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A case study on leakage management in Sandakan, Malaysia
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:10 authored by Annie ChaiWith population growth, global warming and rapid development, water has become or will become a scarce resource.
It is predicted within 20 years, almost a third of the world’s population will have insufficient supply of water. There is an
increasing awareness around the world that careful management must be applied when handling this valuable resource.
As such prevention of water from leaking in the distribution system has become a major concern for water utilities worldwide.
This paper details some of international best practices available in determining, comparing and managing water
leakages in distribution system, and how they are being applied in managing leakages in Sandakan, since the project
commenced in year 2003.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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WEDC ConferenceCitation
CHAI, A., 2006. A case study on leakage management in Sandakan, Malaysia. IN: Fisher, J. (ed). Sustainable development of water resources, water supply and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 32nd WEDC International Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13-17 November 2006, pp. 362-365.Publisher
© WEDC, Loughborough UniversityVersion
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
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This is a conference paper.Other identifier
WEDC_ID:13460Language
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