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The Lower Saucon Authority provides water and sewer service to residents of Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. We are formed under the Pennsylvania Municipal Authority Act.

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COST OF SAVED WATER COULD APPROACH 10% OF OUR ANNUAL WATER BUDGET

This year, we at the Lower Saucon Authority have been putting up posts that share numbers about how much water we have saved. People have been impressed, but we don’t think that people realized what the numbers actually mean… so here it is…

Through three quarters of 2025 we have sold 7.636 million gallons less than we have produced, a loss rate of 9.07%. That translates to a cost of $57,195 dollars in lost, or “non-revenue” water.The national “non-revenue” water average is 24%, which translates to 20.209 million gallons of water. That translates to $151,364 dollars in lost, or “non-revenue” water.

That means that compared to the national average, we saved our customers $94,169 in lost water costs. If we continue on this path and our full year savings come out to around $130,000, that is nearly 10% of our annual water budget of $1.35 million.

If our budget was 10% higher, it would definitely require a significant rate increase.

That is exactly what all of this saved water means!

“Lost”, or “non-revenue” water can be a big drain on the budget of a municipal authority. It is water that the authority pays for but does not sell or put to productive use. Lost water normally occurs through breaks in mains or evaporation from water sources. Lost water is ultimately paid for by the ratepayers, as it is incorporated into the operating budget of the authority.

Many large systems struggle to keep their lost water to 30%, while 20% is considered to be a good result. At the Lower Saucon Authority we target 10% every quarter when we measure our lost water.

For the 3rd quarter of 2025, the Lower Saucon Authority kept its system-wide lost water to 9.64%. We “produced” 31.096 million gallons for the quarter, and sold 28.098 million gallons. This left a total of approximately 2.998 million gallons lost, for a gross total loss of 9.64%. This is an amazing number that we are once again very happy to achieve! This marks the sixth quarter in a row that we were able to keep our “lost” water under 10%.

For the first three quarters of 2025, our gross lost water percentage is 9.07%. We “produced” 84,203,220 gallons for the year, and sold 76,567,000 gallons. This left a gross total of 7,636,220 gallons that were unaccounted for. We used 621,780 gallons during our spring system-wide flushing, and lost 1,300,000 gallons to water main breaks in the first quarter, leaving a net total of 5,714,440 gallons lost for a net total of 6.79%.

We are incredibly proud of the job that our crew does to save money for our customers. As a municipal authority, we do not collect or receive taxes – we are completely funded by our rate payers. By limiting the amount of our lost water, we limit the additional expenses that our customers must bear.

Credit should be give to LSA Operations Supervisor Bill Reccek, who actively hunts potential water breaks on a daily basis. Once he locates them, our crew of William Reccek, Jonathan Lutz and Jarrett Hanni does a fantastic job of repairing those breaks. This crew does a great job taking care of our system (this year and every year), and we are exceptionally proud of them!

See this article for more information on water loss and non-revenue water: https://undergroundinfrastructure.com/…/water-losses…

        
November 10, 2025|Uncategorized, Water Notifications|

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