Performance assessment of leak detection failure sensors used in a water distribution system

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-36

  Khan, A ^a   Widdop, P D ^a   Day, A J ^a   Wood, A S ^a   Mounce, S R ^a   Machell, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Yorkshire Water   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flushing; Leakage; Monitoring; Sensors; Water distribution systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LEAK DETECTION; OPTICAL SENSORS; PIPELINES;

OPACITY SENSORS; PRESSURE LOGGERS; WATER OPACITY;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

DETECTION METHOD; FLUSHING SYSTEM; LEAKAGE; PERFORMANCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 16244370103     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2005.0003     Document Type: Article

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