# Jacksonville — water loss as filed

TWDB · PWS TX0370002 · CHEROKEE County · filings 2015–2024
https://municorn.us/water-loss/tx/jacksonville/

## Summary

Jacksonville reported **27.1% non-revenue water** in FY2024, higher than 70% of the 908 Texas systems that filed that year. At the utility's own reported water rates that is **$185,886 a year**, as computed in the filed audit itself. **The series is not stable enough to act on**: it moves 9.7 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 | 27.1% | 833.5 | $185,886 | closed |
| 2023 | 11.7% | 750.5 | $82,542 | closed |
| 2022 | 21.3% | 888.3 | $156,842 | closed |
| 2021 | 27.3% | 889.6 | $196,462 | closed |
| 2020 | 23.8% | 825.7 | $151,718 | closed |
| 2019 | 31.3% | 882 | $193,614 | closed |
| 2018 | 13.5% | 810.8 | $149,429 | closed |
| 2017 | 32.5% | 844.3 | $296,360 | closed |
| 2016 | 37.6% | 965.6 | $367,296 | closed |
| 2015 | 40.7% | 900.9 | $359,235 | 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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