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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Main Authors: Kingdom, William D., Liemberger, Roland, Marin, Philippe
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9676828/reducing-water-loss-developing-countries-using-performance-based-service-contracting
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spelling 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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
relation Water P-Notes; No. 4
description 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
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Kingdom, William D.
Liemberger, Roland
Marin, Philippe
author_facet Kingdom, William D.
Liemberger, Roland
Marin, Philippe
author_sort Kingdom, William D.
title 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
title_full_unstemmed Reducing Water Loss in Developing Countries Using Performance-Based Service Contracting
title_sort reducing water loss in developing countries using performance-based service contracting
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url 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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