Modelling the impacts of climate change on a water treatment plant in South Australia

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-312

  Thorne, O M ^a   Fenner, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Impact analysis; Reservoir water quality; Risk assessment; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; LAND USE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS; FUTURE CLIMATES; IMPACT ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REAL WORLDS; RESERVOIR WATER QUALITIES; RESERVOIR WATER QUALITY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER INDUSTRIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; MODELING; RESERVOIR; WASTE FACILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 56049122723     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2008.075     Document Type: Article

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