Employing multi-criteria decision analysis to select sustainable point-of-use and point-of-entry water treatment systems

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 637-647

  Hamouda, M A ^a   Anderson, W B ^a   Huck, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Multi criteria decision analysis; Point of entry; Point of use; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POTABLE WATER; WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; POINT OF ENTRIES; POINT OF USE; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DRINKING WATER;

DECISION ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; POINT OF ENTRY WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; POINT OF USE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84867890904     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2012.035     Document Type: Article

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