Sec. 1. (AB 1414) Effective January 1, 2020.