Non-Revenue Water Case Study

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ABSTRACT CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Research Background The water situation in the country is deteriorating and changing of the abundance of many over the past decade and the amount of water is decreasing. This is because population growth in Malaysia has increased the demand and pressure on water resources. Due to the excessive usage of water, human have faced the loss of treated water from the water supply system. The amount number of Non-Revenue Water (NRW) has been ignored by users, even regarded naturally occurring the rate water supply is never stopped and the tariff from SYABAS or LUAS is not costly. In future, the availability of water supply may not continue to cater the growth of population indefinitely. Migration of rural residents to cities has led to the increasing population in the city. For the rural population, consumer use water for crops, small-scale industrial and domestic. But for the city, the use of water is widespread compared to rural areas. Dam, reservoir, river and tank is hydraulic system structure that store the water for continues supply to all life on earth. In addition, the underground pipeline is used so that the water can be flow along the bottom of the street or highway. …show more content…

Non-Revenue Water (NRW) is defined as the difference between supplied water from water treatment plant and value or tariff that actually can be billed to the consumers. According to the standard International Water Association (IWA), NRW is a sum of real and apparent losses plus unbilled authorized consumption. According to the National Water Services Commission (SPAN), non-revenue water (NRW) in Malaysia accounted for 36.6% of all water pumped out of treatment plants in 2013, or about 5.69 billion litres a day. This NRW amount is higher than 2012 with difference 0.2 %, which result a

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