Economic Analysis and Economic Leakage Level in Water Loss Management and Paths for Future Evaluation: A Review

Document Type : Review Paper

Authors

1 Professor, Inonu University, Civil Engineering Department, Malatya, Türkiye

2 Associate Professor, Inonu University, Computer Engineering Department, Malatya, Türkiye

3 Assistant Professor, Çankırı Karatekin University, Civil Engineering Department, Çankırı, Türkiye

4 Associate Professor, Kayseri Water and Sewerage Administration, Kayseri, Türkiye

Abstract

Operational and investment costs increase due to aging of the network, increasing the failure rate, leakage and the water demand, new investments and energy consumption. Several methods and tools with different initial investment and operating costs are proposed for reducing water losses in the related literature. The aim of this study is to make detailed evaluations within the framework of economic components for effective and sustainable water loss management and provide a reference for further studies. The most important advantage is that there has not been a detailed assessment and discussion in this context within the framework of economic analysis and the economic leakage level. The methods and tools for reducing the water losses such as district metered areas, passive leakage control, active leakage control, pressure management, pipe management and network renewal methods, were evaluated economically and discussed. The most important issues in water loss management are the definition of the economic leakage level and the cost components that are the maintenance and break repair, methods applied to detect and control the leaks and automation systems for monitoring, control and data transfer. Moreover, the priority, suitability, applicability and economic impact of the methods should be considered to decide the methods for more efficient use of resources.

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Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal
Volume 55, Issue 2
December 2022
Pages 195-209

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  • Receive Date: 28 November 2020
  • Revise Date: 20 May 2021
  • Accept Date: 28 June 2021

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