Factors affecting economies of scale in combined sewer systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-41

  Maurer, Max ^a   Wolfram, Martin ^a   Anja, Herlyn ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Economy of scale; Sewerage; Urban water infrastructure model

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT AREA; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; COST FACTORS; COST STRUCTURE; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; ECONOMY OF SCALE; GENERIC MODELS; HOUSING DENSITY; INPUT PARAMETER; LAND AVAILABILITY; LOWER COST; MODELLING APPROACHES; SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE; SEWER PIPES; SEWER SYSTEM; SEWERAGE; SIMULATION RESULT; SWITZERLAND; UNDERLYING FACTORS; URBAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE MODEL; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE;

CATCHMENTS; COMBINED SEWERS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; PIPE; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

RAIN; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMY OF SCALE; RUNOFF; SEWER NETWORK; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN REGION;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONSTRUCTION WORK; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HOUSING; SEWER; SWITZERLAND; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SWITZERLAND;

MODELS, ECONOMIC; POPULATION DENSITY; SWITZERLAND; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957280719     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.241     Document Type: Article

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