# Orange County WCID 1 — water loss as filed

TWDB · PWS TX1810005 · ORANGE County · filings 2015–2024
https://municorn.us/water-loss/tx/orange-county-wcid-1/

## Summary

Orange County WCID 1 reported **25.3% non-revenue water** in FY2024, higher than 67% of the 908 Texas systems that filed that year. At the utility's own reported water rates that is **$26,348 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 | 25.3% | 383 | $26,348 | closed |
| 2020 | 32.5% | 411.9 | $44,185 | closed |
| 2019 | 30.8% | 399.3 | $39,110 | closed |
| 2018 | 24.3% | 392.6 | $36,121 | closed |
| 2017 | 25.6% | 414 | $33,575 | closed |
| 2016 | 25.1% | 426.6 | $34,802 | closed |
| 2015 | 20.8% | 398.3 | $34,764 | 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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