Water Conservation and Demand Management
Water Conservation is becoming one of the most important issues facing the world and the provision of safe drinking water, taken for granted in most developed countries; is clearly a luxury in many parts of the developing world. The challenge of providing safe drinking water to everyone around the globe, is unlikely to be achieved in the near future, however, it is possible to maximise the benefit of the available water resources by ensuring that all water is used effectively and leakage from the distribution systems is reduced where possible.
Water Conservation is therefore one of the key focus areas worldwide and is one of the specialist services offered by WRP. WRP was the first company to introduce the concepts and application of Advanced Pressure Control to South Africa in the mid 1990’s and designed, commissioned and operated three of the largest and most successful Advanced Pressure Control installations in the world.
In the water conservation and demand management fields, WRP offers the following services:
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Water audits and water balances using latest IWA methodology
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Leakage control through basic and advanced Pressure Management
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Determination of the optimal economic level of leakage
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Night flow analysis and interpretation of the Minimum Night Flows
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Management of Non-Revenue Water
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Development and implementation of water conservation plans
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Development and implementation of small scale Public Private Partnerships involving Leakage Reduction interventions.
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Training on all aspects of Water Demand Management
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Real time data acquisition and internet display using the new ZEDNET software developed by WRP
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Design and implementation of customised software to monitor and reduce leakage in Municipal Water Reticulation systems
