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Cost of Real Loss Control Programs in $/MG
$2500
Real loss control program cost
(cost/MG)
$2000 Average cost per MG for real loss
control program

Cost [$/MG] $1500

$1000

$500

$0
Utility 1- Utility 2- Utility 3- Cal DWR Utility 4- Utility 5- Utility 6-
California Tennessee California Nevada Arizona Florida
Utility

FIGURE 5.5 Cost of real loss control programs. (Source: Ref. 1.)

5.8 Conclusion
The reader should now have a general understanding of the steps involved in a water
loss control program. Building on this general picture Chaps. 11 to 15 will provide an
in-depth discussion of all intervention methods available against apparent losses and
Chaps. 16 to 19 will provide an in-depth discussion of all intervention methods avail-
able against real losses.

Reference

1. Sturm, R., and J. Thornton. “Water Loss Control in North America: More Cost
Effective Than Customer Side Conservation—Why Wouldn’t You Do It?!” In Proc.
of the Water Loss 2007 Conference. Bucharest, Romania: The World Bank Institute,
2007.