Drinking water infrastructure assessment: The national research council of canada perspective

Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers

Volumn 342, Issue , 2009, Pages 681-693

  Kleiner, Yehuda ^a   Rajani, Balvant ^a   Sadiq, Rehan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL INVESTMENT; DRINKING-WATER INFRASTRUCTURE; FIRE FLOW; INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED DECISION; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; PEAK DEMAND; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; PROPERTY DAMAGE; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL COST; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SYSTEM DESIGN; TASTE AND ODOUR; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; WATER NETWORKS;

ASSET MANAGEMENT; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; INVESTMENTS; MATERIALS TESTING; POTABLE WATER; REPAIR; RESEARCH; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 70350166822     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41036(342)67     Document Type: Conference Paper

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