Reducing Water Loss in Developing Countries Using Performance-Based Service Contracting
A major challenge facing water utilities in the developing world is reducing water loss caused by leakage, theft, and improper billing. The difference between the amount of water put into the distribution system and that billed to consumers is know...
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okr-10986-117532021-04-23T14:02:57Z Reducing Water Loss in Developing Countries Using Performance-Based Service Contracting Kingdom, William D. Liemberger, Roland Marin, Philippe ACCESS TO WATER ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY CALIBRATION CAPACITY BUILDING CASH FLOW CONNECTIONS CONTRACT DESIGN CUBIC METER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FINANCIAL VIABILITY FIXED FEE INVESTMENT IN WATER SUPPLY LEAK DETECTION LEAK REPAIRS LEAK-DETECTION EQUIPMENT LEAKAGE METER READING METER REPLACEMENT METERING METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PHYSICAL LOSSES PRESSURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC WATER PUBLIC WATER UTILITIES SANITATION SANITATION UTILITIES SCARCE WATER SCARCE WATER RESOURCES SERVICE CONTRACTS SUPPLY OF WATER USERS UTILITY MANAGERS UTILITY STAFF WATER CONSERVATION WATER CRISIS WATER LOSS WATER LOSSES WATER PROJECTS WATER RESOURCES WATER SAVINGS WATER SECTOR WATER SHORTAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER UTILITIES WATER UTILITY A major challenge facing water utilities in the developing world is reducing water loss caused by leakage, theft, and improper billing. The difference between the amount of water put into the distribution system and that billed to consumers is known as Non-Revenue Water (NRW). The worldwide cost of NRW is conservatively estimated at $15 billion/year. More than a third of losses occur in the developing world, where some 45 million 2012-08-13T15:55:39Z 2012-08-13T15:55:39Z 2008-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9676828/reducing-water-loss-developing-countries-using-performance-based-service-contracting http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11753 English Water P-Notes; No. 4 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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ACCESS TO WATER ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY CALIBRATION CAPACITY BUILDING CASH FLOW CONNECTIONS CONTRACT DESIGN CUBIC METER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FINANCIAL VIABILITY FIXED FEE INVESTMENT IN WATER SUPPLY LEAK DETECTION LEAK REPAIRS LEAK-DETECTION EQUIPMENT LEAKAGE METER READING METER REPLACEMENT METERING METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PHYSICAL LOSSES PRESSURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC WATER PUBLIC WATER UTILITIES SANITATION SANITATION UTILITIES SCARCE WATER SCARCE WATER RESOURCES SERVICE CONTRACTS SUPPLY OF WATER USERS UTILITY MANAGERS UTILITY STAFF WATER CONSERVATION WATER CRISIS WATER LOSS WATER LOSSES WATER PROJECTS WATER RESOURCES WATER SAVINGS WATER SECTOR WATER SHORTAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER UTILITIES WATER UTILITY |
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ACCESS TO WATER ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY CALIBRATION CAPACITY BUILDING CASH FLOW CONNECTIONS CONTRACT DESIGN CUBIC METER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FINANCIAL VIABILITY FIXED FEE INVESTMENT IN WATER SUPPLY LEAK DETECTION LEAK REPAIRS LEAK-DETECTION EQUIPMENT LEAKAGE METER READING METER REPLACEMENT METERING METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PHYSICAL LOSSES PRESSURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC WATER PUBLIC WATER UTILITIES SANITATION SANITATION UTILITIES SCARCE WATER SCARCE WATER RESOURCES SERVICE CONTRACTS SUPPLY OF WATER USERS UTILITY MANAGERS UTILITY STAFF WATER CONSERVATION WATER CRISIS WATER LOSS WATER LOSSES WATER PROJECTS WATER RESOURCES WATER SAVINGS WATER SECTOR WATER SHORTAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER UTILITIES WATER UTILITY Kingdom, William D. Liemberger, Roland Marin, Philippe Reducing Water Loss in Developing Countries Using Performance-Based Service Contracting |
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Water P-Notes; No. 4 |
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A major challenge facing water utilities
in the developing world is reducing water loss caused by
leakage, theft, and improper billing. The difference between
the amount of water put into the distribution system and
that billed to consumers is known as Non-Revenue Water
(NRW). The worldwide cost of NRW is conservatively estimated
at $15 billion/year. More than a third of losses occur in
the developing world, where some 45 million |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Kingdom, William D. Liemberger, Roland Marin, Philippe |
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Kingdom, William D. Liemberger, Roland Marin, Philippe |
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Kingdom, William D. |
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Reducing Water Loss in Developing Countries Using Performance-Based Service Contracting |
title_short |
Reducing Water Loss in Developing Countries Using Performance-Based Service Contracting |
title_full |
Reducing Water Loss in Developing Countries Using Performance-Based Service Contracting |
title_fullStr |
Reducing Water Loss in Developing Countries Using Performance-Based Service Contracting |
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Reducing Water Loss in Developing Countries Using Performance-Based Service Contracting |
title_sort |
reducing water loss in developing countries using performance-based service contracting |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9676828/reducing-water-loss-developing-countries-using-performance-based-service-contracting http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11753 |
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