Using multi-criteria decision analysis to assess the vulnerability of drinking water utilities

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 313-330

  Joerin, Florent ^a   Cool, Geneviève ^a   Rodriguez, Manuel J ^a   Gignac, Marc ^b   Bouchard, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Ministère Développement Durable   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water; MACBETH; Multi criteria decision analysis; Vulnerability assessment; Water utilities

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; MACBETH; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; WATER UTILITY;

CONTAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GROUNDWATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

DECISION ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77954124731     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1004-8     Document Type: Article

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