Impact of human operational factors on drinking water quality in small systems: an exploratory analysis

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 681-690

  Scheili, Anna ^a   Rodriguez, Manuel J ^a   Sadiq, Rehan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water quality; Human operational factors; Multi level models; Small systems; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; MULTILEVEL MODEL; OPERATIONAL FACTORS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SMALL SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

WATER;

EID: 84988809941     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.179     Document Type: Article

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