WATER SUPPLY LOSS INDICATORS IN BAGHDAD CITY

Abstract

Water supply facility is the first service in the city, adjacent to the human being and its different activities, the problem lies in the lack of indicators of a real, clear mobility in line with the global challenges, climatic, demographic, social, causing the decreasing of efficiency service, including the increase in the proportion of loss which sometimes in the study area may reach to more than (40%) with its fluctuation during the research period (1993-2010) while increase for the period after 2003. From this point of view the importance of the research appear in diagnosis of the factors affecting the loss of water to be within the standards and global indicators. we have found to identify indicator of loss with the development through the adoption of criteria indicators and clear the adoption of water data base consistent with the automation of the joints work and rings for different adoption of the water demand policy follow the accurate water measurement consumption method, away from the estimation method by guessing with the activation and update the laws, regulations, legislation and administrative control strict technical solutions in addition to another task.