Research Note: Mapping spatial patterns in sewer age, material, and proximity to surface waterways to infer sewer leakage hotspots

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 170, Issue , 2018, Pages 320-324

  Hopkins, Kristina G ^a   Bain, Daniel J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotspot mapping; Sanitation; Sewer leakage; Stream burial; Urban stream

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; MAPPING; SANITATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HOT SPOT; SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE; SEWER LEAKAGES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STREAM BURIAL; STREAM INTERFACES; URBAN STREAM;

SEWERS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INTERFACE; LEAKAGE; MAPPING METHOD; PATHOGEN; PIPE; SANITATION; SEWER NETWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018952250     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.04.011     Document Type: Article

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