ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR MALAYSIAN WATER UTILITIES WITH THE PRESENCE OF UNDESIRABLE OUTPUT

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (4-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbaizura Kamarudin ◽  
Wan Rosmanira Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Distribution ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Undesirable Output ◽  
Network Dea ◽  
Water Utility ◽  
Performance Benchmarking ◽  
Distribution Process ◽  
Water Supply Services

In maintaining the efficiency of water supply services, it is crucial to monitor the performance of water utilities in a country. One of widely used tools to evaluate the performance of water supply services is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). However, prior DEA-related approaches for water sector performance have ignored the internal structure of water supply service operations; i.e. the water treatment process and water distribution process. Another neglected aspect is the presence of Non-Revenue Water (NRW) to be considered as an undesirable output in the water distribution process. This is in line with the goal to reduce the NRW level in water supply systems. Hence, this paper proposed a two-stage Network DEA with the presence of undesirable output to evaluate the performance of Malaysian water utilities. This proposed method advances the existing DEA-based approach on water utility performance measurement, where not only the potential reduced level of NRW can be determined, but, a new performance benchmarking indicator regarding the concept of efficiency and effectiveness of the water supply industry in Malaysia can be established from the same model. 

MALAYSIAN WATER UTILITIES PERFORMANCE WITH THE PRESENCE OF UNDESIRABLE OUTPUT: A DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION APPROACH

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (4-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbaizura Kamarudin ◽  
Wan Rosmanira Ismail ◽  
Noor Asiah Ramli
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Distance Function ◽  
Directional Distance Function ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Water Losses ◽  
Water Utility ◽  
Revenue Collection ◽  
Water Supply Management ◽  
Distribution Process ◽  
Desirable And Undesirable Outputs

Non-Revenue Water (NRW) is water losses in the distribution process and it affects water supply management worldwide. Malaysia is not excluded and the authority has put a high priority on NRW as it affects the revenue collection. Consequently, NRW is established as one of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to assess the efficiency of Malaysia water supply industry. However, the current policy is impractical; the assessment of all the water utilities is against a single NRW target. Moreover, NRW should be considered as an undesirable product in the water supply system. Therefore, an alternative to Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)-based approach called Directional Distance Function (DDF) is applied to measure the performance of the integrated production of desirable and undesirable outputs. The result shows that the measurement of water technical efficiency is more explicit using DDF model, where the potential reduced level of NRW for each inefficient water utility can be determined in order to improve their performance. This is in line with the government’s aim to reduce the NRW level countrywide. 

Energy efficiency and energy saving in the German water industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Plath ◽  
Mathias Ernst ◽  
Knut Wichmann
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Balance ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Additional Energy ◽  
Water Utility

From July 2007 to August 2010, the first German project about energy efficiency in water supply was carried out. The project results are summarised in a guidance report entitled ‘DVGW-Information Wasser Nr. 77’. The DVGW Research Centre worked on assessing the energy saving potentials and a reduction in energy demand for German water supply systems. It is assumed that the energy-saving potential for German water utilities is in the region of 20%. Two main sections were identified as relevant for an investigation of energy efficiency in a water utility. First and foremost, a comprehensive and structured energy balance must be formulated. Based on this information, the energy saving potentials can then be assessed. In the above-mentioned guidance report additional energy saving potentials for all sections of the water supply industry were summarised. An energy balance for water supply must be related to different sectors and levels to guarantee a detailed energy efficiency evaluation. This in turn allows for a structured assessment of the energy saving potentials. In the majority of cases, specific investigations with detailed data capture are necessary. Based on these, an evaluation of applicable measures needs to be undertaken before the measures can be implemented and their success documented. The guidance report ‘DVGW-Information Wasser Nr. 77’ is a manual for these investigations and also includes tools for an energy efficiency analysis in water utilities.

scholarly journals Water Use Efficiency Current Status Assessment in the Context of WATenERgy CYCLE Project

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 602
Author(s):  
Stavroula Tsitsifli ◽  
Anastasia Papadopoulou ◽  
Vasilis Kanakoudis ◽  
Konstantinos Gonelas
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
National Level ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Supply Systems

Water use efficiency is a crucial issue in drinking water utilities as it is connected to environmental and economic consequences. WATenERgy CYCLE project aims at developing a methodological approach towards efficient and effective transnational water and energy resources management in the Balkan–Mediterranean area. The paper presents the results of performance evaluation of the water supply systems of the water utilities involved in the project, both at local and national level. The methodology used in the water balance and performance indicators as well as data on the operational status of the water supply systems. The results showed that Non-Revenue Water is one of the major problems addressed.

scholarly journals Seasonal and Annual Rainfall Variability and Their Impact on Rural Water Supply Services in the Wami River Basin, Tanzania

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sekela Twisa ◽  
Manfred F. Buchroithner
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rainfall Variability ◽  
Seasonal Rainfall ◽  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Rural Water Supply ◽  
Rural Water ◽  
Water Supply Services

In some parts of Africa, rainfall variability has resulted in widespread droughts and floods, thus posing a substantial challenge to water availability in rural areas, especially drinking water. Therefore, due to increasing water demands, increases in the population, and economic development, water supply systems are under constant stress. One of the critical uncertainties surrounding the effects of rainfall variability in Africa is the significant impact that it imposes on rural water supply services. The present study analyzes the trends in annual and seasonal rainfall time series in the Wami River Basin to see if there have been any significant changes in the patterns during the period 1983–2017 and how they affect the access to water supply services in rural areas. The study analyzes the trends of rainfall series of three stations using simple regression, Mann–Kendal Test and Sen’s Slope Estimator. The water point mapping datasets were analyzed considering seasonal variation. The analysis showed a statistically significant positive trend in annual rainfall at Kongwa and March–April–May (MAM) seasonal rainfall at Dakawa. The maximum increase in annual rainfall occurred at Kongwa (5.3 mm year−1) and for MAM seasonal data at Dakawa (4.1 mm year−1). Water points were found to be significantly affected by seasonal changes, both in terms of availability and quality of water. There also exists a strong relationship between rural water services and seasons.

scholarly journals Burst Detection in Water Distribution Systems: The Issue of Dataset Collection

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 8219
Author(s):  
Andrea Menapace ◽  
Ariele Zanfei ◽  
Manuel Felicetti ◽  
Diego Avesani ◽  
Maurizio Righetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Distribution Systems ◽  
Water Distribution ◽  
Stochastic Modelling ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Consumption Data ◽  
Supply Systems

Developing data-driven models for bursts detection is currently a demanding challenge for efficient and sustainable management of water supply systems. The main limit in the progress of these models lies in the large amount of accurate data required. The aim is to present a methodology for the generation of reliable data, which are fundamental to train anomaly detection models and set alarms. Thus, the results of the proposed methodology is to provide suitable water consumption data. The presented procedure consists of stochastic modelling of water request and hydraulic pipes bursts simulation to yield suitable synthetic time series of flow rates, for instance, inlet flows of district metered areas and small water supply systems. The water request is obtained through the superimposition of different components, such as the daily, the weekly, and the yearly trends jointly with a random normal distributed component based on the consumption mean and variance, and the number of users aggregation. The resulting request is implemented into the hydraulic model of the distribution system, also embedding background leaks and bursts using a pressure-driven approach with both concentrated and distributed demand schemes. This work seeks to close the gap in the field of synthetic generation of drinking water consumption data, by establishing a proper dedicated methodology that aims to support future water smart grids.

scholarly journals Water losses in internal water supply services of residential buildings

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 05015
Author(s):  
Evgeny Orlov ◽  
Mariia Lavrova ◽  
Alexandra Mishueva
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Water Losses ◽  
Technical Errors ◽  
Internal Water ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Water Supply Services

Internal water supply is intended to provide a consumer with potable quality water for various needs. Leakages appearing in the course of internal water supply operation have a negative effect on the operation of a whole system. All mains reasons of water losses in internal water supply services have been studied. It was found that losses can be caused by a human factor and caused by technical errors in a system, for example, network faults. Based on the study of scientific works on water losses of internal water supply systems, as well as on analysis of various water loss options there is a new well grounded method presented aimed to achieve sustainable water saving directly in a building in the process of water consumptions. There were conclusions drawn saying that: design of an internal water supply system of a residential building should follow the scheme of reducing water consumption on the lower floors of buildings by zoning the entire system; it is advisable to use a system with water tanks; to achieve indirect saving of electric energy, it is necessary to use pumping units with an adjustable drive.

Comparative analysis of water–pipe network deterioration–case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Kutyłowska ◽  
Maria Orłowska-Szostak
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Failure Rates ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Water Mains ◽  
Supply Systems

The paper presents a comparative analysis of water-supply network deterioration in three Polish cities. The comparison was made on the basis of operating data (from the period 2007 to 2012) received from water utilities. The comparison is necessary to determine whether and to what extent water utilities should improve the technical condition of their water-supply networks. On average in cities A, B and C, failure rates λ (fail km−1 a−1) of water mains, distribution pipes and house connections were 0.20, 0.24 and 0.53; 0.17, 0.32 and 0.50; and 0.01, 0.48 and 1.63, respectively. The failure rates of the main and distribution conduits were higher in winter than summer, due to the weather conditions and the pipes' shallow depth. Smaller diameter pipes were more vulnerable. One city is exposed to mining exploitation and most cracking observed on the main and distribution pipelines arose from this. As the literature and these investigations indicate, the technical condition of water supply systems in Poland is still improving and rates of deterioration decreasing.

The parthenogenetic midge of water supply systems, Paratanytarsus grimmii (Schneider) (Diptera: Chironomidae)

1988 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. Langton ◽  
P. S. Cranston ◽  
P. Armitage
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Distribution Systems ◽  
Water Distribution ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Small Water ◽  
Chironomid Midges ◽  
New Synonymy ◽  
Supply Systems ◽  
Pharate Adult

AbstractChironomid midges have been known to include parthenogenetic species for over a century. One of these species, Paratanytarsus grimmii (Schneider), cited under several different names here shown to be junior synonyms, has attained some notoriety as a pest. Its occurrence as a supposedly paedogenetic (actually pharate adult parthenogenetic) inhabitant of water distribution systems is discussed and related to its more usual occurrence in a variety of small water bodies including aquaria. New synonymy is proposed and a lectotype designated.

Management tools for hydro energy interventions in water supply systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jos Frijns ◽  
Enrique Cabrera Marchet ◽  
Nelson Carriço ◽  
Dídia Covas ◽  
Antonio J. Monteiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Distribution ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Hydraulic Performance ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Efficient Operation ◽  
Hydropower Potential ◽  
Supply Systems

There is significant potential for energy recovery through the use of micro-hydropower installations in water supply systems (WSS). To exploit the full potential of hydro energy in balance with the optimal hydraulic performance and water supply service, multi-objective management tools are needed. This paper presents the application of four management tools: (1) an energy audit to evaluate the potential hydro energy in the water pressurised systems of Alcoy; (2) multi-criteria decision-making methods for the selection of the preferred energy-efficient operation of a system with a pump-storage reservoir and hydro-turbines in the Algarve; (3) a numerical dynamic tool for optimal turbine operation in the water distribution of Langhirano; and (4) an urban water optioneering tool to estimate the hydropower potential of the external aqueduct network in Athens. These methods showed that through an integrated approach the WSS can be optimised for both hydraulic performance and hydro energy production.

scholarly journals THE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF IWA METHODOLOGY APPLICATION ON WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalibor Vlaški ◽  
Goran Orašanin
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Water Loss ◽  
Supply System ◽  
Water Supply System ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Water Utility ◽  
Utility Companies ◽  
Non Revenue Water ◽  
Different Characteristics

The key problem of water utility companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the fight to reduce the level of non revenue water (NRW) is the lack of a unique methodology with clearly defined steps. The aim of this paper is to show the possibility of accepting the concept for the control of water loss in water supply systems, which provides the International Water Association (IWA), and based on the analysis of the effects of the application of water utility companies adopt the recommended practices as an essential step for the analysis of its water supply system, with the aim of providing quality services, creating their own concept of self-sustaining and achieving customer satisfaction. Regarding the fact, a research was conducted with the aim of determining the level of non revenue water in utilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. One part of the survey involved assessment for the 20 water utility companies with different characteristics, while the second one is related to the measured data from 7 water utility companies. The analysis of the effects of IWA methodology application for reducing water loss was carried out by experimental measurements on a separate part of the water supply system defined as a district metered area (DMA), in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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