Estimation of uncertainty in long term combined sewer sediment behaviour predictions, a UK case study

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1405-1411

  Schellart, A N A ^a   Buijs, F A ^b   Tait, S J ^c   Ashley, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combined sewers; Response database; Sediment management; Sediment transport; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMBINED SEWERS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; DEPOSITS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

(PL) PROPERTIES; CASE STUDIES; COMMON PROBLEMS; LONG TERM; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); SEDIMENT DEPOSITS; SEWER FLOODING; SEWER SEDIMENTS; SEWER SOLIDS; WATER COMPANIES;

SEWERS;

DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEWER NETWORK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DRY DEPOSITION; FLOODING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEWER; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SEWAGE; UNCERTAINTY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 45549092061     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.299     Document Type: Article

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