REDUCTION OF WATER LOSSES IN THE LOPARE SYSTEM
The Municipality of Lopare, together with the JKP "Vodovod" Lopare, has prepared a program of works for the rehabilitation of water losses in the water supply system of Lopare. The main goal of the mentioned Program of Works is the definition of certain losses, i.e., uncontrolled leakage from the water supply network, which will be eliminated through other activities. The result of detection of losses and subsequent elimination should lead to a reduction of losses in the water supply system of Lopare.
In order to prepare for the implementation of the activities in question from the Work Program at the end of 2022, together with the representatives of JKP "Vodovod" Lopare, we visited the distribution water supply system of Lopar and collected basic information about it.
According to the Work Program in question, the contractor for loss testing is required to perform two tasks:
- Investigation of water losses in the city's distribution network, which includes the execution of the required number of simultaneous flow measurements for the purposes of confirming/controlling the water balance, as well as the required number of pressure measurements and noise recording with correlators and noise recorders on all main distribution pipelines.
- Training of local staff to work with FUJI water loss research equipment, which the Municipal Administration received as a donation.
It should be noted that the plan is to train local staff during the period of loss investigation, using practical examples.
Also, the Work Program defined that the Contractor must carry out the following activities during the investigation of water losses:
- Preparation of bases for the display of the distribution water supply system of Lopare;
- Flow measurement;
- Pressure measurement;
- Noise measurement;
- Other measurements that are determined to be necessary;
After the field visit and the analysis of the transmitted data, it can be concluded that the losses in the water supply system of Lopare are about 60%, which will be additionally checked and confirmed by measurements.
The goal is to provide sufficient amounts of clean (drinking) water and create opportunities for expanding the existing network, given that the coverage of the municipality of Lopare by the water system is currently very low, around 30% of the population.
The mentioned activities will be financed from the own funds of the municipality of Lopare, EIB loans and Grant funds from the Government of the Republic of Srpska.
Add a Comment