Economic analysis of leakage in the Bangkok water distribution system

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-216

  Islam, M Shafiqul ^a,b   Babel, Mukand Singh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Active leakage control; Economic level of leakage; EPANET; Leakage; Night flow; Pressure

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEAKAGE; ECONOMIC LEVEL; EPANET; NIGHT FLOW; OPERATING PRACTICES; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; RAPID POPULATION GROWTH; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (WDSS);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NOMOGRAMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRESSURE; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LEAKAGE; PRESSURE EFFECT; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; THAILAND;

EID: 84879568334     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000235     Document Type: Article

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