A tool for technical assessment of rural water supply systems in South Africa

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 43-49

  Rietveld, L C ^a   Haarhoff, J ^b   Jagals, P ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drinking water supply; Rural areas; Sustainability; Technical assessment

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; MAINTAINABILITY; MAINTENANCE; PUMPS; REPAIR; RURAL AREAS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER TOWERS;

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; CORRECTIVE ACTIONS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DRINKING WATER SUPPLY; DRINKING WATERS; EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; INFRA STRUCTURES; NEW SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; OPERATIONAL COSTS; POOR PERFORMANCES; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RURAL WATER SUPPLIES; SANITATION SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA; STORAGE VOLUMES; SUSTAINABILITY; SYSTEM OPERATORS; TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS; TOP DOWNS; WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VHEMBE;

EID: 57649090015     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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