# Fort Bend Co MUD 42 Water Plant — water loss as filed

TWDB · PWS TX0790254 · FORT BEND County · filings 2015–2024
https://municorn.us/water-loss/tx/fort-bend-co-mud-42-water-plant/

## Summary

Fort Bend Co MUD 42 Water Plant reported **8.9% non-revenue water** in FY2024, higher than 17% of the 908 Texas systems that filed that year. At the utility's own reported water rates that is **$12,073 a year**, as computed in the filed audit itself. The figure is trending worse across the record.

**The filed balance closes**, to within 0.00% of reported system input.

## Filed history

| Year | Non-revenue water % | System input (MG) | Cost of losses/yr | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.9% | 179.1 | $12,073 | closed |
| 2023 | 11.5% | 216.2 | $17,397 | closed |
| 2022 | 8.3% | 194.9 | $9,558 | closed |
| 2021 | 10.2% | 173.3 | $6,965 | closed |
| 2020 | 8.3% | 185.5 | $8,410 | closed |
| 2019 | 6.3% | 180.4 | $6,481 | closed |
| 2018 | 10.2% | 186.3 | $8,558 | closed |
| 2017 | 5.5% | 191.6 | $5,820 | closed |
| 2016 | 6.7% | 193 | $7,497 | closed |
| 2015 | 7.2% | 191 | $6,598 | closed |

`closed` means the filed components sum to the filed input. `failed` means they do not, by the stated residual.
`insufficient` means the check could not run because figures are missing — never to be read as a pass.

## How the cost figure is built

Apparent loss is water delivered and never billed, so it is valued at the retail rate: revenue, recoverable inside a
budget year without capital work. Real loss is valued at variable production cost, because eliminating a leak saves
treatment and pumping rather than retail price. Where the filed audit carries its own cost of losses — as TWDB's
export does — those figures are used directly and no rate of ours enters the calculation.

## Source

Texas Water Development Board — historical water loss audit data. Retrieved 2026-08-09. https://www.twdb.texas.gov/conservation/data/water-loss-dashboard.asp

Volumes are normalized to million gallons on ingest; the export reports them in the unit each filing states.

Figures are as filed unless stated otherwise. If a number here is wrong it is wrong in the filing or wrong in
our reading of it, and both are worth knowing: ammar@municorn.us

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