Non Revenue Water

BLUE GOLD TECHNOLOGY OFFERING

At Blue Gold Technology we combine the existing products lines of Water Meters and Acoustic Leak detection devices along with a team of industry professionals with world wide experience to deliver exceptional NRW performance within utilities.

Based in Dubai the company is ideally positioned to deliver world class Non Revenue Water (NRW) projects to Abu Dhabi, Oman (Muscat), Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabi, Qatar and other Middle East countries.

NONREVENUE WATER AND ITS COMPONENTS

Non-revenue water (NRW) refers to water that a water utility does not receive any compensation for. It includes water not billed as a result of leakage, inadequate measurement, illegal use, and free (authorized) use.

The annual “water balance” of water utilities measures the difference between the total water volume produced and distributed by the utility and its total expected revenues. This discrepancy accounts for what the International Water Association (IWA) calls “nonrevenue water” or NRW.

NRW’s components are:

	Unbilled Authorized Consumption Can include water used for fire fighting, free water distributed at standpipes, or provided to religious institutions.
	Apparent Losses Covers the following: unauthorized consumption, e.g., illegal connections to properties with legal connections, or illegal connections for the purpose of selling water. metering inaccuracies, e.g., malfunctioning water meters, inefficient billing methods, and water meter misreadings
	Real Losses Includes leakage and/or overflow from Transmission or distribution mains Utility storage and balance tanks Reticulation systems up to the point of metering