Title | Nonrevenue water management in South Asia: issues and challenges : lessons from an international workshop on sharing of good practices in nonrevenue water management : Nagari : seventeenth meeting of the Urban Think Tank, february 3-5 2009, New Delhi, Ind |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Authors | P. Agrawal, C, Hunter, R |
Pagination | 20 p.; ill.; 10 photographs; 5 boxes; 1 fig. |
Date Published | 2009-02-03 |
Publisher | Water and Sanitation Program - South Asia |
Place Published | New Delhi, India |
Keywords | private sector, raw water, urban areas, water consumption, water costs, water distribution, water management, water quantity, water storage, water supply, water use |
Abstract |
Nonrevenue water (NRW) refers to water that has been produced but is ‘lost’ before it reaches the customer. It refers to the amount of water produced that does not earn any revenues for the service provider. The ‘lost’ water in the system could be a result of real losses (through leaks, sometimes also referred to as physical losses) or apparent losses (through theft, free water or metering inaccuracies). High levels of NRW seriously affect financial viability of water providers |
Custom 1 | 822, 205.40, 305.40 |