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SAVINGS RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO WATER‐SYSTEM LOSSES
Author(s) -
Howe Charles W.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1971.tb04080.x
Subject(s) - offset (computer science) , water supply , profit (economics) , task (project management) , water conservation , natural resource economics , environmental economics , business , environmental science , water resource management , risk analysis (engineering) , economics , operations management , computer science , microeconomics , environmental engineering , water resources , ecology , programming language , biology , management
As long as water is abundant, quantity conservation usually is not a consideration. However, even when supply is plentiful, it may profit a utility to cut off leaks. The costs to perform this task can be more than offset by the water savings. Moreover, a “new source” of water supply, in effect, is created.