Real loss definition
Real loss means the volume of water attributable to leaks and losses in the pressurized distribution system up to the customer meter, including water lost due to main breaks, service breaks, and tank and reservoir overflows.
Real loss means the volume of annual leakage volume due to physical leakage, not including apparent losses, reported in the annual audit as “current annual real loss.” Real loss has three components: reported, unreported, and background leakage. When real loss in this article is expressed in gallons per connection per day, it can be converted to gallons per mile per day such that one gallon per connection per day equals 74 gallons per mile per day.
Real loss means the volume of annual leakage due to physical leakage, not including apparent losses, reported in the annual audit as “current annual real loss.” Real loss has three components: reported, unreported, and background leakage.
More Definitions of Real loss
Real loss means water that is physically lost from a water supplier’s water storage and distribution system due to overflow from storage tanks, leaking water lines between the source meter(s) and service meters where service meters are in place, and leaking water lines anywhere after the source meter(s) where service meters are not in place.