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    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.
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    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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    Asian Development Bank
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    Water
     
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