If you are planning to attend the AWWA-Water Infrastructure Conference in Phoenix, AZ 30 Oct - 2 Nov (or happen to be in the Phoenix area), you may want to consider attending some preconference workshops that promise to be very useful. In particular, look at
SUN02 | How to Save Energy/Money in Pumping
SUN03 | District Metered Area (DMA) for Real Loss Management: From Concept to Reality
www.awwa.org/.../water-infrastructure.aspx
I'll be speaking at both of these (but that shouldn't discourage you). Hope to see you there.