Turning losses into gains
- From: Vol 7, Issue 12 (December 2006)
- Category: Market insight
- Region: Unspecified
- Related Companies: Essex & Suffolk Water, Southern Water, United Utilities, Wessex Water and Yorkshire Water
With multilaterals increasingly keen to provide support to tackle high UFW rates, John Kolodziejski finds that there are gains to be made from the water loss market.
A current study by the World Bank estimates the value of global non-revenue water at $18 billion a year, with $5 billion of this in developed countries.
The economic case for stemming water loss is now becoming irresistible to both the private and the public sector, and there are many good examples of water operating companies whose loss control activities ...
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