Climate change and reliability of urban water supply

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 101-108

  Maheepala, Shiroma ^a   Perera, C ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Impact assessment; Probability; Water supply

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; URBAN PLANNING; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

URBAN WATER SUPPLY;

WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; PLANNING; PROBABILITY; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; PROBABILITY; URBAN AREA; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; STREAM (RIVER); URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; BENALLA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0038779622     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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