Field studies and modeling exploring mean and maximum water age association to water quality in a drinking water distribution network

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 624-638

  Machell, John ^a   Boxall, Joby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age of water; Distribution networks; Drinking water; Maximum age; Mean age; Modeling; Simulation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNTS; MAXIMUM AGE; MEAN AGES; NATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE PRACTICES; QUALITY CHARACTERISTIC; SIMULATION;

ACCREDITATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; MIXING; MODELS; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DRINKING WATER; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPELINE; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876724777     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000220     Document Type: Article

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