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Plugging Billion‐Gallon Losses in Tennessee
Author(s) -
Counts Larry
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1997.tb02084.x
Subject(s) - gallon (us) , product (mathematics) , distribution (mathematics) , environmental science , business , operations management , waste management , engineering , environmental engineering , mathematics , mathematical analysis , geometry
In 1992, the Johnson City (TN) Water and Sewer Department made a commitment to develop and manage the department with the goal of providing a quality service and product to customers. One area of improvement that was needed was to determine the amount of lost or unaccounted‐for‐water in the distribution system. In analyzing the problem, there was uncertainty on how to address the issue. Many of the statistics seemed to be fabricated. After contracting with an engineering firm to perform a water supply and distribution study, the consultants determined that there was an unaccounted‐for‐water percentage of 49.1 percent. This article discusses how a team was established to study the problem and develop a plan for reducing water loss to below 25 percent.