Analysis of non-revenue water : a cse study of NWSC-Jinja area.

Abstract

Uganda, is called the pearl of Africa because it is well endowed with natural resources beautiful environment and abundant water covering about 18% of her surface area, With the increasing population and poor management of resources, stress has been put on these existing resources Where by pollution of existing water sources both surface areal ground. water is increasing. This has put the cost of treating surface water for urban (municipal) water supply very 'high therefore for effective and sustainable use of treated water there is need for proper infrastructure management. Municipal water supply systems in Uganda and other developing countries are faced with problems of aging infrastructure and high amounts of NRW which affect the financial viability of the systems and intermittent water' supply situations some of which run for weeks therefore, every water utility company need to carry out an assessment of NRW to step up the efforts in fighting it and increasing on the efficiency of the system operation. This research focused on identifying the causes of high amounts of NRW and identifying the suitable counter strategy' measures for fighting these high losses. Chapter one consists or the background problem statement, justification purpose of the study research questions, objective and scope of the research; this is where the importance of this research is elicited. Chapter two consists of the relevant literature of this research, all the Literature about NRW management using various methods are mentioned. in a simplified form, it is recommended for systems which have no or local NRW reduction strategies Chapter three consists of the methodologies that Were used by the researcher to come out with the findings which include interviewing; observation and document review to achieve the objectives. Chapter four consists of the research findings that carne out after the methodologies were carried out-Chapter five analyses the findings of the research arid looks at the existing situation of the system. Chapter six has conclusions recommendations, challenges and future research that can be carried out. The recommendations were made by the researcher basing on the field findings and the existing situation, if implemented can help to reduce on the high amounts of NRW