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Non-Revenue Water Reduction and Water Loss Management

This course tackles one of the biggest financial and resource drains facing African municipalities: water that is produced but never billed. Participants learn to build a water balance, distinguish physical leakage from commercial losses, and implement pressure management, active leak detection and metering interventions. The programme links water loss reduction directly to municipal revenue, drought resilience and the sustainability of water services.

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What you will be able to do

  • Compile a standard water balance and calculate non revenue water for a supply zone.
  • Separate physical losses from commercial and apparent losses.
  • Design district metered areas and interpret minimum night flow data.
  • Implement pressure management and active leak detection programmes.
  • Address meter under registration, illegal use and billing gaps that inflate losses.
  • Build a costed water loss reduction plan with measurable targets.

Course outline

  1. 01The Water Balance and Non Revenue Water Concepts
  2. 02Physical Versus Commercial Losses
  3. 03District Metered Areas and Night Flow Analysis
  4. 04Pressure Management Techniques
  5. 05Active Leak Detection and Repair
  6. 06Metering, Billing and Apparent Loss Control
  7. 07Building and Costing a Water Loss Reduction Plan

Who should attend

Municipal water services engineers, technical managers, metering and revenue staff, and water demand management practitioners in local government.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 30 Sep 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Closed
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
30 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
5 to 7 Oct 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Oct 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
12 to 14 Oct 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
13 to 15 Oct 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
14 to 16 Oct 2026Online3US$900Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Durban3R13,000Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
8 to 10 Dec 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Dec 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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Next session
5 to 9 Oct 2026
Venue
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5 day programme
FromR18,000
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