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 DRAFT DETAILED AGENDA
Sunday - 22 September 2019

Preconference workshop
Hotel International, 10:00 – 16:00

Monday – 23 September 2019

Palace of Parliament – N. Balcescu Hall
08:30 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:45 Official Opening
10:45 – 12:00 Session I - Regional activities in the context of NRW
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee Break
12:30 – 13:00 Session II - Regional activities in the context of NRW (cont.)
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:00 Session III – Network Zoning and DMA Design
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Session IV– Customer Metering
19:00 – 21:00 Dinner – Chateau Restaurant

Tuesday – 24 September 2019

Palace of Parliament – N. Balcescu Hall
09:00 – 10:45 Session V – NRW Assessment and Strategy Design
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45 Session VI – Leak Detection
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:45 Session VII – Institutional Issues
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 18:00 Session VIII – Non Revenue Water Management
19:00 – 22:30 Dinner – Restaurant Terasa Doamnei

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - 25 to 27 September, 2019

Post conference tour
3 Castles: Peles, Cantacuzino and Bran
City of Brasov & Rasnov Fortress

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Preconference workshop
Sunday, 22 September
Hotel International, 10:00 – 16:00

What you need to know about water loss performance indicators (… and other tricks!)
Around the world, water utilities, regulators and water professionals of all sorts continuing to use a misleading
and over-simplifying performance indicator – NRW expressed as percentage of system input volume.

Projects valued at many hundreds of millions of Euros or Dollars deemed to have failed – but maybe they
haven’t and only a wrong indicator has been used.
When assessing the NRW situation of a water utility, comparing different utilities, planning water loss
reduction interventions or monitoring projects the right indicators have to be used.
This workshop will explain the principles and make participants understand the strengths and weaknesses
of the different PIs, when to use and how to calculate them.
Target Audience:
- Policy makers and regulators
- Water utility managers
- Consultants
- Representatives from International Funding Agencies and NGOs
Expected level of expertise of participants:
- Basic water sector knowledge
- Proficiency in English or Romanian language

Learning Objectives:
The objective of the course is to give the Learner a good understanding on:
 How to choose water loss performance indicators
 How to calculate the most appropriate performance indicator
Draft Schedule
10:00 – 10:30 Introduction to Day
10:30 – 11:30 Understanding the basics
11:30 – 12:30 Group work: calculating water loss performance indicators
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Continuation of Group work
14:30 – 15:30 Role play (different stakeholders arguing about water loss levels using different PIs)
15:30 – 16:00 Wrap-up and closing
Trainer:
Roland Liemberger, Austria
Training Costs:
IWA member – 75 Euro
Non IWA member – 100 Euro

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 Key Speakers

Stuart Hamilton is a qualified Civil Engineer, a Chartered Environmentalist,

Chartered Manager, Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and
Environmental Management, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management
and a Fellow of the Chartered Plumbing and Heating Engineers. Stuart started
working in the water sector in 1982 before leaving Anglian Water in 1994 to
start his own Specialist Leak Detection / NRW company building this to be one
of the largest privately owned company in the world prior to selling to a UK
water company. Stuart continued his role is business and in 2011 purchased a technology company
completing internal pressurized CCTV inspections for condition assessment and leakage control. Based on
this Stuart is very hands on in the water distribution system and has completed projects throughout Africa,
Asia, USA, Caribbean, Australia, Middle East and Europe. Stuart is a Fellow of the International Water
Association and currently Chair of the IWA Water Loss Specialist Group having previously served as
secretary and leader of the ALC initiatives group.

Bambos Charalambous is a Chartered Civil Engineer, a Chartered

Environmentalist and a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and
Environmental Management. His experience in water related fields spans over 40
years and has worked on several projects in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle
East. He has wide experience in urban water distribution network management,
including Intermittent Water Supply, Non-Revenue Water and Water Loss
Management. From 1995 to 2012 he was heading the Technical Services of the
Water Board of Lemesos, a public water utility in Cyprus, with responsibilities
over all technical and managerial matters, including planning, operation and
maintenance of the water supply and distribution systems. Since 2012 he is a NRW and Water Utility
Governance consultant and has served internationally on senior consultancy assignments with Water
Utilities, IFIs and Water Associations. He is a Fellow of the International Water Association, a former chair
of the IWA Water Loss Specialist Group, current Chair of the IWA Intermittent Water Supply Specialist
Group and the current President of the Cyprus Water Association.

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 Key Speakers
Roland Liemberger from Vienna, Austria, has worked on water distribution
network efficiency, in particular water loss management, for the last 30 years. He
has worked in more than 40 different countries, primarily in developing world. He
has helped to improve water utility efficiency in cities as different as Dushanbe
(Tajikistan) and Geneva (Switzerland). No water loss assessment is too small for
him – and no project too large, as he has demonstrated when he designed and
managed the world’s largest water loss reduction project in Manila (Philippines).
Roland is NRW advisor at Miya, a global water efficiency solution provider. He is a Fellow of the
International Water Association where he held different positions. His main interests are water audits
and the development of water loss reduction strategies.

Professor Ioan Bica is a civil engineer with 40 years professional experience. He

is professor at the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest,
Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Protection. He has a wide range of
experience in water resources management, environment politics,
environment impact assessment, environment protection. He is also
specialized in the area of urban water infrastructure, water distribution and
waste water collection. Author and co-author of 3 patents in the field of
Hydraulics and Groundwater Protection. He is author and co-author of many
original projects for water infrastructure, environmental impact and risk assessment, strategic environment
assessment (more than 70 studies), most of them related to water and waste water infrastructure
development and rehabilitation under European Union financial support. Author and co-author of training
and scientific manual related to Hydraulics and Environment Protection. He is high level researcher in Water
Management, Applied Hydraulics and Groundwater management and quality protection. He is Director for
UTCB of the Research projects financed under Horizon 2020 program of EU - BRIGAID - Bridging the gap for
innovation in disaster resilience (2016 – 2020). He is Vice-president of the Romanian Water Association
(ARA), and President of Muntenia Branch of the Romanian Environment Association (ARM).

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 Draft General Program

Monday – 23 September 2019, 08:30 – 09:30

Registration

Monday – 23 September 2019, 09:30 – 10:45

Official Opening
Time Presentation title Presenter
09:30 Welcome remarks Felix Stroe, ARA President
09:45 Welcome and keynote speech Stuart Hamilton, Chair of the IWA
Water Loss Specialist Group
10:15 Welcome and advance solution presentation Bogdan Ardeleanu, General
Director Seba KMT - Gold Sponsor

Monday - 23 September 2019, 10:45 – 13:00

Session I - Regional activities in the context of NRW

Moderator: Bambos Charalambous

Time Presentation title Presenter, Country

10:45 NRW activities in Romania Silviu Lacatusu, Romania
11:00 NRW activities in IAWD Philip Weller, Danube Region
11:15 NRW activities in Bulgaria Ivan Ivanov, Bulgaria
11:30 NRW activities in Hungary Géza Csőrnyei, Hungary
11:45 NRW activities in Serbia Marina Nikolić, Serbia
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee Break

Session II - Regional activities in the context of NRW (cont.)

12:30 Experiences in Real Loss Assessment 10-years after Joerg Koelbl,
implementing the ILI as decisive Key-PI in Austria Austria
12:45 Non-revenue water reduction challenges in Albania Enkelejda Gjinali,
Albania

13.00 – 14.30 Lunch Break

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Monday - 23 September 2019, 14:30 – 16:00
Session III – Network Zoning and DMA Design

Moderator: Atanas Paskalev

Time Presentation title Presenter, Country

14:30 DMA zoning at Regional Water Company Prishtina - Ilir Abdullahu,
Prishtina Distribution Network Kosovo
14:45 Establishing DMAs and Managing Pressures in
Alexandru Aldea,
Overpressured Systems. Case Study
Romania
in the City of Onesti
15:00 Partially corrugated water tube to reduce leaking from Benoît Van Hecke,
service lines Belgium
15:15 Comprehensive model analysis for high water David Duccini,
distribution networks performance France
15:30 Tradition of ignoring continuous non-revenue water Dijana Draganovic
management in water utilities in south-east Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina
15:45 Petronel Birjaru,
Water Loss Management in Calarasi Water Utility
Romania
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break

Monday - 23 September 2019, 16:30 – 17:30

Session IV – Customer Metering

Moderator: Enkelejda Gjinali

Time Presentation title Presenter, Country

16:30 Apparent losses control – Customer meters Barbara Barbosa,
renewal policy optimization Portugal
16:45 Adrian Rubio,
Smart Meter Park Operation: Lessons Learned
Spain
17.00 Asheville NRW Program Takes Commercial Meter Steve Cavanaugh,
Testing to the Next Level for Real Payback USA
17:15 AQUAWAN - Intelligent System for Remote
Alin Anchidin,
Reading Smart Water Meters, Using the
Romania
LoRaWAN Communication Protocol

19:00 – 22:00 Dinner – Chateau Restaurant

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 Draft Detailed Program

Tuesday – 24 September 2019, 09:00 – 10:45

Session V – NRW Assessment and Strategy Design

Moderator: Roland Liemberger

Presentation title Presenter, Country

Time
09:00 Practical Aspects for Water Loss PI's Targets in Water Alexandru Aldea,
Distribution Systems Romania
09:15 The State to State Domino Effect - World’s Largest Level 1
Validated Water Audit Data Set compels US utilities, Steve Cavanaugh,
regulatory and EPA financing programs to mandate USA
IWA/AWWA Water Loss Best Practices
09:30 Water loss reduction using digital solutions Valentin Zaharia,
For work force management Romania
09:45 Sustained leakage reduction at an ILI of 0.6 – Lessons
Cor Merks,
learned from the ongoing water loss control program of
Netherlands
Waterbedrijf Groningen
10:00 Sorin Murariu,
Identifying water loss zones by means of flow metering
Romania

10:30 – 11.00 Coffee Break

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* Pressure and flow loggers - SebaLog® D3, SebaLog® P-3, P-3mini
* Leakage monitoring / network correlators - SebaLog®N3
* Correlators - Correlux® C3, Correlux® C300, sebalog CORR
* Trunk main monitors / Correlators - Hydro Corr
* Electroacoustic listening equipment - Hydrolux HL7000, HL-H2®, HL50BT
* Pipe and cable locators - vLocPRO3, Ferrolux®, easyloc
* Manhole cap locators - VM 880, FT 80
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Tuesday - 24 September 2019, 11:15 – 12:45
Session VI – Leak Detection

Modetator: Stuart Hamilton

Time Presentation title Presenter, Country

11:00 Ivan Ilie,
The new technologys in water losses detection
Romania
11:15 Satellite based Leak detection – Case studies in Mitrovica Bojan Ristovski,
(Kosovo) and Skopje (North Macedonia) North Macedonia
11:30 Alexandru Postavaru,
Case studies on using unmanned aerial vehicle
Romania
11:45 Technology and application of leak detection methods for Pedro Pina,
large and small diameter pipes Portugal
12:00 Post Meter Water Leakage Detection Using Smart Habib Muhammetoglu,
Metering Turkey
12:15 Denis Devos,
The leak detection project of the Walloon Water Company
Belgium
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break

Tuesday - 24 September 2019, 14:00 – 15:45

Session VII – Institutional Issues

Moderator: Ioan Bica

Time Presentation title Presenter, Country

14:00 Addressing Future Human Resources Challenges in the Jurica Kovac,
Region of Southeast Europe in NRW Context Croatia
14:15 How to Design a Performance Based Non-Revenue Roland Liemberger ,
Water Management Contract Austria
14:30 Consultancy in the conceptual management of a water Cosmin Tobolcea,
supply system with the lowest production price Romania
14:45 Adrian Rubio,
Digital Water System: The Case of Gandia
Spain
15:00 Catawba-Wateree: North Americas first River Basin Steve Cavanaugh,
Water Loss Regional Strategy USA
15:15 Bambos Charalambous,
Commercial Losses - The low hanging fruit
Cyprus
15:30 Implementation Strategy for the "Regional Project for
the Development of the Water and Wastewater
Apetroi Ioan-Vladut,
Infrastructure in Iasi County, during period 2014-2020",
Romania
in order to limit the NRW amount in the operation of
drinking water supply systems

15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break

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Tuesday - 24 September 2019, 16:15 – 18:00
Session VIII – Non Revenue Water Management

Moderator: Bambos Charalambous

Time Presentation title Presenter, Country

16:15 Budapest Waterworks experience in Management of Evelin Madzin / László Varga,
Water Losses Hungary
16:30 Stefania Chirica,
Considerations on water losses from storage tanks
Romania
16:45 Stere Jiru,
Water Loss Reduction in Braila Water Utility
Romania
17:00 Using a hydraulic model for reducing the non-revenue Alin Anchidin,
water in case of a village Romania
17:15 Adaptive algorithm for water loss estimation in
Vicente David,
networks based on advanced analysis of Minimum
Spain
Night Flow (MNF)
17:30 Decreasing of non-revenue water volume in the Chirita Dan Popovici,
Water Plant of Apavital Iasi Romania
17:45 Official closing

19:00 - 22:00 Dinner – Restaurant Terasa Doamnei

Water Loss 2019 Team:

Scientific Committee Organising Committee

Chair: Bambos Charalambous (Cyprus) Chair: Felix Stroe

Ioan Bica (Romania) Constantin Predoi
Sergiu Calos (Rep. of Moldova) Silviu Lacatusu
Enkelejda Gjinali (Albania) Alina Rapcencu
Stuart Hamilton (UK)
Roland Liemberger (Austria)
Atanas Paskalev (Bulgaria)

committee@waterloss2019.org secretariat@waterloss2019.org

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Post cenference tour

DAY 1 (September 25)

 Meeting with the hotel guide during the morning.

 Departure on the Bucharest - Sinaia - Busteni - Brasov route
 The first stop is in Sinaia to visit Peles Castle, the former residence
of the royal family, an architectural jewel built by Carol I, the first
king of Romania.
 Lunch included
 Visit Cantacuzino Castle in Busteni. It was built in 1911 at the
request of prince Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino. The castle is
surrounded by a very beautiful park that offers a superb view over
the Bucegi Mountains.
 Check in hotel Brasov
 Brasov city tour. Visit the medieval center of the city, including
the main tourist attractions: Council Square, Black Church, Sforii
Street, White Tower and Black Tower, Fisherman's Bastion
 Dinner included
 Accommodation Hotel Q Brasov or similar

DAY 2 (26 September)

 Breakfast at the hotel

 Visit the Rasnov Fortress, built in the 14th century, to defend
against the attacks of the enemy armies, currently one of the best
preserved fortifications in Transylvania.
 Visit the famous Bran Castle, known as the Castle of Dracula,
named after the legend of Bram Stoker, which depicts the voivode
Vlad Tepes, recognized for his tyrannical methods to eliminate the
enemies.
 Lunch included on the route
 The church and fortified fortress from Prejmer, a medieval tourist
destination, located about 15 km from Brasov and included in the
UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, started in the 13th century.
 Dinner included
 Accommodation Hotel Q Brasov or similar

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Day 3 (September 27)
 Breakfast at the hotel.
 Check out the hotel
 09:00 Departure from Brasov to Henri Coanda Otopeni
International Airport

Price: 375 euro / person

The rate includes:

 Accommodation for 2 nights single use room with breakfast
included Hotel Q or similar
 2 meals and 2 dinners
 Private coach transport throughout the trip
 English-speaking companion guide throughout the trip
 Entrances to the tourist objectives mentioned in the program

The rate does not include:

 Other meals other than those mentioned in the program
 Entrances to other tourist attractions other than those mentioned
in the program
 Personal expenses

List of photos:
Peles Castle overview, Peles Castle interior, Cantacuzino Castle
overview, Cantacuzino Castle Interior, Bucegi Mountains – view
from Cantacuzino Castle, Brasov City Sqare, Black Church Brasov,
Bran Castle overview, Rasnov Fortress overview

The participation in the post Conference tour is optional and is not

included in the fee of the conference.

For register to participate please contact us at secretariat@ara.ro.

The organiser will confirm your registration in two working days.

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 The Water Loss Specialist Group is
strongly focused on all treated water
that is lost, which is mostly from
underground leaks on water-mains and
water service pipes, and also how to
reduce those losses through leak
detection and hydraulic control.
However those losses include any
water that has entered the networks following treatment, and fails to get through to
consumers/customers. Identifying how much water is being lost is the recommended starting place
for utilities and practioners. The group has developed a method of accounting for all water entering
a water supply system, and this process has been accepted world –wide by everyone associated with
managing water networks. The terminology then changed from “Unaccounted For Water”’ to “Non
Revenue Water”, on the basis that all water can now be accounted for, albeit that the IWA process
for accounting for water will highlight the strengths and weaknesses of data they have for
measurement. This “top down” approach provides a strategic direction for utility managers to
determine their best approach to reducing losses. The group has also identified four important
actions that can be taken to reduce water losses, and subsequently this has been graphically shown
as a strategic plan to reduce the overall volume of lost water.

A key message to the industry that is an outcome from this work, is that percentages are a poor
method of measuring losses when used to measure progress, or as comparisons to other similar
utilities. An emphasis has been placed on having accurate data regarding flow measurement into
water distribution networks, and water pressure variance. These are key factors to be known in order
to identify where most leakage is, and to understand where leaks can be found and how leaks can
be stopped from.

More info at https://iwa-connect.org/group/water-loss/about

Romanian Water Association is at the heart of connecting the vast

community of water professionals, at national and international
levels, promoting the integration of cutting-edge ideas of
professionals in the research and innovation fields.

As an ARA member, water professionals benefit from the resulting "know-how" from the
collaboration of various professions and specialties at national and international level.

Thanks to its network of members, professionals in research, operation, regulation, consulting

and design, ARA can address unique expressions of global challenges within communities in
the country to create extensive knowledge and integrated and sustainable solutions. At the same
time, ARA promotes solidarity among its members, initiates, develops and support sector
development strategies and programs, and contributes to the promotion and improvement of
modern and unitary forms of institutional organization and management in the water sector. It
performs, in co-operation with the National Regulatory Authority for Community Utilities, the
Annual Report on the state of water supply and sewerage services.

Through the Excellence Center for Benchmarking, ARA performs benchmarking exercises
annually, aiming to promote best practices and to use it as a management tool.

More info at http://www.ara.ro/

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