Design and performance of district metering areas in water distribution systems

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 1136-1143

  Savic D ^a   Ferrari, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Mouchel Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

District metered areas; Non dominated solutions; Performance

Indexed keywords

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATED METHODS; DECISION PROCESS; DISTRICT METERED AREAS; NONDOMINATED SOLUTIONS; PERFORMANCE; URBAN AREAS; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84949126193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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