A realistic basis for an international comparison of real losses from public water-supply systems

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 186-192

  Lambert, A O ^a  

^a Intl Water Data Comparisons Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infrastructure leakage index; Leakage; Losses; Performance indicators

Indexed keywords

LEAKAGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DATA ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033670603     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2000.tb00248.x     Document Type: Article

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