**BMC to launch water audit PRACHI
KARNIK<http://www.financialexpress.com/about/feedback.html> Posted
online: Monday, February 13, 2006 at 0000 hours IST *MUMBAI: *The
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to launch a water audit to
contain leakages and losses. The audit will be done under the Jawaharlal
Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) from the next fiscal.
BMC spends around Rs 475 crore annually to distribute about 3,100 million
litres water per day (mld) to Mumbai, the commercial capital. However, about
25-30% of water is wasted by way of leakages, bursting of pipelines, illegal
connections, water pilferage, which is termed as unaccounted for water (UAW)
by the civic body. This costs the exchequer about Rs 145 crore. To stem
this, the civic body has proposed to conduct a water audit.
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Additional municipal commissioner (projects), Manu Kumar Srivastava, said:
"Water audit is an accounting procedure conducted to analyse water supply
through customer usage. The aim is to increase revenue and decrease water
loss. The water audit can be conducted accurately by determining the amount
of UAW in a water distribution system."
The audit will help identify and analyse whether the amount of water being
supplied reaches the consumer without any loss. Besides, upgrading the
distribution system can reduce UAW, said DK Ahiwale, a hydraulic engineer
with BMC.
The civic body's decision to conduct water audit comes at a time when the
city reels under acute water shortage, especially with the proliferation of
high-rises, multiplexes, shopping malls and business centres.
Although the BMC, at present, supplies about 3,100 mld water, the
requirement is around 3,900 mld, and the projected demand is likely to grow
to about 5,068 mld by 2031, said an official of the BMC's hydraulic
department.
He said there were a total of 3.04 lakh metered water connections across
Greater Mumbai and about 75,000 unmetered (illegal) connections. As per the
consumption pattern, 87% of water is consumed by domestic consumers, 9% by
commercial consumers and about 4% by industrial consumers. Since the current
supply is short by about 800 mld and the projected demand is likely to grow
to about 5,068 mld by 2031, it is mandatory for the civic body to conduct
water audit, he added.
BMC also needs to do away with loss of water because of contamination due to
the ageing transmission and distribution system. It, therefore, proposes to
carry out replacement of old and rusted pipelines over the next five years.
KARNIK<http://www.financialexpress.com/about/feedback.html> Posted
online: Monday, February 13, 2006 at 0000 hours IST *MUMBAI: *The
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to launch a water audit to
contain leakages and losses. The audit will be done under the Jawaharlal
Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) from the next fiscal.
BMC spends around Rs 475 crore annually to distribute about 3,100 million
litres water per day (mld) to Mumbai, the commercial capital. However, about
25-30% of water is wasted by way of leakages, bursting of pipelines, illegal
connections, water pilferage, which is termed as unaccounted for water (UAW)
by the civic body. This costs the exchequer about Rs 145 crore. To stem
this, the civic body has proposed to conduct a water audit.
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** ** ** **
Additional municipal commissioner (projects), Manu Kumar Srivastava, said:
"Water audit is an accounting procedure conducted to analyse water supply
through customer usage. The aim is to increase revenue and decrease water
loss. The water audit can be conducted accurately by determining the amount
of UAW in a water distribution system."
The audit will help identify and analyse whether the amount of water being
supplied reaches the consumer without any loss. Besides, upgrading the
distribution system can reduce UAW, said DK Ahiwale, a hydraulic engineer
with BMC.
The civic body's decision to conduct water audit comes at a time when the
city reels under acute water shortage, especially with the proliferation of
high-rises, multiplexes, shopping malls and business centres.
Although the BMC, at present, supplies about 3,100 mld water, the
requirement is around 3,900 mld, and the projected demand is likely to grow
to about 5,068 mld by 2031, said an official of the BMC's hydraulic
department.
He said there were a total of 3.04 lakh metered water connections across
Greater Mumbai and about 75,000 unmetered (illegal) connections. As per the
consumption pattern, 87% of water is consumed by domestic consumers, 9% by
commercial consumers and about 4% by industrial consumers. Since the current
supply is short by about 800 mld and the projected demand is likely to grow
to about 5,068 mld by 2031, it is mandatory for the civic body to conduct
water audit, he added.
BMC also needs to do away with loss of water because of contamination due to
the ageing transmission and distribution system. It, therefore, proposes to
carry out replacement of old and rusted pipelines over the next five years.