Saving water and water demand management (WDM) in general can be quite confusing to a municipality wishing to embark on some form of water loss reduction activities. A lot of work has taken place in South African and internationally to support water loss reduction in order to save money.
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Reducing business risk through municipal leakage reduction: Emfuleni, South-Africa
The integrated Orange-Senqu River System supplies water to 60% of South Africa’s economy and to neighbouring Lesotho, Botswana and Namibia; it is under extreme water stress and severe water shortages could be experienced in the near future.
Determining How Much is Just Enough
South Africa is a water-scarce country, which means it water resources are limited. The country does not have that frequent rainfalls to ensure adequate crop growth.
ScoreCard V23
Municipal Scorecard for Assessing the Potential for WC/WDM Efforts in Municipalities.
Benchmarking leakage from water reticulation systems in South Africa 2004
The BENCHLEAK software was developed through the Water Research Commission to provide a simple yet pragmatic approach to the evaluation of leakage from potable water distribution systems. The model is used to assist water utilities to evaluate the levels of leakage and non-revenue water in their water distribution system.
Water Demand Management
This guide concentrates on highlighting the key issues in simple and straightforward terms in an attempt to explain what interventions can be undertaken in order to reduce water losses from municipal water supply networks and how best to implement them.
Municipal Water Demand Management Balanced Scorecard Model
Balanced Scorecards have been used for many years to assess and monitor complex situations which involve a wide range of functions, many of which cannot be assessed or quantified in a normal manner. It is ideally suited to multi-disciplinary activities such as the operation and management of a water utility.
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.
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.
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.