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Water loss control practices in developing countries: a case study of a Brazilian region

Author(s) -

Aline Doria de Santi,

Tiago Balieiro Cetrulo,

Tadeu Fabrício Malheiros

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

water science and technology water supply

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.318

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 1607-0798

pISSN - 1606-9749

DOI - 10.2166/ws.2020.351

Subject(s) - sanitation , scarcity , water scarcity , control (management) , robustness (evolution) , developing country , environmental resource management , environmental planning , water supply , environmental economics , business , natural resource economics , water resources , environmental science , economics , economic growth , environmental engineering , ecology , biochemistry , chemistry , management , gene , biology , microeconomics

The control of water loss in distribution systems has been highlighted in multiple discussions in the field of water and sanitation. However, there are few scientific studies on this topic that have focussed on loss control performance in developing countries. With the intention to expand the limited scientific framework investigating the management of water losses in economic scarcity scenarios, this paper provides an overview of which practices directed to water loss control are being conducted in a Brazilian region. Data were collected from 42 water utilities and show there is a direct relationship between the utilities' performances and the number of water loss practices adopted. The divergences in the number of practices applied by the water utilities may be influenced by technical–operational, planning and management factors. The paper brings greater robustness to the loss management debates in regions with economic scarcity, being able to support the action of utilities operating in similar scenarios.

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