6 GLCAP staff members pass water-audit validation exam

Six Ohio staff members in Great Lakes Community Action Partnership's rural community assistance program passed a water-audit validation certification exam, the Fremont-based agency said in a Tuesday announcement.

The agency said the certifications expand its capacity to help utilities check the quality of water-audit data before deciding how to address water loss and prioritize investments. The announcement does not identify a new audit contract or a particular local water system receiving the service.

The newly certified staff members are Ben Howard, Joe Lawrie, Alexis Lowe, Caitlyn Oswell, Justin Swanberg and Logan Urich, according to the agency.

The three-day course, led by The Cavanaugh Group, included instruction and exercises followed by an exam. Participants practiced tracing audit figures to source documents, checking calculations and identifying errors in a sample audit.

The training prepares participants to conduct Level 1 water-audit validations, the agency said.