Idle Compliance Capacity from Manual Tracking During System Blackout

$100,000 - $250,000 per irrigation district annually from administrator labor (managing parallel systems), audit risk from weak change controls, delayed revenue recognition on amendment fees, and potential regulatory findings • $100,000 - $250,000 per municipal utility annually from compliance manager labor, regulatory audit risk from incomplete documentation, potential environmental fines, and delayed environmental impact reporting • $100,000 - $250,000 per municipal utility annually from operational inefficiency, labor overhead, reduced water delivery (service impact), and regulatory risk from weak audit trails

Analyst maintains separate Excel file linking meter data to allocation estimates; receives allocation updates via email from water rights administrator; monthly manual reconciliation; identifies anomalies by visual inspection of graphs • Analyst manually matches meter readings against printed historical allocation documents; creates Excel spreadsheet linking readings to allocations; identifies discrepancies via manual calculation; quarterly reconciliation reports • Coordinator maintains separate Excel spreadsheet linking water infrastructure assets to estimated allocations; receives allocation updates via email; annual manual asset-to-allocation reconciliation; captures data in separate asset management system