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. 2023 Dec 10;10(1):e23516. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23516

Table 5.

Unavoidable real loss (UARL) and Infrastructure leakage index (ILI) in district metered areas (DMA).

DMA Before DMA construction
After DMA construction
Difference before and after
UARL1)
ILI
UARL
ILI
UARL
ILI
L/d L/conn/d (−) L/d L/conn/d (−) L/d L/conn/d change %
DMA-1 42,610 18.2 7.04 43,651 17.7 7.95 2.4 % −2.26 % 12.9 %
DMA-2A 61,000 18.5 4.42 59,077 18.3 4.99 −3.2 % −1.11 % 12.9 %
DMA-2B 57,934 18.2 0.90 63,940 18.4 3.06 10.4 % 1.05 % 239.6 %
DMA-3 14,309 19.7 13.24 14,477 19.1 5.94 1.2 % −2.57 % −55.1 %
DMA-4A 55,116 17.4 6.09 22,940 18.1 28.16 −58.4 % 4.09 % 362.4 %
All DMAs 226,968 17.8 5.05 200,085 17.9 7.84 −11.8 % 0.23 % 55.2 %
Tokyo (1956, 2021)2) 26.5 million 27.2 24.07 202.0 million 25.9 0.72 662.0 % −4.82 % −97.0 %

Note: 1) Non-revenue water (NRW) was unknown in each DMA before their construction. Thus, it was assumed to be the same as the NRW after the DMA construction. 2) Water Statistics Book, Japan Water Works Association, 1956–2021. Tokyo Metropolitan Water Works Bureau.