# Nueces County WCID 3 — water loss as filed

TWDB · PWS TX1780005 · NUECES County · filings 2016–2024
https://municorn.us/water-loss/tx/nueces-county-wcid-3/

## Summary

Nueces County WCID 3 reported **29.6% non-revenue water** in FY2024, higher than 75% of the 908 Texas systems that filed that year. At the utility's own reported water rates that is **$380,329 a year**, as computed in the filed audit itself. **The series is not stable enough to act on**: it moves 9.5 points a year against a Texas median of 5.8. 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 | 29.6% | 508.8 | $380,329 | closed |
| 2023 | 30.6% | 538.1 | $632,155 | closed |
| 2022 | 7.4% | 584.1 | $175,149 | closed |
| 2021 | 14.5% | 598.3 | $328,333 | closed |
| 2019 | 5.0% | 597.4 | $375,672 | closed |
| 2018 | 22.6% | 611.1 | $499,851 | closed |
| 2017 | 16.5% | 577.4 | $620,468 | closed |
| 2016 | 18.9% | 662.5 | $209,591 | 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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