Apparent losses caused by water meter inaccuracies at ultralow flows

Journal - American Water Works Association

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 123-132

  Richards, Gregory L ^a   Johnson, Michael C ^a   Barfuss, Steven L ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UWRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY;

APPARENT LOSS; FLOW RANGES; LEAKAGE RATES; MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS; METER ACCURACY; METER TESTING; MUNICIPAL UTILITY; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE;

WATERWORKS;

EID: 80155164514     PISSN: 0003150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2010.tb10115.x     Document Type: Article

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