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CA1510003

CWS BK Bakersfield

BK Bakersfield · KERN County · Potable Water · Retail

Real loss per connection per day (2024)

59.2gallons

Higher than 80% of California systems

Real loss as % of water supplied

9.3%

Total loss 11.6% · apparent 2.2%

Change vs prior year

+23.4gal/conn/day

Loss rising

Real loss volume, latest audit

1.47B gal

4,514 AF · 67,916 connections

Loss history

9 audit years available (2016–2024).

Teal area: real loss in gallons per service connection per day. Orange line: real loss as a percentage of water supplied. Gaps mean the metric was not calculable for that audit.

Peer comparison

This system

59.2gal/conn/day

KERN County median

34.3gal/conn/day

Statewide median

26.8gal/conn/day

Audit record

YearPeriodSuppliedReal lossgal/conn/daygal/mile/dayReal %Total %ILIValidityStatus
20242024-01-01 → 2024-12-3148,381 AF4,514 AF59.24,4889.3%11.6%4.2666Under Review
20232023-01-01 → 2023-12-3144,808 AF2,688 AF35.82,7006.0%8.3%2.4866Preliminarily Approved
20222022-01-01 → 2022-12-3148,285 AF2,299 AF30.62,3164.8%6.9%2.0061Requirements Not Addressed
20212021-01-01 → 2021-12-3151,599 AF3,370 AF45.13,3976.5%8.7%2.9564Preliminarily Approved
20202020-01-01 → 2020-12-3152,567 AF4,765 AF62.74,7919.1%11.2%4.1862Requirements Addressed
20192019-01-01 → 2019-12-3147,841 AF2,101 AF27.92,1224.4%6.6%1.8062Requirements Addressed
20182018-01-01 → 2018-12-3152,657 AF5,093 AF68.05,1649.7%11.7%4.7360Requirements Addressed
20172017-01-01 → 2017-12-3150,580 AF4,360 AF58.64,6068.6%10.6%3.4859Requirements Addressed
20162016-01-01 → 2016-12-3148,802 AF2,879 AF39.63,0335.9%7.7%2.8658Requirements Addressed

Data quality notes

No integrity flags were raised on this system's audits.

Provenance

Audit data
CA Urban Retail Water System Water Loss Annual Loss Audit Data (DWR)
Volume normalization
Source acre-feet and million-gallon values converted at 1 acre-foot = 325,851 gallons
Geography
California SABL drinking-water service areas + EPA ORD SAB Model service-area polygon (PWSID)
Geography match
pwsid_exact_service_area · high confidence
Audits published
9
Full method and caveats