Managing water loss for sustainability of rural water supply

• Main Authors: Ku-Mahamud, Ku Ruhana, Wan Ishak, Wan Hussain, Abu Bakar, Muhamad Shahbani
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/1384/1/Ruhana07b.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/1384/; http://www.rictd.uum.edu.my/

Water supply for rural areas flows through pipelines from many sources such as underground water and reservoirs. Due to factors such as human activities, geographic changes and natural hazards, pipelines are exposed to the ground, crack, leak and burst. Water flows out from the pipelines before reaching to the consumers is considered as water loss and this is a major component in non-revenue water. This paper highlights a framework and a work procedure for non-revenue water analysis. Based on this analysis, a comprehensive and flexible web based prototype has been developed to manage the water loss. Functions that have been developed are data recording,non-revenue water estimation and report generation. This prototype can be used by the water authority for assisting decision making and planning.