Evaluation of the apparent losses caused by water meter under-registration in intermittent water supply

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2373-2382

  Criminisi, A ^a   Fontanazza, C M ^b   Freni, G ^b   La Loggia, G ^b  

^a AMAP SpA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparent losses; Private storage tanks; Water meter error curve; Water meter underregistration; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; WATER METERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

APPARENT LOSSES; ERROR CURVES; PRIVATE STORAGE TANKS; STORAGE TANK; WATER SCARCITY;

WATER TANKS;

NUMERICAL MODEL; STORAGE TANK; UTILITY SECTOR; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HYDROLOGY; ITALY; REGISTRATION; WATER SUPPLY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; HOUSING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SANITATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ITALY; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOUSING; ITALY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SANITARY ENGINEERING; TIME FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 74049150507     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.423     Document Type: Article

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