# Higgins Municipal — water loss as filed

TWDB · PWS TX1480004 · LIPSCOMB County · filings 2015–2024
https://municorn.us/water-loss/tx/higgins-municipal/

## Summary

Higgins Municipal reported **21.5% non-revenue water** in FY2024, higher than 59% of the 908 Texas systems that filed that year. At the utility's own reported water rates that is **$6,580 a year**, as computed in the filed audit itself. **The series is not stable enough to act on**: it moves 11 points a year against a Texas median of 5.8.

**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 | 21.5% | 19.4 | $6,580 | closed |
| 2023 | 27.3% | 17.4 | $6,264 | closed |
| 2022 | 37.4% | 22.6 | $9,595 | closed |
| 2021 | 40.4% | 22.9 | $8,596 | closed |
| 2020 | 17.8% | 22.7 | $10,173 | closed |
| 2017 | 33.0% | 26.9 | $5,765 | closed |
| 2016 | 37.6% | 31.3 | $5,824 | closed |
| 2015 | 21.8% | 26.2 | $12,842 | 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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