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.
Category: Advisory packages, guidelines, and tools
Guidelines for Pressure Management
This document includes the results from eight pressure management pilot projects undertaken in South Africa, using the PRESMAC Pressure Management Program which has been developed for the South African Water Research Commission.
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.
Introduction to Integrated Water Meter Management
Water metering is particularly important for municipalities since it forms the basis for much of their income through the sale of water to their consumers.
Benchmarking of Leakage from Water Reticulation Systems in South Africa 2005
The BENCHLEAK model was developed to evaluate levels of leakage and non-revenue water in potable water distribution systems. The first study involved developing the model with a limited budget for checking the various data sets used to test the model. The main objective of the follow-on study was therefore to use the model to evaluate the levels of leakage in approximately 30 water utilities throughout South Africa.
Non-Revenue Water in South Africa
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.
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.
Presmac: Pressure Management Program
The PRESMAC pressure management model is used to assess the likely savings (in monetary terms) of various pressure reduction options (fixed-outlet and time –modulated PRV’s) in a selected zone metered area.
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.