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<strong>African</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2006</strong>properties”. This is because the Real Losses occuron service connection, and it is not unusual forthe service connection to split into several separatepipes serving individual properties at or afterthe first metering point. The <strong>Water</strong> Loss TaskForce of the International <strong>Water</strong> Association(IWA) has recommended that percentages areunsuitable for assessing the efficiency of managementof real losses in distribution systems(Alegre, H et al., 2000).Technical Indicator for Real Losses(TIRL)The IWA Task Force recommended that the basicTIRL should be the annual volume of RealLosses divided by the number of service connections(NC), allowing for the percentage of theyear for which the system is pressurized, i.e.TIRL = Current Annual Volume of Real Losses/Nc(Litres/service connection/day when thesystem is pressurized)A more detailed interpretation of TIRL valuescan be obtained by comparing the TIRL valuewith a best estimate of Unavoidable Average RealLosses (UARL) that allows for local conditionsof connections density, location of customers andaverage operating pressure, if all aspects of leakagecontrol were being managed to the highesttechnical standards (Alegre, H et al., 2000).Unavoidable Average Real Losses(UARL)It is recommended that the calculation of theUARL in litres/service connection/day be basedon the following equation (Alegre, H et al.,2000):UARL = (A* Lm/Nc + B + C * Lp/Nc) * P(Litres/service connection/day when the systemis pressurized)The equation and its parameters, A, B, C, arebased on a statistical analysis of internationaldata, including 27 different water supply systemsin 20 countries. As a result, the IWA Task Forcefor Operation and Maintenance Work fixed appropriatevalues for A (18), B (0.80) and C (25).This approach recognizes the separate influencesof Real Losses from length of mains (Lm in km),number of service connections (Nc), total lengthof service connections from the edge of the streetto the customer meters (Lp in km), and averagepressure (P in meters) when the system is pressurized.A schematic table for estimating UARLis given in table 7.7.Possible Application: Apart from its relative advantageover the traditional unaccounted for waterin differentiating the Infrastructure technical lossesfrom the economic losses, these performanceindicators could also be used in formulating contractsfor private participation in the managementof urban water distribution systems.Table 7.7: Unavoidable Annual Real Losses (UARL) in litres/service connection/day forcustomer meters located at the edge of streetDensity of Connections Average Operating Pressure (P in Meters)Nc/Lm (per Km mains)20 40 60 80 10020 34 68 112 146 17040 25 50 75 100 12560 22 44 66 88 11080 21 41 62 82 103100 20 39 59 78 98Source: http://www.iwa.hq.org.uk/IWA performance indicators.htmNote: where customer meters are located on underground pipes with an average length of ‘M’ meters per service connections after the edge of the street,add the term [0.025*M*P] litres/service connection/day to table 2 values, where P is the average operating pressure in meters.174

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