This strategy seeks to facilitate reform in the sector as well to provide transparency and predictability to water users on how water will be priced.
Tag: Water demand management
Optimal meter selection
The accuracy curve and envelope of a new water meter is governed by the type of water meter and relevant standards. Water demand patterns vary with time, period, seasons, consumers and combinations of these factors.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
The State of Non-Revenue Water in South Africa
The Non-Revenue Water for municipal water use in South Africa is estimated to be 36.8%. While it is clear that there is significant room for improvement, it is also important to recognize that the South African figure is in line with the World average value of 36.6%.
Integrated Water Resource Planning SA
The objective of this report is to provide information on the Department’ of Water Affairs’ strategic level planning activities aimed at ensuring adequate water supplies in support of economic growth and development in the country.
Mpumalanga’ First Order No Drop Assessment
The status of water losses, water use efficiency and non-revenue water in municipalities.