Municipal water use in South Africa has been under investigation for many years and the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry has been trying to establish the levels of wastage from all water supply systems countrywide.
Author: Leonie Vorster
Aqualite Water Balance User Guide
AquaLite has been designed to provide a pragmatic and straight-forward approach to a relatively complex issue and its design is based on the experience of many specialists dealing with such issues on a daily basis in many parts of the world.
The Status and Use of Drinking Water
This report is the result of a project carried out to explore the status of water efficient devices in the domestic and commercial environments in South Africa.
Introduction to Operation and Maintenance of Water Distribution Systems
A water distribution system acts as a conduit to reliably transport adequate quantities of safe drinking water to consumers. To achieve this, the system needs to work as intended and maintain a physical barrier between the water inside the network and the external environment.
Guideline for reducing water losses
Many municipalities struggle to appreciate the necessity and benefits of dealing with water losses in their reticulation systems. Council officials will often debate at length over a budget allocation of a few thousand Rand when a road leak will run unattended for weeks if not months which can easily run up a bill of hundreds of thousands of Rand.
Managers Non-Revenue Water Africa Manual
This handbook serves to assist senior managers of water utilities in better understanding the definition, causes, and practical solutions to address NRW, a key performance indicator for a utility’s operations. It provides the information that managers need when discussing NRW-related issues with their staff.
Department of Water and Sanitation Revised Norms and Standards
Norms and Standards in Respect of tariffs for the water supply services supplied directly to consumers.
National Water Resource Strategy 2
The major focus of the NWRS2 is equitable and sustainable access and use of water by all South Africans while sustaining the water resources.
Roles & Responsibilities of Local Government and Related Institutions
This booklet is an information booklet, which highlights legislative requirements and institutional responsibilities.
Sanflow User Guide
The SANFLOW model is designed to help water suppliers to determine the level of leakage in a particular zone metered area (ZMA) from the analysis of recorded minimum night flows.