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Accounting for lost water
Author(s) -
Buie Leslie M.
Publication year - 2000
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.1551-8833.2000.tb08974.x
Subject(s) - measure (data warehouse) , accounting , business , computer science , environmental economics , risk analysis (engineering) , water resource management , environmental science , economics , data mining
One county found ways to identify and reduce the amount of lost water while realizing efficiencies and cost savings. This article reports on efforts by DeKalb County (Ga.) to identify, measure, and reduce the amount of unaccounted‐for water. This information may help those with similar concerns and interests to realize that this type of effort can benefit customers. DeKalb County used methodical and logical analysis of data that reflected the county's experience as well as applied guidance from other studies and research to resolve the issue of unaccounted‐for water.