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With today's technology, what percentage of unaccounted‐for water is OK?
Author(s) -
Jones Marcellus
Publication year - 2006
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.1551-8833.2006.tb07577.x
Subject(s) - las vegas , depth sounding , engineering , telecommunications , environmental science , computer science , geography , archaeology , cartography , metropolitan area
This article discusses the Las Vegas Valley Water District's (LVVWD) leak technology program. LVVWD uses an underground sounding system to monitor half of its system for leaks. The article discusses how the system works and how LVVWD determined the savings it has benefitted from since switching to this system.