Source to tap urban water cycle modelling

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 139-150

  Rozos, Evangelos ^a   Makropoulos, Christos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Metabolism models; Optimisation; Urban water cycle; Water demand management

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; HOUSEHOLD LEVEL; LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF WATER; LIMITED CAPACITY; OPERATIONAL TOOLS; OPTIMISATIONS; PER CAPITA; RISK OF FAILURE; SUBSYSTEM MODEL; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANTS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN WATER SYSTEMS; URBAN WATERS; WASTE WATER SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER GENERATION; WATER COMPANIES; WATER DEMAND; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY NETWORKS; WATER SYSTEM; WATERBODIES;

METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERWORKS;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION; URBAN AREA; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84872032376     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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