Residential water meter selection using the analytical hierarchy process

Abstract

Mutikanga has more than 20 years of experience in water utility services and five years as a water loss control manager. He was the general manager of Uganda's National Water and Sewerage Corp. before his current position with the company.

Water Loss Assessment in Distribution Networks: Methods, Applications and Implications in Intermittent Supply

“…Customer meters are prone to under-registration; therefore, the first technique for countering this is effective customer meter management to minimise metering errors in the network. Lambert (2002) Analysing the water consumption pattern as a basis for appropriate meter selection, accuracy evaluation, and sizing is crucial in water meter management (AL-Washali et al 2020a;Arregui et al 2006a;Mutikanga 2014;Van Zyl 2011). Furthermore, large customers (3-4% of customers) utilise more than 50% of the total consumption; therefore, inspecting large customers' meters is vital (Vermersch et al 2016).…”

“…Recommendations on the selection of the appropriate meter type are proposed based on the consumption data (Johnson 2001) and criteria that include low flow accuracy, ability to pass particulates, and accuracy degradation rate (Mutikanga 2014).…”