Assessment of apparent losses in urban water systems

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-335

  Mutikanga, H E ^a,b,c   Sharma, S K ^b   Vairavamoorthy, K ^b,c,d  

^a National Water and Sewerage Corporation   (Uganda)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent losses; Assessment; Reduction strategies

Indexed keywords

APPARENT LOSSES; ASSESSMENT; DEFAULT VALUES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; OPERATIONAL DATA; REDUCTION STRATEGIES; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN WATER SYSTEMS; WATER SYSTEM;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

RATING;

WATER;

DECADAL VARIATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; GUIDELINE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

UGANDA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860389077     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2010.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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