Improving equity in intermittent water supply systems

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 552-562

  Ameyaw, Ernest Effah ^a,b   Memon, Fayyaz Ali ^b   Bicik, Josef ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EPANET2; Equity; GANetXL; Intermittent supply; Multi objective optimisation; Tanks

Indexed keywords

EPANET2; EQUITY; GANETXL; INTERMITTENT SUPPLY; TANKS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LOCATION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DEVELOPING WORLD; EQUITY; OPTIMIZATION; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84890445497     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2013.065     Document Type: Article

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