Impact of weather conditions on pipe failure: A statistical analysis

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 212-223

  Wols, B A ^a,b   Van Thienen, P ^a  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asset deterioration; Climate change; Drinking water distribution systems; Failure database; Pipe failure; Weather

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; POTABLE WATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEEL PIPE; WEATHERING;

ASSET DETERIORATION; DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IMPACT OF WEATHER CONDITIONS; NETWORK INTEGRITY; PIPE FAILURES; POLYETHYLENE PIPES; WEATHER PARAMETERS;

METEOROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DRINKING WATER; DROUGHT; PIPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84901713952     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2013.088     Document Type: Article

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