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The greatest problem for a water network - and surely the most important from an economic and social standpoint - is related to water leakages. In many areas of the world more than one third of the resource, which is first extracted, then treated to improve its organoleptic qualities to make it drinkable, and then conveyed to urban water networks, is lost before it reaches end users.
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Di Nardo, A., Di Natale, M., Di Mauro, A. (2013). Water Leakage Management. In: Water Supply Network District Metering. CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1493-3_1
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