Assistant Professor (O.G.),
Water is the basic element for any living thing to stay alive. In this current scenario, water is consumed in almost all the sectors. Among the various sources of consumption, water provision for drinking is to be given the most priority. And to provide water for the people, an enormous cost is incurred by the water utilities. To provide water connection to all and to maintain a quality water supply system, a good revenue generation is necessary. However, Utilities in most of the countries are facing a huge gap between cost spent on water supply and revenue generated. This paper addresses this problem of having a gap between cost and revenue through assessing the Non-revenue water. Non-Revenue water is assessed in a live water distribution system of a municipality in Tamilnadu. In this paper, the different components of Non-Revenue water are assessed and a strategy is proposed to manage the level of Non-Revenue water in the water distribution system of the study area.
