CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF MEASURES FOR THE REDUCTION OF APPARENT WATER LOSS IN URBAN AREAS

Abstract In Brazil, the average revenue losses of water utilities is around 36%. This value, resulting from high water losses, warns of the need for improvement in the efficiency of service providers, especially as regards the share of apparent losses which can represent more than 50% of total water...

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Main Authors: CRISTINA MENDES SILVA, VALTER LÚCIO DE PÁDUA, JORGE MARTINS BORGES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ambiente e Sociedade (ANPPAS) 2016-09-01
Series:Ambiente & Sociedade
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-753X2016000300249&tlng=en