Distribution of sewer exfiltration to urban groundwater

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 333-341

  Chisala, Brenda N ^a   Lerner, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mathematical modeling; Public health; Sewers drains

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PUBLIC RISKS; RISK PERCEPTION; SEWERS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER QUALITY;

CASE STUDIES; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; EXFILTRATION; GROUNDWATER QUALITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POTENTIAL RISKS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS; SEWER EXFILTRATION; SEWER SYSTEMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; URBAN GROUNDWATERS; WATERBORNE DISEASES;

HEALTH RISKS;

ALGORITHM; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEWER NETWORK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57849121200     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.2008.161.6.333     Document Type: Article

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