Water Theft Articles & Analysis
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Four Ways to Cut Non-Revenue Water in A Drought As drought looms across the UK the pressure on water companies to safeguard water supplies is more critical than ever. ...
For many UK businesses, water supplies are relatively straightforward, with a mains connection or established piping linking the premises with the source. However, this is not always the case. For companies close to water infrastructure, it may be simple enough to get connected and while problems like leaks can occur, they should mostly be simple enough to rectify. These issues are relatively ...
The global direct cost of non-revenue water (NRW) is 39 billion US dollars per year (Liemberger and Wyatt 2019). In large cities, reducing a small percentage of water loss can save tens of millions of dollars by deferring capital investment for new sources of water, such as desalination plants. NRW is a significant financial loss, uses valuable maintenance resources and doesn’t bode ...
Water makes you important Water is nowadays such a precious commodity that some countries which in fact already have too little drinking water for their own demands are selling rights to water sources to international companies or are even exporting water they desperately need themselves. The better the water supply functions in a country, the lower the risk of a drinking water shortage will ...
Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has received a lot of attention in recent years, typically regarding customer account billing. Other AMI uses within water distribution networks, however, can play equally important roles in reducing non-revenue water (NRW). Consider these contributions of networked flow meter use for automating better insights into water distribution ...
An estimated 1.4 million refugees now live in Jordan, increasing demand for water by 20%. But war in Syria has also freed up some water supplies because it has ended irrigated farming in southern Syria, allowing more water into the Yarmouk-Jordan river system. ...
The theft of water still seems to be a minor offence for many. Both the supplier and the consumer are not yet sufficiently aware that the lack of revenues prevents investment in the water supply. ...
In 2011, over 185,000 Somalis fled to neighbouring nations in an attempt to escape water and food shortage hostilities brought on by droughts. The following year, Kenyan police records revealed a boost in water thefts as frequent droughts further degraded water supplies. ...
Solar pumping system for a village community in Karonga, Malawi The Challenge Provide an uninterrupted supply of water to a village community. The Solution A Grundfos SQFlex solar powered pumping system was installed to provide an uninterrupted supply of water to the community for use in irrigation and as drinking water. ...