Roland
Liemberger, a water and sanitation engineer with an MSc from the
University of Vienna, began his professional career in 1985. As
early as 1987 he decided to specialise on water distribution networks,
specifically water loss reduction and network rehabilitation.
Following this specialisation, he has been continuously working
on projects in Developing Countries or in Eastern Europe and the
Former Soviet Union. Roland has developed wide-ranging experience
in many aspects of water distribution network management and performance
monitoring and improvement. For example:
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Non-Revenue
Water (NRW) Assessment
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Water
Audits, Performance Indicators, Benchmarking
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Water
Loss Reduction and Leakage Management
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Improvement
of Metering, Billing and Collection Efficiency
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Pressure
Reduction and Management
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Investment
Planning for Network Rehabilitation and Loss Reduction
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Development
of Private Sector Participation (PSP) Projects
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Preparation
of Performance Based NRW Reduction Projects
Roland is Vice Chair of the IWA Water Loss Task Force and a member
of the AWWA Leak Detection & Water Accountability Committee. Roland
has worked in Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia,
Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkey, United Kingdom,
USA and Uzbekistan and has published a number of specialised papers.
During the last 5 years Roland was heavily involved in developing
and promoting the concept of performance based Non-Revenue Water
reduction contracts. He has designed the implementation programme
of the Selangor NRW Reduction Contract. Since 1996 Roland is engaged
in the IWA Water Loss Task Force and was involved in the work on
Performance Indicators which has lead to the IWA's Best Practice
Manual.
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