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Training for Water Loss Reduction Non-revenue water (NRW)

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Non-Revenue Water
Increasing revenue and availability of water sources ''Non revenue water (NRW) is water that has been produced and is lost before it reaches the customer. Such losses may be caused through leaking and burst pipes, illegal connections and metering inaccuracies, for example. The imperative to effectively manage NRW is further heightened due to a rapidly growing and urbanised global population and the impacts of climate change which together put greater demand on scarce water resources. Furthermore, reducing levels of NRW can contribute to attaining MDG target 7 to reduce the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water. Whilst the problem is global in scale, solutions need to be tailored to local circumstances due to variation in the cause of water loss and the mechanisms available to manage them. Such differences in the causality include, for instance, a greater proportion of water loss being of a commercial nature (customer meter under registration, data-handling errors, theft of water etc) in developing countries in comparison to developed countries where physical losses are by far the highest loss factor. On the solution side, the right mix of technological, institutional and financial mechanisms need to be adapted to meet local circumstances. Source: http://www.iwahq.org/1ny/themes/managing-utilities/utility-efficiency/non-revenue-water.html GWOPA has been active in co-organizing workshops and conferences on NRW with different partners in several parts of the world, as well as training events.

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T rain in g Material o n No n R even u e Water

Summary for decision-makers (from Waterlossreduction.com) Technical manuals Technical manual from Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (German International Cooperation) and VAG Armaturen GmbH Technical manual from USAID and Ranhill Utilities Berhad -The NRW Manager's handbook Technical manual from IWA -Water Loss Task Force Manuel technique (Francais) from USAID-ABRI-AFWA Technical manual (English) from USAID-ABRI-AFWA Supplementary materials

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O the r Re s o urc e s o n N o n Re ve nue W a te r WOPs regional platforms initiatives on NRW

Training for Water Loss Reduction Non-revenue water (NRW)

2nd Regional Workshop on Water Loss Reduction in South East European, Sofia, Bulgaria, November 2009 3rd ACWUA Best Practice Conference and Exhibition, Non-Revenue Water Management in the Arab Region, Solutions for Drinking Water Loss Reduction', Rabat, Morocco, January 2010 Workshop on Non-Revenue Water: an African Perspective, 21st march 2011, World Water Day, Cape Town, South Africa, March 2011

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