STUDI KEHILANGAN AIR AKIBAT KEBOCORAN PIPA PADA JALUR DISTRIBUSI PDAM KOTA MAGELANG (STUDI KASUS: PERUMAHAN ARMADA ESTATE DAN DEPKES, KRAMAT UTARA KECAMATAN MAGELANG UTARA )

Abstract

Up to the present time, there’re lot of Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum (PDAM) that couldn’t be able to
serve their customers in adequate quantity for 24 hours in one day. One of the factor that causing this
problem are the high lost of water in distribution system that including physic lost and non physic lost.
The physic lost is caused due to the pipe leakage in distribution system, so that the quantity of water
that their use isn’t appropriate to the money that they’re paid. In this research was already been done
a study about water losses is caused due to the pipe leakage in Armada Estate and Depkes housing
Kramat Utara Magelang Utara . On the strength of the first analysis that is done ( WBZ ), water losses
in both of the housing are relative big enough. In north armada estate housing, the water losses
achieves 75,21% and south armada estate housing achieves 43,97%. Whereas in department of
health housing, the water losses is lowest than north armada estate and south armada estate. The
water losses in department of health housing achieves 25,33%.