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Water Reconciliation Strategy Study for the Large Bulk Water Supply Systems: Greater Bloemfontein Area 12
Figure 4.2: MMM Water Consumption
The following conclusions can be drawn from Figure 4.2.
1) Losses have increased significantly since 2006.
2) The real and apparent losses in the system are 30 million m 3 /a. This represents approximately 37.5%
of the annual system input volume.
3) Authorised water consumption has been growing at an average rate of 3% per annum over the
period 2007 through to 2010 and on average by 1.7 % over the period 2005 through to 2010.
4.1.2 Breakdown of Urban Consumption
Figure 4.3, Figure 4.4 and Figure 4.5 provide a breakdown of potable water use as derived from the
2006/07 Water Service Development Plan for Bloemfontein, Botshabelo, and Thaba Nchu. More recent
figures were unfortunately not available. In the Bloemfontein area, “unaccounted for water” constitutes 39%
of the total annual consumption. The second largest water consumption, accounting for 37% of the total
annual consumption, is “residential use”. Thirteen percent of the water is used for commercial purposes,
8.5% is classified as other, and 2% for industrial water.
Figure 4.3: Current Water Use for Bloemfontein
Interventions Report June 2012