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This slide presentation outlines the relationship between revenue and apparent water loss in public utilities in the United States over the last twelve years.The data is from twenty public utilities ranging in size from 30,000 to 440,000 connections.Information is also provided on: the causes, impacts and ways to prevent or manage water loss; annual revenue associated withbilling and metering discrepancies - 20U.S.water and wastewater utilities, metering malfunctions by population; billing inconsistencies by population; wastewater inconsistencies by population; frequency of occurrence of billing andmetering inconsistencies by population; annual revenue by meter size and populationgrouping associated with billing and meteringdiscrepancies - 20 U.S. water and wastewater utilities; frequency of occurrence of billingand metering inconsistencies bymeter size and population groupingserved; distribution of inconsistencies and related revenue by meter size; consumption pattern guidelines; four components ofmanaging apparent losses; new accounts; backbilling; meter read error; examples of calculation; adjustment; example of large system annual adjustments (total dollars and consumption); meter related malfunctions; and, discussion of policies for managingapparent losses in water customerservice and meter management programs. Includes tables, figures.

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Edition: Vol. - No. Published: 06/17/2005 Number of Pages: 41File Size: 1 file , 1.6 MB