Episode Details

Every litre that leaks is a litre somebody already paid to treat, pump, and chlorinate. This episode digs into the buried network between the treatment plant and the paying customer: the IWA water balance, why "30% lost" is at least three different problems, how district metered areas and minimum night flow let crews hear a leak through a metre of dirt, and why the Infrastructure Leakage Index writes poverty into its own benchmarks. Plus the cities that beat the odds — Tokyo, Phnom Penh, Singapore — and what it took to get there. Key sources: • Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, Non-Revenue Water page (2023 data) — https://www.ppwsa.com.kh/en/index.php?page=non-revenue-water • Leakssuite Library, UARL and ILI (Lambert 2020) — https://www.leakssuitelibrary.com/uarl-and-ili/ • IWA Water Loss Task Force, Assessing Non-Revenue Water (Water 21) — https://www.pacificwater.org/_resources/article/files/IWA%20Standard%20Water%20Balance_Water%20Loss%20Task%20Force%20Article%202.pdf Episode 5883 — myweirdprompts.com/n/5883 (permanent short link: myweirdprompts.com/113148)