Curbing Asia's Nonrevenue Water
Asian Development Bank | July 2007
Abstract
Utilities in Asia particularly have every reason to worry about water losses— they lose up to 65% of their production daily, with most utilities averaging a 30% loss. This bane of every water utility’s existence is called nonrevenue water. And water loss is literally money down the drain. Governments and utilities mistakenly try to cover the losses by increasing production, developing new freshwater sources, building treatment plants, and even constructing dams. None of these investments solve the problem—they just make the problem worse by feeding more water into a wasteful system. Those investments could have been put to better use rehabilitating the faulty piped system constructing new systems, or addressing inadequate maintenance, metering or collection processes.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2007. Curbing Asia's Nonrevenue Water. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3484. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
WaterAccess To Water
Available Water
Water Resources Development
Demand For Water
Drinking Water
Drinking Water And Sanitation
Development Challenges
Development Issues
Rural Development
Rural Development Projects
Rural Development Research
Sustainable Development
Underdevelopment
Health, Education, Water
Human Right To Water
Potable Water
Quality Of Water
Right To Water
Rural Water Supply
Safe Water
Water And Sanitation, Electricity
Rural areas
Rural planning
Rural poverty
Development assistance
Aid in kind
Standard of living
Strategic planning
Development strategy
Water Shortage
Economic development projects
Human rights and globalization
Developing countries
Community development
Water
Drinking water protection
Water-supply
Freshwater quality
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