Accurate Metering of Water Production Flows (EL312)

Course Length: 1 Hour / 0.1 CEU*

Course Description: Course participants will learn that accurate metering of production flows is highly important, in terms of managing water supplies, but also in providing accurate data to the annual water audit. Production flows are the largest annual volumes of water measured in the water utility, and they are measured by the largest flowmeters in the water system. It is critical that water utilities manage these assets reliably to produce accurate data, and this course provides detailed guidance on this activity.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify those water flows that are classified as production flows

• Recognize the critical importance of accurate production flow data to water accountability

• Distinguish the primary types of production flowmeters used in drinking water supplies

• Recall the basic ways to test production flowmeter performance and calculate the accuracy rating from typical testing data

• Recognize that production flowmeters are important assets that must be maintained, repaired, and replaced on a regular basis as part of good asset management

• Tabulate and Analyze production flowmeter data to observe flow trends and identify data errors and data gaps

Certificates of Completion: AWWA will award a Certificate of Completion upon success passing of this course. This does not automatically imply that your state agency will award you CEUs. It is the individual's responsibility, before registering for any continuing education credit program, to contact the appropriate licensing agency.