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Technical Reports

TECHNICAL LIBRARY

Subject matter experts from around the world contribute to the technical leadership of AWWA and are responsible for advancing AWWA activities in engineering, operation and management, water quality, small systems, water sustainability, water resource management and management of water utilities.

This library contains the body of knowledge produced by these subject matter experts.

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Guidance for Developing a Water Utility Innovation Program Download		Responding to Water Stagnation in Buildings with Reduced or No Water Use Download		Structural Classifications of Pressure Pipe Linings Download

Water Quality & Treatment

Responding to Water Stagnation in Buildings with Reduced or No Water Use: A Framework for Building Managers (2020, 30pp, PDF)
Methods to Assess Anthropogenic Bromide Loads from Coal-fired Power Plants and Their Potential Effect on Downstream Drinking Water Utilities (2019, 93pp, PDF)
Water Utility Disinfection Survey Report (2018, 171pp, PDF)
Cyanotoxins in US Drinking Water: Occurrence Case Studies and State Approaches to Regulation (2016, 61pp, PDF)
Managing Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water: A Technical Guidance Manual for Drinking Water Professionals (2016, 67pp, PDF)
Effect of Forest Cover on Drinking Water Treatment Costs (2016, 51pp, PDF)
Radionuclide Rule Compliance: Utility Guidance on Analytical Methods (2015, 48pp, PDF)

Risk and Resilience

Protecting the Water Sector's Critical Infrastructure Information: Analysis of State Laws (2020, 48pp, PDF)
Water Sector Resource Typing Guidance (2019, 108pp, PDF)
Cybersecurity Risk and Responsibility in the Water Sector (2019, 20pp, PDF)
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma After-Action Report (2018, 24pp, PDF)
Process Control System Security Guidance for the Water Sector (2017, 39pp, PDF)
Superstorm Sandy After-Action Report (2013, 10pp, PDF)
Utilities Helping Utilities: An Action Plan for Mutual Aid and Assistance Networks for Water and Wastewater Utilities (2005, 40pp, PDF

Water Resources

Protecting Drinking Water at the Source: Working with the USDA Forest Service (2019, 6pp, PDF)
Source Water Protection Justification Toolkit (2018, 28pp, PDF)
Communicating Source Water Protection Efforts in Consumer Confidence Reports (Literature Review) (2018, 54pp, PDF)
Communicating Source Water Protection Efforts in consumer Confidence Reports: Guidance Document (2018, 41pp, PDF)
USDA Tools to Support Water Protection (2018, 14pp, PDF)
Potable Reuse 101: An Innovative and Sustainable Water Supply Solution (2016, 8pp, PDF)
National Survey of Commercial Industrial and Institutional Water Efficiency Programs (2016, 117, PDF)
A Water Utility Manager's Guide to Cyanotoxins (2015, 18pp, PDF)
Framework for Direct Potable Reuse (2015, 196pp, PDF)
Source Protection Handbook: Using Land Conservation to Protect Drinking Water Supplies (2014, 90pp, PDF)

AWWA Survey Reports

Water Utility Disinfection Survey Report (2018, 171pp, PDF)
National Survey of Commercial Industrial and Institutional Water Efficiency Programs (2016, 117, PDF)
Establishing the Level of Progress in Utility Asset Management Survey Results (2015, 48pp, PDF)

Infrastructure

Assessment of Performance Indicators for Non-revenue Water Target-setting and Progress Tracking (2019, 118, PDF)
Key Data to Inform Government Asset Management Policies (2019, 104pp, PDF)
AWWA Asset Management Definitions Guidebook (2018, 33pp, PDF)
Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems - Guidance for Water Utilities (2018, 38pp, PDF)
AWWA Leading Business Practices in Asset Management Case Study Report (2017, 125pp, PDF)
The State of Water Loss Control in Drinking Water Utilities (2016, 24pp, PDF)
Establishing the Level of Progress in Utility Asset Management Survey Results (2015, 48pp, PDF)
Current Sustainable Infrastructure Practices (2014, 124pp, PDF)
Buried No Longer: Confronting America's Infrastructure Challenges (2012, 37pp, PDF)

Utility Management

The Financial Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on U.S. Drinking Water Utilities (2020, 38pp, PDF)
A Water Utility Manager's Guide to Community Stewardship (2019, 81pp, PDF)
Water Reuse Cost Allocations and Pricing Survey (2019, 80pp, PDF)
Developing a New Framework for Household Affordability and Financial capability Assessment in the Water Sector (2019, 129pp, PDF)
Trending in an Instant: A Risk Communication Guide for Water Utilities (2019, 88pp, PDF)
Operator Licensing Requirements Across the United States: Levels and Effects (2018, 125pp, PDF)
A Water Utility Manager's Guide to Cyanotoxins (2015, 18pp, PDF)
Thinking Outside the Bill: A Utility Manager's Guide to Assisting Low-Income Water Customers (2014, 49pp, PDF)
Assessing the Affordability of Federal Water Mandates: An Issue Brief (2013, 12pp, PDF)
Affordability Assessment Tool for Federal Water Mandates (2013, 33pp, PDF)
Assessing American Community Survey Data at the Community, National, and Census-Tract Levels (2013, 11pp, PDF)
Electronic Consumer Confidence Report (eCCR): Best Practices Guide (2013, 25pp, PDF)
Strategies to Obtain Customer Acceptance of Complete Lead Service Line Replacement (2005, 37pp, PDF)

AWWA Committee Reports

An AWWA committee report is a statement of findings made by a committee to the AWWA membership. These are consensus reports and are often printed in whole or summarized in the JournalAWWA for publication as a non‐peer reviewed article

AWWA Water Loss Control Committee
Committee Report: Key Performance Indicators for Nonrevenue Water (2020, JournalAWWA)

AWWA Standards Committee on Pipe Rehabilitation
Structural Classifications of Pressure Pipe Linings: Suggested Protocol for Product Classification (2019, 44pp, PDF)

AWWA Transient Analysis Subcommittee of the Engineering Modeling Applications Committee
Committee Report: Getting Started in Transient Analysis (2019, JournalAWWA)

AWWA Water Service Line Fittings Standards Committee
Committee Summary Report: Corrosion Testing for Lead-Free Copper Alloys Used for Drinking Water Applications in Underground Environments (2018. JournalAWWA)

AWWA Rates and Charges Committee
Committee Report: Ripples From the San Juan Capistrano Decision (2016, JournalAWWA)

AWWA Asset Management Committee
Committee Report: Business Practices to Help Utilities Better Manage Assets (2016, JournalAWWA)