Concept selected: Supply/distribution of outgoing treated water
- Definition
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This is the volume of treated water registered and not registered. The water registered is the measurement in the metres of the users, and distributed as outgoing to the different users (household, agriculture, industry, services and municipal consumption). The water not registered is that whose volume is estimated, gauged or not measured. The water not registered is broken down into real and apparent losses. - Real losses: these are the physical water losses that occur in the public supply network, up to the measurement point of the user. They include water leaks, breaks, overflows and breakdowns in the distribution networks and in user undertakings. - Apparent losses: these are the non-physical water losses. These are due to the inaccuracy of the metres, unmeasured authorised consumption and unauthorised consumption (fraud).
- Source
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Statistics on Water Supply and Sewerage. Methodology
- Topic
- Statistical operations (links to the Inventory of Statistical Operations)
- Concepts associated