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The North American water industry is challenged to implement improvements in water quality, infrastructure, and customer satisfaction, while still managing costs, protecting the environment, and ensuring long-term sustainability of our water resources. The efficiency of this water industry is in question, however, as many water suppliers lose to leakage or poor accounting substantial portions of the water that they manage from the source to the customer. Moreover, no consistent national standard exists for water accounting or leakage management in this industry. The American Water Works Association's Leak Detection define ways to develop standards for water loss performance and water accounting; and, schedule forums that will identify components of progressive leak management technology successfully utilized outside North America that can be applied here. The discussion included in this paper notes the significant need to increase industry effort regarding water loss and improved demand management, and describes emerging AWWA activities to increase this focus. Includes 9 references, figures.

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Edition: Vol. - No. Published: 06/01/2001 Number of Pages: 14File Size: 1 file , 350 KB