Multicriteria decision analysis for the selection of a small drinking water treatment system

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 230-242

  Bouchard, C ^a   Beauchamp, N ^a   Abi Zeid, I ^b   Lamontagne, L ^c   Desrosiers, J ^d   Rodriguez, M ^e  

^a Civil Engineering Department   (Canada)

^b Operations and Decision Systems Department   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

^d HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e School of Urban and Regional Planning   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Decision making; Drinking water; Multicriteria; Small systems; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT; ELECTRE; ELECTRICAL PLANTS; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL WATER; PROBLEM CONSTRAINTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; SMALL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM IMPACT; UV DISINFECTION; WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; POTABLE WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER RECYCLING;

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 77954940875     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2010.071     Document Type: Article

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