20世纪80年代初至中期，杰克逊市水务局开始经历14%至17%的失水。这是由于仪表维护不善造成的。水损失是抽水量和计费消耗量之间的差额，加上调整后的账单、卡住的水表、散装水销售、排水管和消防栓冲洗。由于住宅账户是按季度读取和计费的，因此有必要至少使用六个月的时间来确定实际的水损失，因为必须在重叠的计费周期内对计费消耗量进行调整。 本文讨论了用于将水损失降低到更可接受水平的几种策略，包括:改进3英寸及以上仪表的维护，一个积极的计划，使所有大型仪表达到AWWA的精度标准，并保持在那里；用新的远程读数表替换旧的5/8英寸至2英寸仪表，以提高整个配电系统的精度；聘请专业公司检查河流穿越情况；在7.5百万加仑地面蓄水池和泵站之间的进水管线上安装一个新的30英寸螺旋桨式流量计； 并要求通知暴雨或废水系统中的任何异常水量。

In the early to mid 1980s, the City of Jackson Water Department began experiencing a water loss of 14% to 17%. This was attributed to poor meter maintenance. The water loss is the difference between the pumpage and billed consumption plus adjusted bills, stuck meters, bulk water sales, bleeders and hydrant flushing. Because residential accounts are read and billed quarterly, it is necessary to use at least a six month period to establish actual water loss as adjustments must be made to billed consumption in overlapping billing periods. This paper discusses several strategies used to reduce water loss to more acceptable levels that include: improving maintenance on meters 3 inches and larger, an aggressive program to bring all large meters up to AWWA standards for accuracy and keep them there; replacing old 5/8 inch to 2 inch meters with new remote reading meters to improve accuracy throughout the distribution system; hiring a professional firm to check the river crossing; installing a new 30 inch propeller type meter on the influent line between the 7.5 milliion gallon ground storage reservoir and the pumping station; and, requesting notification of any unusual amount of water in either the storm or wastewater system.