MIDC's major industrial unit near Trans Thane Creek (TTC) at Shil phata, Navi Mumbai has installed 1600mm diameter flow meter made by Swiss major Endress+Hauser on MIDC pipeline that harnesses water from Barvi dam via Jambhul Water Treatment Plant.

The main advantage of this new installation is to reduce the non-revenue water (NRW) -the difference between water entering the system and water billed to customers - in developing countries. Losses can be real losses (through leaks, sometimes also referred to as physical losses) or apparent losses (for example through unauthorised use or metering inaccuracies).

The World Bank has estimated the total cost of NRW to utilities worldwide at US$14 billion per year. By reducing the current levels of losses in developing countries to half, where relative losses are highest, could generate an estimated US$2.9 billion in cash and serve an additional 90 million people.

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