A review of methods for leakage management in pipe networks

Urban Water Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-45

  Puust, R ^a   Kapelan, Z ^b   Savic, D A ^b   Koppel, T ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution system; Leakage assessment; Leakage control; Leakage detection; Leakage model; Pipe network; Pressure dependent leakage; Water distribution systems

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; LEAKAGE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PIPE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77249115929     PISSN: 1573062X     EISSN: 17449006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15730621003610878     Document Type: Article

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