1st Edition

Water Loss Management: Tools and Methods for Developing Countries UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

By Harrison E. Mutikanga Copyright 2012
276 Pages
by CRC Press

Water losses occur in all water distribution systems worldwide and high levels are indicative of poor governance and poor physical condition of the system. Water losses vary from 3% of system input volume in the developed countries to 70% in the developing countries. This high contrast suggests that probably the existing tools and methodologies are not appropriate or cannot be directly applied... Read more

Introduction;
Review of tools and methods for water loss control;
Water distribution system performance evaluation;
Water meter management for reduction of revenue losses;
Assessment of apparent losses in water distribution systems;
Pressure management planning for leakage control;
Multi-criteria decision analysis for strategic water loss management planning;
Conclusions and recommendations.

Biography

Mutikanga Harrison is a Civil Engineer with 18 years experience covering all business aspects of urban water utility management. He is an expert in water loss management and his research interests are in the areas of water distribution services and operations, and performance evaluation and benchmarking. He has recently published over 5 articles in academic journals on water loss management. He is currently the Water Loss Control Manager in National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Kampala City, Uganda.