Intermittent water supply under water scarcity situations

Water International

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-132

  Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy ^a   Gorantiwar, Sunil D ^a,b   Mohan, S ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHATMA PHULE KRISHI VIDYAPEETH   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Distribution system; Intermittent; Network analysis; Water shortage; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149014689     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060708691969     Document Type: Article

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