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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Water Utility"”.
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Non-intrusive water utility monitoring and free-space load monitoring
… single-point sensing scheme to monitor the water usage for various loads on a water utility pipe network through the vibration of a pipe near the water intake source. Experiments with the water utility sensor provided data sufficient to identify individual loads on the water distribution …
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Comparison of public and private water utility financial and management strategies
… partnerships and privatization in the water supply industry. However, the benefits of public-private partnerships and privatization are not clear. In order to better understand the consequences of the shift towards the private sector, one must recognize the different approaches used by …
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Investigation of best practices in water utility management systems in the USA
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.
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Comparative analysis of water utility rates in major metropolitan areas of the United States
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.
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Economic Analysis of Infrastructure Investment and Irrigation Budget Issues in a Southwestern U.S. Water Utility
… investigate two policy issues faced by water utilities: infrastructure investment and water budget programs. Water utilities have infrastructure that is deteriorating at an increasing rate, necessitating higher rates of investment from ratepayers. At the same time utilities must improve …
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Of engineers, rationalities, and rule: An ethnography of neoliberal reform in an urban water utility in South India
… rationalities through which Chennai's reforming water utility, Metrowater, defines and categorizes people at its everyday public interface. It analyzes how reforms designed to minimize the state are internalized within a state bureaucracy. The study uses the concept of translation to call …
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The Municipal Bond Market and Water Utilities: The Impact of Capital Markets on Local Communities and their Water Services
… majority of medium- to large-sized municipal water utilities in the United States rely on the 4 trillion USD municipal bond market to finance all or a portion of their operations, maintenance, and capital improvements. Despite the scale and power of the bond market in setting the guardrails …
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Meeting the mandate for clean water : an evaluation of privately managed U.S. water and wastewater systems
Reliable provision of clean and safe drinking water is critical for public health, economic stability and growth in the United States. Due to a combination of financial, regulatory and operational challenges, however, it is becoming increasingly difficult for publicly owned and operated water …
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Advancing Potable Water Infrastructure through an Improved Understanding of Polymer Pipe Oxidation, Polymer–Contaminant Interactions, and Consumer Perception of Taste
… removing acute and chronic health threats from water, substantially less study has focused on potable water infrastructure and water quality deterioration, monitoring technologies, and relationships between water taste and consumer health. These knowledge–gaps have left infrastructure users, …
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Advancing combined water supply and demand planning and management under climatic and socio-economic change
With climate change increasing the stress on water resources and aging water infrastructure needing replacement in the Western United States, water utilities are tasked with planning and managing an increasingly complex water system to meet key objectives such as water security, drought resilience, …
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Brackish Groundwater Desalination: A Decision Support Tool
The purpose of this study is to provide water utility decision makers like city managers, water company managers, city council members, etc. with key questions to consider prior to choosing whether to embark on a brackish groundwater desalination program for their utility. The scholarly literature …
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Analysis of management models of water utilities and water coverage
… models (public, private, decentralized) of water utilities for increasing water access. Proponents of privatized water utilities argue profit motive incentivizes efficiency leading cost saving, infrastructure improvements, and increase usage. Proponents of publicly owned water utilities …
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Drinking up the desert
… 10 Permit from US Fish & Wildlife Service. Water is another limiting factor in the city's growth. When Tucson overdrafted its groundwater resources, the city bought additional water from the Colorado River, which was channeled to Tucson through the Central Arizona Project. Due to …
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Quantitative Approach to Select Energy Benchmarking Parameters for Drinking Water Utilities
… of time can improve performance of the drinking water utility substantially and reduce energy consumption. Nevertheless, the drinking water industry does not have a specific benchmarking practice to evaluate its energy performance of the system. Therefore, there are no standards to compare energy …
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Víziközmű infrastruktúra pótlási szükségletei társadalmi szerepvállalás - szolidaritási kényszerek
… results demonstrate a deep and wide gap in the water value. Facilities related to water and sewerage networks providing urban water utility services are more expensive than any other public service infrastructure, and yet, the tariffs of water and sewerage services are the lowest among household …
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Water for the urban poor : Côte d'Ivoire's experiment with private and informal sector cooperation
… have insufficient access to affordable, clean water. Both public and private utilities are often unable or unwilling to install piped water connections in these neighborhoods, and, as a result, the poor tend to rely on individual, informal vendors who sell water at very high prices. In an …
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Assessment of surface water availability in Solwezi River Basin, NothWestern Province, Zambia
This study assessed surface water availability in Solwezi River basin in Northwestern Province of Zambia. The main objective was to quantify various components of the water balance to ascertain surface water availability in Solwezi River Basin in view of the increasing water demand. Climate data …
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Assessment of surface water availability in Solwezi River Basin, NothWestern Province, Zambia
This study assessed surface water availability in Solwezi River basin in Northwestern Province of Zambia. The main objective was to quantify various components of the water balance to ascertain surface water availability in Solwezi River Basin in view of the increasing water demand. Climate data …
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Synergy of Alum and Chlorine Dioxide for Curbing Disinfection Byproduct Formation Potential at Central Arkansas Water
<p>Central Arkansas Water (CAW), the water utility for Little Rock, AR, draws their source water from Lake Maumelle and Lake Winona. To curb disinfection byproduct (DBP) formation, CAW has begun retrofitting their two plants to use chlorine dioxide as an alternative primary disinfectant followed by …
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