Practice Note 5:

Can NRW reduction programmes lead to improved services for the poor?

Reducing non-revenue water (NRW) is a common development goal for water utilities, but does it help the poor? In Antananarivo (Madagascar), reducing NRW losses is helping the utility JIRAMA to free up water resources that are being used to supply low-income communities.

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