Billions of Litres Water Waste via Leaky Pipes
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
More Than 4.27 Billion Litres of Treated Water Are Leaking Out of the Ageing Pipe System Every Day inMalaysia
Experts warn that more will be wasted unless drastic measures are taken.
If saved, that amount of water could ease stressed water supplies in the Klang Valley, as fears of a shortage and rationing loom dangerously.
According to the National Water Services Commission (SPAN), non-revenue water (NRW) accounted for 36.6% of all water pumped out of treatment plants in 2013, or about 5.69 billion litres a day.
This was higher than 2012, which saw a 36.4% NRW.
Of this amount, at least 75% was due to problems like leaky asbestos-cement pipes and other infrastructure problems.
Association of Water and Energy Research (Awer) president S. Piarapakaran said that unless the pipes were fixed, more water would be lost even with state governments rushing to build treatment plants to meet a growing local demand.
While a number of states have seen their NRW levels fall in 2013, others such as Selangor saw more water lost.
Malaysian Water Association (MWA) president Syed Mohamad Adnan Alhabshi said more than RM20bil had to be spent to replace the country's 43,890km-long asbestos-cement pipes.
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