This toolkit is intended as a guide to those water districts and/or companies, agencies or academic institutions wishing to take first steps to becoming more water efficient and ecologically responsible.
The technical information in this toolkit is standard practice and state of the art at the time of writing. Every user and every location needs to adapt these tools to their own circumstances. Not all the tools may be necessary or available, and some tools may not work well depending on the specific setting, plumbing variables and conditions.
Note: Please note that it does not substitute for expert technical guidance and advice.
This toolkit will:
- Serve as a step-by-step guide in conducting a basic water audits for commercial businesses and government institutions.
- Educate implementers on the best practices for efficient use of water, and provide an understanding of the importance of WDM.
The Water Audit Toolkit
- This user-friendly water audit toolkit aims to provide a guide for implementing WDM in Zamboanga City, particularly in regards to conducting water audits. It can also be modified by other water districts for their use in developing a water audit program.
- The toolkit defines and illustrates various protocols, approaches, and processes to be adopted and applied by the water auditors and other users.
Who is this Toolkit for?
This toolkit is for implementers. They may include:
- Water auditors tasked to conduct the on-site audit.
- Local government units tasked by the city mayor to implement WDM strategies.
- Water service providers, such as a local water district that want to implement WDM strategies, including conducting water audits.
- New commercial businesses interested in new construction water-efficiency opportunities and best practices.
- Government institutions (i.e., Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of the Interior and Local Government,
- Department of Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry, Bureau of Product Standards) that would like an understanding of where and how their water is used and potential water-efficiency opportunities, including achieving water savings from leak detection.
- Commercial businesses and institutions that would like an understanding of where and how their water is used and potential water-efficiency opportunities, including achieving water savings from leak detection.
How to Use this Toolkit
This toolkit contains information needed in order to conduct a basic commercial water audit.
To help navigate this toolkit, the following icons are used to present key information:
- Step-by-step process – this icon indicates a step-by-step process. Look for it and follow steps to complete a given task.
- Best Practice – this icon indicates a WDM best practice.