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Water leakage and sustainable supply—TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES?
Author(s) -
Brothers Kenneth J.
Publication year - 2001
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.1551-8833.2001.tb09184.x
Subject(s) - leakage (economics) , water supply , accountability , environmental science , water resource management , natural resource economics , environmental economics , business , environmental engineering , economics , law , political science , macroeconomics
This article discusses how US water systems, particularly those in the older, eastern areas of North America, are deteriorating, resulting in substantial water losses between the source of supply and the customer's tap. Water loss and leakage has required many utilities to rigorously review system input, metered and unmetered water, authorized and unauthorized use, and the scientific calculation of unavoidable real water losses. It states that a systematic, calculated, and nondiscretionary approach to transmission and distribution system water accountability is necessary in North America.