1. (a) For purposes of Reports submitted on or before June 30, 2019, a water audit validator means:

   1. (1) A contractor working in the CA-NV AWWA Water Loss Technical Assistance Program (“Water Loss TAP”) performing water loss audit training and conducting audit validations,
   2. (2) An individual who can demonstrate having conducted water loss audits in accordance with the method specified in Section 700.2, and having conducted a minimum of 10 Level 1 audit validations in accordance with the Water Research Foundation Level 1 Water Audit Validation: Guidance Manual 4639A (Water Audit Validation), or
   3. (3) An individual certified by the CA-NV AWWA as a water audit validator.
2. (b) For purposes of Reports submitted on or after July 1, 2019, a water audit validator means an individual certified by the CA-NV AWWA as a water audit validator.
3. (c) An urban retail water supplier may conduct a water loss audit validation for its own water loss audit, provided that the individual performing the validation meets the requirements of this Section.
4. (d) A water audit validator may not conduct a water loss audit validation if he or she participated in compiling the water loss audit.

Note: Authority cited: Section 10608.34, Water Code. Reference: Section 10608.34, Water Code.

History

1. New section filed 1-24-2018; operative 1-24-2018 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2018, No. 4).

2. Change without regulatory effect renumbering section 700.4 to new section 638.4 filed 2-22-2018 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2018, No. 8).