EXAMINING NON REVENUE WATER: A CASE STUDY OF AHMEDABAD

Vibhore Bakshi

Abstract: Ahmedabad has a population of 62 lakhs of which 78 percent resides within the municipal area. The rapid urbanization has led to overflow of population outside the city limits which has resulted in an increasing demand of water. The paper attempts to examine the non-revenue water in context of Ahmedabad it throws light on the present water supply in Ahmedabad and instigates the amount of non-revenue water which majorly include physical losses, commercial losses and unbilled authorized consumption. After instigating NRW, the solutions are recommended for the locations with higher percentage of Non-Revenue water.

Keywords: Increasing demand of water, Non-Revenue water, Physical losses, Water supply

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2017.0607003