InSite Engineering, an engineering firm in Hoover, Alabama has used their expertise to build one of the first mobile Water Loss and Pressure Management Training facilities in the country. Through their partnership with Singer Valve, Inc. and Tech Equipment, Inc., this unique, hands-on classroom teaches water system managers and operators the importance of proper maintenance of control valves within their systems. Through the use of classroom instruction and hand-on training that stresses maintenance and proper water pressure, InSite engineers demonstrate the signifcant cost savings that can be achieved through water loss management.

Typical potable water systems lose a significant amount of the water that they purchase or produce as a result of leaks, theft, inaccuracies in metering or billing. Lost water can vary from 10% in a well-run system when effort is made to control waste, to an excess of 50% in systems with no control plan in place. The benefit of the InSite mobile training facility is the ability to physically demonstrate to managers and operators that a signifcant difference can be made by controlling the pressure in their distribution systems and how these actions can affect their non-revenue water. In addition to demonstrating the benefits of water loss and pressure management, InSite engineers are able to recommend products that can achieve desired results at an economical price.