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Apparent Water Loss Control\u00a0<\/h2>\n

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Water that reaches\u00a0<\/span>a user (either authorized or unauthorized)\u00a0<\/span>but isn\u2019t paid for is\u00a0<\/span>called\u00a0<\/span>\u201ca<\/span>pparent water loss<\/span>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>And while a<\/span>pparent loss is\u00a0<\/span>often caused by meter under-registration,\u00a0<\/span>there are many other\u00a0<\/span>causes<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>such as<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>faulty signal calibration,\u00a0<\/span>billing system setup errors,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>data handling issues,\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0theft<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>These \u201cpaper losses\u201d have a direct impact on a utility\u2019s bottom line \u2013 they represent lost revenue the utility could be collecting.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, a<\/span>pparent losses often\u00a0<\/span>initially appear to be<\/span>\u00a0real losses because<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>they\u2019re\u00a0<\/span>not obviou<\/span>s \u2013 they<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>don\u2019t register on a meter<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and require<\/span>\u00a0investigation to\u00a0<\/span>discover<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>It is important to distinguish between real and apparent losses because the tools used for each are very different<\/span>; i<\/span>f apparent loss\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0misidentified as real loss,\u00a0<\/span>a utility may apply the wrong tools to combat it<\/span>. This inappropriate use of tools can lead a utility to<\/span>\u00a0expend resources without<\/span>\u00a0the hope of\u00a0<\/span>a positive\u00a0<\/span>return<\/span>\u00a0on the investment<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This section of the Water Loss Switchboard contains tools and resources\u00a0<\/span>focused on identifying and\u00a0<\/span>addressing<\/span>\u00a0apparent water loss<\/span>es<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Apparent Water Loss Control\u00a0Water that reaches\u00a0a user (either authorized or unauthorized)\u00a0but isn\u2019t paid for is\u00a0called\u00a0\u201capparent water loss.\u201d\u00a0And while apparent loss is\u00a0often caused by meter under-registration,\u00a0there are many other\u00a0causes\u00a0such as\u00a0faulty signal calibration,\u00a0billing system setup errors,\u00a0data handling issues,\u00a0and\u00a0theft.\u00a0These \u201cpaper losses\u201d have a direct impact on a utility\u2019s bottom line \u2013 they represent lost revenue the utility could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swefc.unm.edu\/wlswitchboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swefc.unm.edu\/wlswitchboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swefc.unm.edu\/wlswitchboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swefc.unm.edu\/wlswitchboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swefc.unm.edu\/wlswitchboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4647"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/swefc.unm.edu\/wlswitchboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5436,"href":"https:\/\/swefc.unm.edu\/wlswitchboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4647\/revisions\/5436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swefc.unm.edu\/wlswitchboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}