scholarly journals Assessment of the Metering and Billing Systems of Water Supply in Some Parts of Osogbo Metropolis, Osun State Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
O.O Fadipe ◽  
M.O. Thanni ◽  
M.I. Adeyanju
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Billing System ◽  
Fixed Price ◽  
Cost Implications ◽  
Water Meters ◽  
Water Metering

This study assessed the water metering and billing methods in some parts of Osogbo metropolis of Osun State, Nigeria by evaluating the adequacy, effectiveness and cost implications of the systems. Data was obtained through a questionnaire survey, field observations and oral interviews. A total number of 200 questionnaires were randomly distributed to the households around the metered neighbourhood, 173 responses were retrieved for analysis. It was discovered that the waterworks only have a metering system for 3222 (0.85%) households. It charges a fixed price of ₦2000/month for those without water meters and ₦2700/month for metered households. The percentages of domestic, industrial, religious, governmental and institutional water users were 41.6%, 30.6%, 8.7%, 8.1% and 11.0% respectively and a majority of the water users agreed to be consuming between 75 – 100 litres of water per day. Considering the number of days that households get water, the study found that in a week, 16.8%, 46.8% and 36.4% of the respondents get water for, 1-2, 2-4, and 4-7days respectively. The study revealed that 9.8%, 23.1%, 48.6% and 18.5% of the respondents were 5-20%, 21-40%, 41- 60% and 61-80% satisfied with their billing methods respectively. If water is available all the days of the week, the study found the billing system to be fair. Residents are then advised to subscribe to the metering and billing systems for fair bargaining.

scholarly journals Impacts of Legal and Institutional Changes on Irrigation Management Performance: A Case of the Gezira Irrigation Scheme, Sudan

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Elshaikh ◽  
Shi-hong Yang ◽  
Xiyun Jiao ◽  
Mohammed Elbashier
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Irrigation System ◽  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Management Performance ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Water Surplus ◽  
The Right

This study aims to offer a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of policies and institutional arrangements on irrigation management performance. The case study, the Gezira Scheme, has witnessed a significant decrease in water management performance during recent decades. This situation led to several institutional changes in order to put the system on the right path. The main organizations involved in water management at the scheme are the Ministry of Irrigation & Water Resources (MOIWR), the Sudan Gezira Board (SGB), and the Water Users Associations (WUAs). Different combinations from these organizations were founded to manage the irrigation system. The evaluation of these organizations is based on the data of water supply and cultivated areas from 1970 to 2015. The measured data were compared with two methods: the empirical water order method (Indent) that considers the design criteria of the scheme, and the Crop Water Requirement (CWR) method. Results show that the MOIWR period was the most efficient era, with an average water surplus of 12% compared with the Indent value, while the most critical period (SGB & WUAs) occurred when the water supply increased by 80%. The other periods of the Irrigation Water Corporation (IWC), (SGB & MOIWR), and (WUAs & MOIWR) had witnessed an increase in water supply by 29%, 63%, and 67% respectively. Through these institutional changes, the percentage of excessive water supply jumped from 12% to 80%. Finally, the study provides general recommendations associated with institutional arrangements and policy adoption to improve irrigation system performance.

Taking the road less taken: reorienting the state for periurban water security

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 528-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishal Narain ◽  
Pranay Ranjan ◽  
Sumit Vij ◽  
Aman Dewan
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Research Process ◽  
The State ◽  
The Road ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Building Community

This paper describes the intervention strategy to improve water security in Sultanpur, a village in periurban Gurgaon, India. Most approaches to improving natural resource management in periurban contexts focus on mobilising the community; little attention is paid to reorienting the state or strengthening the user-bureaucracy interface. This paper describes the action research process that was followed to reorient civic agencies engaged in the provisioning of water and to break from a situation of distrust and prisoners' dilemma between water users and service providers. The paper argues that the creation and provision of a platform for direct engagement between water users and service providers can be a key tool for improving periurban water security. These platforms can provide support in building community resilience to face challenges such as climate variability and urbanisation, both of which threaten periurban water security. The action research emphasises on building the community's capacity to ask for improved water supply and to negotiate with state service providers, rather than augmenting water supply physically.

scholarly journals Determination of the Irrigation Water Supply Services Cost

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Demand Management ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Water Charges ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Organizational Mechanisms

The article summarizes and analyzes experience in irrigation water charges fixation. Many countries of the world with developed irrigation systems face problems of lack or inadequacy of financial resources to maintain these systems in an efficient state. There is the necessity to find effective financial and organizational mechanisms to address these problems. The purpose of this article is to summarize and analyse the experience of setting fees for the supply of water for irrigation in various socio-economic conditions and to find out possibilities of improving systems of payment collection for the provision of irrigation services and in particular, for irrigation water supply. The analysis is based on a wide range of conditions specific for both developing and developed countries. In addition, the article attempts to assess the experience of using the amount of payment for irrigation water as an incentive for cost recovery to achieve financial sustainability and demand management for the efficient use of water resources. Quotas, water markets, subsidies, as well as information/educational problems have been considered as incentives of water resources demand management. We have considered special features of the tariffs formation in the Central Asia countries. The study has demonstrated that the two-stake tariff implementation will enable to compensate the irrigation services expenses at the level acceptable for water users in case of cultivation of crops generating an adequate income for the tariff’s financing.

scholarly journals Study on Production, Domestic and Ecological Benefits of Reservoir Water Supply Based on Emergy Analysis

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1435
Author(s):  
Xinjian Guan ◽  
Pengkun Jiang ◽  
Yu Meng ◽  
Haidong Qin ◽  
Hong Lv
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Emergy Analysis ◽  
Reservoir Water ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Ecological Benefit ◽  
Analysis Theory ◽  
Regulation Function ◽  
Current Water

As an important water conservancy project, it is necessary to evaluate its water supply benefit. Based on the emergy analysis theory, a reservoir water supply benefits evaluation model (RWSBEM) was established. Firstly, the emergy transformity of natural and engineering water body was calculated. Secondly, the water resource values (WRV) of different water users (industrial, agricultural, domestic, ecological) were calculated. Finally, combined with the water supply situation of the reservoir, the various water supply benefits of the reservoir were calculated. Taking Hekoucun reservoir as an example, its ecological water supply benefit is the largest and agriculture is the smallest, followed by industry and life. The results showed that the trend of WRV was domestic > industry > ecology > agriculture, which reflected the contribution and utility of water resources in different industries. Under the condition of current water resources, the planned water supply benefits of the reservoir can be guaranteed in the wet and normal years, but in the dry years, the ecological benefit will be reduced. Therefore, the industry water-saving needs to be further strengthened, and the interannual regulation function of the reservoir should be applied more effectively to maximize the comprehensive benefits of reservoir water supply.

scholarly journals Wireless Middleware Solutions for Smart Water Metering

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 1853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Alvisi ◽  
Francesco Casellato ◽  
Marco Franchini ◽  
Marco Govoni ◽  
Chiara Luciani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Field Testing ◽  
Water Utility ◽  
Smart Water ◽  
Computing Paradigm ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Utility Companies ◽  
Lock In ◽  
Water Meters ◽  
Water Metering

While smart metering applications have initially focused on energy and gas utility markets, water consumption has recently become the subject of increasing attention. Unfortunately, despite the large number of solutions available on the market, the lack of an open and widely accepted communication standard means that vendors typically propose proprietary data collection solutions whose adoption causes non-trivial problems to water utility companies in term of costs, vendor lock-in, and lack of control on the data collection infrastructure. There is the need for open and interoperable smart water metering solutions, capable of collecting data from the wide range of water meters on the market. This paper reports our experience in the development and field testing of a highly interoperable smart water metering solution, which we designed in collaboration with several water utility companies and which we deployed in Gorino Ferrarese, Italy, in collaboration with CADF (Consorzio Acque Delta Ferrarese), the water utility serving the city. At the core of our solution is SWaMM (Smart Water Metering Middleware), an interoperable wireless IoT middleware based on the Edge computing paradigm, which proved extremely effective in interfacing with several types of smart water meters operating with different protocols.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KEPUASAN PELANGGAN PDAM KOTA DENPASAR DITINJAU DARI ASPEK TEKNIS

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Separdi Haja ◽  
I N. Norken ◽  
I Ketut Suputra
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Technical Aspect ◽  
Life Activity ◽  
Customer Complaints ◽  
Water Supply Company ◽  
Water Meters ◽  
Water Meter

Abstract : Regency Water Supply Company (PDAM) of Denpasar city is one of the PDAM that have a healthy predicate from 2009-2012 based on the results by the assessment Development Support Agency of Water Supply System (BPPSPAM). But in fact many customer complaints are heard in the newspaper and electronic media. From PDAM of Denpasar city annual report in 2013, there were 6,738 cases of complaints regarding service and 83.38 percent came from the technical aspect. This research aims to determine the level of customer satisfaction, the indicators that affect customer satisfaction and indicators affecting what should be improved to increase customer satisfaction reviewed from technical aspect. This research was conducted in Denpasar city with the 398 respondents who are household customer PDAM of Denpasar. The analysis took based on the Importance-Performance analysis and Gap analysis. Importance-Performance analysis resulted in indicators of influence and should be improved to increase customer satisfaction. While the Gap analysis  showed the level of customer satisfaction PDAM of Denpasar city. The majority of customer were dissatisfied with the service received from technical aspects. Shown from the Gap of -1.01 and suitability level of performance and the importance is worth 0.76 (less than 1). The level of customer satisfaction PDAM Denpasar city for complaints of the piping aspect (-1.09) is at a low level satisfaction (-1,059 < I < -1,01), while satisfaction level for the water quality (-0.982), water continuity (-0.975), speed installation of new connections (-1.003) and water meters (-0.973) are at moderate levels of satisfaction(-1,01 < I < -0,961). The indicators that affect customer satisfaction are the clarity of the water, smelly water, flavored water, chemical content, hours of availability of water in the life activity, alertness operators in the installation of new connection, reading the water meter, water meter repair damage, and alertness/speed handling of complaints about the piping. Some performance indicators should be improved by the PDAM of Denpasar city to improve customer satisfaction are the clarity of the water, the smell of the water, the availability of water at life activity, alertness operators in the installation of new connections, water meters repair damage, and alertness/speed handling of complaints about the piping.

The economic value of basin protection to improve the quality and reliability of potable water supply: the case of Loja, Ecuador

Water Policy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel D. Zapata ◽  
Holger M. Benavides ◽  
Carlos E. Carpio ◽  
David B. Willis
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Potable Water ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Quality Of Water ◽  
Potable Water Supply ◽  
Quality And Reliability ◽  
The Individual

The objective of this study was to estimate the economic value that people living in Loja, Ecuador, place on the protection of two basins when the protection is designed to improve both the quality and reliability of the water supply for human consumption by urban residents. Empirical results indicate that households have an average willingness to pay (WTP) of $5.80 per month to preserve the basins. The main variables affecting WTP are current monthly water cost, perception about the fairness of the existing water price, the number of hours that service is available, and the gender of the individual interviewed. The results of this study, and the later implementation by the Loja City Municipality of a basin protection project funded through a fee on water users, provide evidence that households at all income levels strongly support and are willing to pay for a project that has the potential to improve the quality of water services and protect the environment.

scholarly journals A uniform spatial allocation strategy in solving water resources optimization dispatch problem

2018 ◽  
Vol 246 ◽  
pp. 01057
Author(s):  
Jiahui Sun ◽  
Xiaohui Lei ◽  
Ji Liang ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
Liang Men
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Spatial Scale ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Allocation Strategy ◽  
Spatial Allocation ◽  
Original Algorithm ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Water Resources Optimization

Along with social economy development, the total water consumption increased year by year. The conflicts between water supply and water consumption is growing. Water resources optimization dispatch, which is used to allocate water resources to meet the demand of water user on both time scale and spatial scale, plays an important role in water resources management. Aiming at improving the spatial allocation ability of traditional optimization algorithms, a uniform spatial allocation strategy is proposed accordingly. The proposed method is used to improve the performance of optimization algorithm to obtain solutions which can uniform the water supply in spatial scale. Simulation results show that the maximum ratio of water deficiency gained by the proposed method is smaller than that obtained by the original algorithm. The proposed method is effective to balance the demand of water users in spatial scale. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 10th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2018).

scholarly journals Understanding Regulation of Non-Utility Water Supply Systems from the Household Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iniobong James Ikpeh ◽  
Robby Soetanto ◽  
Aaron Anvuur
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Supply System ◽  
Water Supply System ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Supply Systems

Abstract PurposeThe article seeks to examine the understanding of regulation of Non-Utility Water Supply Systems (NUWSS) from perspective of water users in households, the behavioural dimensions of regulation and aspects of the non-utility water supply system that can be regulated.Research Method/DesignThe theory of planned behaviour was used to identify determinants to regulatory compliance across the groups of indicators identified for the regulation of water supply systems. To understand household perception of regulation, interviews were conducted, with questions put to water users in households. A qualitative research approach was adopted, using interviews, and focus group discussion with water users in households.FindingsThe findings indicate that households hold varied perceptions on regulation across the components of the water supply system. Specifically, regulatory compliance by households was influenced by crucial elements such as preferential compliance to regulation within specific aspects of the water supply system. Limitations and implicationsThe inference from this research is based on households from one state in Nigeria. Further exploration of this research in multiple cities and states would widen the applicability of the findings in different contexts.Originality/valueThe study examines regulation and regulatory compliance from the perspective of households who predominantly use Non-Utility Water Supply System (NUWSS) in sub-Saharan Africa.

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