Study of non-revenue water status and enforcement measures to reduce water loss: case study in villages of Kermanshah Province of Iran |
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Authors: | Seyyed Alireza Mousavi Iraj Shahbazi Rastegar Veysinejad Ali Asgar Sobhani Mehdi Bakhti |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, and Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Faculty of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;2. Rural Water and Wastewater Company of Kermanshah Province, Kermanshah, Iran;3. Student Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran |
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Abstract: | In this study, the volume and the cash value of water loss, and reduction of water loss as a result of enforcement action during 2011–2013 in the drinking water network of villages in Kermanshah Province, Iran, have been investigated. Date collected by referring to the different parts of rural water and waste water company of Kermanshah Province and checklist were completed. The study showed the volume of produced water and sold water has increased and the water loss percentage has decreased. High cost of water production compared to revenue of sold water and water loss resulted in significant detriments in terms of the water production costs. Water loss level decreased from 33% to 30% as result of measures taken to reduce water loss but, it is still 15% higher than the world average level. Also the reduction in number of water resources and increase in the number and volume of reservoirs indicates a lack of water and a growing need. As result of high water loss, waste of costs in the contrast of water production cost and also because physical water loss accounts for most of the water loss of villages, necessary measures can be effective in reducing loss and have economic justification. |
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Keywords: | Non-revenue water water loss cost enforcement measure Kermanshah Province |
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