The Kansas Rural Water Association provides targeted assistance to public water systems identified by the Kansas Water Office as having high unaccounted for (>30%) water loss. These systems are referred to as "Special Focus Projects." Check below for a brief report on the work by KRWA with the systems assigned to KRWA under the 2011 contract. Funding for this assistance is provided through the Clean Drinking Water Fee, and administered by the Kansas Water Office. This report is for the period June 1 through September 30, 2011

See also Summary Report, Fiscal Year 11 for results from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.

Allen RWD 13

Allen RWD 13 personnel, with assistance from KRWA, located and repaired leaks and also installed new main line valves. The improvements have reduced the water loss to 10.2% from July - September 2011. The district plans to replace their older meters and replace one 6-inch valve to complete the improvements. KRWA Tech Gary Armentrout will provide assistance as needed to help maintain the lower water loss percentage. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 51.7%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 51.9%, April - June 2011 = 42.5%, July - Sept 2011 = 10.2%.

Chase RWD 1

Chase RWD 1 and KRWA Tech Jon Steele conducted a water loss survey in July. There were six leaks isolated. The bookkeeper reported that none of the six leaks located have been pinpointed or repaired. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 17.3%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 56.2%, Apr - June 2011 = 67.2%. July - Sept 2011 = 44.4%.

Cherokee RWD 1

Cherokee RWD 1 has replaced 20 percent of the customer meters from July - September 2011. KRWA will continue working with district personnel to determine the cause for the high water loss. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 32.7%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 36.3%, Apr - June 2011 = 34.8%, July - Sept 2011 = 27.2%.

Cherokee RWD 4

Cherokee RWD 4 completed replacing all meters with radio read meters in September. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 49.2%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 44.8%, Apr - June 2011 = 41.1%, July - Sept 2011 = 27.4%.

City of Attica

The city of Attica has scheduled a water tower company to inspect and repair the city's ground water storage tank. The ground water storage tank was identified to be leaking during the water loss survey conducted by KRWA Tech Jon Steele and operator TJ Rausch. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 53.4%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 61.6%, Apr - June 2011 = 38.3%, July 2011 = 29.7%. August - September information was not available.

City of Bird City

Bird City personnel and KRWA Tech Doug Guenther tested the meter at Well 6 for accuracy. The meter is within manufacturer's specifications at 1.5 percent from 100 percent. A large leak north of Hwy 36 was located in August, however it took several days before a contractor arrived to excavate the leak. Operator Danny Deschenes does not record the location of all prior leaks for reference. This would help the city determine areas that would need replacement lines. Most leaks that have been repaired are on thin-walled poly service lines. KRWA will continue to assist the city with water loss surveys to locate all detectable leaks. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 28.8%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 60.9%, Apr - June = 46.1%, July - Sept 2011 = 22.7%.

City of Herndon

The city of Herndon has not replaced the master meter at Well Four. Two service line leaks were located and repaired by city operator Vern Fricke. Doug Guenther KRWA Tech suggested testing residential meters to determine if replacement is warranted. Although the meters are old meters testing will determine the accuracy. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 54.5%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 23.1%, Apr - June 2011 = 84.2%, July - Aug 2011 = 22.8%. September information was not available.

City of Jennings

The city of Jennings has repaired the leak between the bank and grocery store. KRWA will assist the city with testing a sampling of the customer meters. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 30.6%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 33.3%, Apr - May 2011 = 44.1%, July - Aug 2011 = 15.8%. September information was not available.

City of Nickerson

The city of Nickerson superintendent repaired one leak in August. The city has six meters over 1-inch in size being tested for accuracy. It is suspected these meters are not registering low flows. The city has a meter for irrigation at the park that is not registering, this meter will be replaced as soon as possible. All large meters found to be inaccurate will also be replaced. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 24.7%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 31%, Apr - June 2011 = 17.9%, July = Sept 2011 = 28.7%.

City of Smith Center

The city of Smith Center and KRWA personnel will conduct a water loss survey in October 2011. Lawn watering will be greatly reduced allowing the water loss survey to be completed. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 28.3%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 23.7%, Apr - June 2011 = 32.7%, July - Sept 2011 = 22.7%.

City of Speed

The city of Speed's operator, John Wight, reported there were no leaks located from July - September. John received the test report from the Division of Water Resources from 2008. At that time the meter passed DWR's requirements, but was over-registering 3.1%. John mentioned that he will be testing residential meters for accuracy. Unaccounted for water loss is: Jan - Mar 2011 = -430%, Apr - June 2011 = 7.1%, July - Aug 2011 = -2.8%. September information was not available.

Cloud RWD 1

Cloud RWD 1 operator, Stan VanMeter, will verify meter readings in October. The water loss has improved after a large leak was located and repaired earlier this summer. The master meters were also tested for accuracy and were found to be over-registering. The meters have been repaired and are now operating accurately. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct.- Dec. 2010 = 12.7%; Jan - March 2011 = 26.7%; April - June 2011 = 3.4%; July - August = 16.5% September information was not complete. KRWA requests that Cloud RWD 1 be removed from the list for quarterly monitoring.

Cowley RWD 7

Cowley RWD 7 reported there were no leaks detected or repaired from July - September. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 32.1%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 56.2%, Apr - June 2011 = 26.5%, July = 7.5%. August and September information was not available.

Crawford RWD 5

Crawford RWD 5 did not report locating or repairing leaks from July - September. KRWA will continue to offer assistance in determining the causes for the high water loss. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 21.4%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 43.1%, Apr - June 2011 = 36.8%, July - Sept 2011 = 16.9%.

Harper RWD 4

Harper RWD 4 did not locate any leaks from July - September 2011. KRWA will continue to offer assistance to the district. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 12.4%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 34.8%, Apr - June 2011 = 28.6%, July - Sept 2011 = 16.6%.

Jefferson RWD 2

Jefferson RWD 2 operator, Charlie Bowen repaired a leak on a 2-inch line in August. This leak was estimated at 10 gallons per minute. KRWA Tech Tony Kimmi and Charlie Bowen located and repaired a four gallons per minute leak at the Dennis Hurd residence in Jefferson county. Charlie also installed six new residential meters at the residences of the district's board of directors. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 29.5%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 28.7%, Apr - June 2011 = 33.6%, July - Sept 2011 = 22.6%.

Jefferson RWD 3

Jefferson RWD 3 Operator, Vincent Petesch, has repaired eight water leaks from July - September. Four leaks were on 4-inch PVC; two were on 2-inch PVC and two were on 6-inch PVC. One of the 6-inch leaks was due to a Jefferson County maintenance crew hitting a 6-inch valve and draining 5 miles of water line. The district has also discovered that its standpipe has been over-flowing. This was not noticed by district personnel and they were not able to determine how long this has been happening. Repair parts have been ordered and should be in and installed by the middle of October. A water loss survey will be conducted after these repairs are completed. KRWA Tech Gary Armentrout has a meeting set with the board of directors in November to discuss water loss issues. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 21.4%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 34.2%, Apr - June = 35.9%, July - Sept 2011 = 29.1%.

Linn RWD 3

Linn RWD 3 operator, Paula McGuire, repaired two small leaks this quarter; one on a 2-inch PVC line and the other on a 1.5-inch PVC line. The water loss has been reduced this quarter. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 37.6%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 38.9%, Apr - Jun 2011 = 30.1%. July - Sept 2011 = 17.2%.

Neosho RWD 4

Neosho RWD 4 did not report repairing any leaks from July - September 2011. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 41.7%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 14.3%, Apr - June = 13.7%, July - Aug 2011 = negative 0.6%. September information was not available. KRWA requests that Neosho RWD 4 be removed from the list for quarterly monitoring. The district has reduced water loss to less than 20% for two consecutive quarters.

Pottawatomie RWD 2

Pottawatomie RWD 2 operator Lynn Webster reported repairing two leaks in August. KRWA Tech Greg Metz will assist Lynn with the installation of a new well meter. The district is installing new line in a portion of the district and is replacing two other sections of line that have been causing problems. Greg and Lynn will conduct additional water loss surveys after these improvements are completed. Lynn mentioned that he knows there is a leak somewhere on the Dry Creek line. Further testing on this line will be needed to locate the leak. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 39.2%, Jan - March 2011 = 42.6%; April - June 2011 = 29.2%; July - August 2011 = 21.7%. September information was incomplete.

Republic RWD 1

Republic RWD 1 operator James Haskins reported that he has not completed verifying all meter readings. He has still not completed the meter audit. James also reported fixing two major breaks on main lines in August and September. One leak was on a five inch line by Courtland and the other on a four inch line in the Northern part of the system. KRWA Tech Greg Metz and James had visited about how much the leaks would account for on the water loss. James estimated what the quantity of the leaks by the pumping records and had a guess of almost 2 million gallons in the Month of August. Figuring this in the unaccounted for water loss would make a huge difference. Water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 34.1 %; Jan - March2011= 51.2%; April - June = 36.6%; July - Aug = 45%. September information was unavailable.

Republic RWD 2

Republic RWD 2 operators Ed Junek and Charles Vieselmeyer have been busy with new line extensions and have not been able to schedule a water loss survey with KRWA Tech Greg Metz. Greg has suggested the following: 1. Review bookkeeping information 2. Read customer meters monthly 3. Install area meters to know where the highest losses are occurring. Ed stated that he will contact Greg when the district is able to schedule in a water loss survey to check for leaks. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 24.6%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 25%, Apr - June 2011 = 22.8%, July 2011 = 27.6%. August - September 2011 information was not complete.

Sumner RWD 4

Sumner RWD 4 Krista Czaplinski has provided the information for May - August 2011. Krista reported that the district has repaired five leaks from July - September. She also reported that tower controls have not been working correctly and the tower has over filled. She does not know how long this has been a problem. The district has contacted a company to repair the malfunctioning controls. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 24.5%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 43%, Apr - June 2011 - 30.9%, July - Aug 2011 = 30.5%, September information was not complete.

Wilson RWD 11

Wilson RWD 11 has maintained a water loss percentage below 20 percent for two consecutive quarters. KRWA requests that Wilson RWD 11 be removed from the list for quarterly monitoring. Unaccounted for water loss is: Oct - Dec 2010 = 38.9%, Jan - Mar 2011 = 28.6%, Apr - June 2011 = 15.9%, July - Sept 2011 = 7.8%.