37% of MY water disappeared after purified in water plantbiz.thestar.com.my/ 01 Apr 2006
..Most apparent is the high level of non-revenue water (NRW), which has been a constant bane to the nationÂ’s water industry. While the national average has improved from 41% (2002) to 37% (2003), this level of NRW is still alarming...
Currently, the entire water-supply distribution system in Malaysia comprises more than 91,247 km of water pipes, of which about 50% or 45,746 km are asbestos cement pipes.
With most of these pipes being more than 30 years old, sizeable funds will be required for their replacements and repairs. Moreover, it should be noted that the NRW-related pipe works do not include expenditure for the regular replacement and maintenance of pipes due to wear and tear...
2.Many would say MY is so big then it is hard to tackle this problem.
But MY has some 23.0 million of people!!
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what is non-revenue water (NRW)In simple term,it means the difference between water produced and water used through meter recordings.
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NRW in Asian cities.MY is not so bad lah.
5.Major cities in first world also suffer high NRW of over 20%.
6.No need to build more dams etc.Just fix all the leaking pipes,big or small.
Supply will increase by 50% (37/63=58%),assuming same water of amount collected and produced. 0 % NRW is not feasible.SG is around 6%.
7.But why politicians not keen to do this small things of changing
the pipes?Money is the answer.Only small $ can be made in this
kind of project.But if u build a huge dam,there are many extra
items u can play with and more $ made!!
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AZMAN UJANG discovers that the average Malaysian users about 300 litres a day when 50 litres would be sufficient. And the reason for the lavish use? Because it is cheap. --August 13, 2006,thestar.com.my
Reduce Singapore 's per capita domestic water consumption from 162 litres per day in 2004 to 155 litres per day by 2012;