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Review on Conservation of Water by Water Audit

Author(s) -

Sanjay Choudhary,

Devendra Dohare,

Shruti Bajpai

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

current world environment

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2320-8031

pISSN - 0973-4929

DOI - 10.12944/cwe.16.3.4

Subject(s) - audit , water conservation , usable , creatures , water balance , non revenue water , population , water resource management , revenue , business , environmental science , water resources , engineering , accounting , geography , computer science , ecology , demography , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , sociology , world wide web , natural (archaeology) , biology

Water is used almost in every sector, growth in population and increase in the standard of living of people so demand is increased. Water is used by all the living creatures found in the world but a very small portion of water is available for drinking and other purposes. This available usable water is mismanaged by human beings, for this mismanagement of water introducing a tool by IWA/AWWA is water-audit. Water-audit is used for reducing water-losses, leakages and gives the information of water used by consumers. Environment audit carried out in stages, water audit also consists of many stages. In this review paper, case studies are highlighted, which gives the general methodology adopted for auditing. Water balance sheet is very useful for understanding the types of losses and type of water used in particular DMA (District Metered Area). Due to the loss of water Non-revenue water is increased, for reducing losses requires huge investments.

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