Pressure management as a leakage reduction and water demand management tool: The case of the City of Mutare, Zimbabwe

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 31, Issue 15-16, 2006, Pages 763-770

  Marunga, Antony ^a,b   Hoko, Zvikomborero ^a   Kaseke, Evans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Municipality of Mutare   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Epanet; Leakage control; Minimum night flow; Mutare city; Pressure management; Unaccounted for water; Water demand management

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

LEAKAGE CONTROL; PRESSURE MANAGEMENT; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

FLOW CONTROL; LEAKAGE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33749078190     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.08.032     Document Type: Article

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