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Abfa Reports Massive Water Loss

Abfa Reports Massive Water Loss
Abfa Reports Massive Water Loss

Non-revenue water loss in the last fiscal year (March 2020-21) is estimated at around 2,000 billion liters, accounting for 25% of the total water supply that stood at 8,000 billion liters.
According to Fars News Agency and based on data from of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company (Abfa), of the total waste (2,000 billion liters), 50% were real losses [through leaks, also referred to as physical losses] and the rest were apparent losses [through theft or metering inaccuracies].
Given the fact that the average Iranian uses 100,000 liters of water per year, the massive loss could have been supplied to 20 million people in 2019.

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