Recent advances in calculating economic intervention frequency for active leakage control, and implications for calculation of economic leakage levels

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 263-271

  Lambert, A O ^a   Fantozzi, M ^b  

^a ILMSS Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Studio Fantozzi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic intervention; Economic leakage level; Leakage; Marginal cost; Rate of rise

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ECONOMIC INTERVENTION;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PUBLIC POLICY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

LEAKAGE; WATER INDUSTRY;

BUDGET; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; ECONOMIC LEAKAGE LEVEL; ECONOMICS; POLICY; VOLUMETRY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 31344462369     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2005.0072     Document Type: Conference Paper

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