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Showing 1 to 20 of 106 for “"municipal water"”.
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Spatiotemporal Drivers of Municipal Water Consumption
… landscape characteristics on patterns of municipal water consumption at the county scale for the state of Texas using a cross-sectional research design on three distinct temporal slices (1990, 2000, and 2010). Global multiple linear regression models and measures of global and local …
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Reliability of Integrated Municipal Water Systems: Implications of Drought
… a serious risk to the performance of integrated municipal water systems (MWS). They subject MWS to a combined effect of increased demands and decreased supplies. Both water supplies and demands are driven by variability of climate conditions such as rainfall and temperature.
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Municipal water financing models and partnerships in South Africa
Water is necessary for both survival and development. Despite this, many individuals in South Africa lack access to safe and clean drinking water. In most developing countries, water provision is primarily the responsibility of the government. Given the current constrained environment and the …
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Strategic Environmental Assessment for Municipal Water Demand Based on Climate Change
Accurate urban water demand forecasting plays a key role in the planning and design of municipal water supply infrastructure. The reliable prediction of water demand is challenging for water companies, specifically when considering the implications of climate change (Zubaidi et al., 2018). Several …
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Municipal water supply governance in Ontario: neoliberalization, utility restructuring, and infrastructure management
… sustainability, and the governance of municipal services in the province of Ontario, Canada. Two issues are studied: the restructuring of business models, and programs for sustainable infrastructure management (focusing on programs for the reduction of water consumption and production). …
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The Economic Performance of The Municipal Water Industry: Public Enterprise Versus Private Enterprise
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Development of Standard Geodatabase Model and its Applications for Municipal Water and Sewer Infrastructure
… or functional deterioration in sewer and water pipes. Toward this end, GIS provides a means for viewing, understanding, interpreting, and visualizing complex geographically referenced information to reveal data relationships, patterns, and trends. The primary objective of this research is …
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AN ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL WATER RIGHTS AND WATER SYSTEMS IN THE CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
In the semi-arid Inland Northwest, water is undoubtedly the most important natural resource. Western Montana’s Clark Fork River basin is no exception. As the population of western Montana continues to grow, the Clark Fork River basin below the Flathead Indian Reservation is largely in de facto …
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AN ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL WATER RIGHTS AND WATER SYSTEMS IN THE CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
In the semi-arid Inland Northwest, water is undoubtedly the most important natural resource. Western Montana’s Clark Fork River basin is no exception. As the population of western Montana continues to grow, the Clark Fork River basin below the Flathead Indian Reservation is largely in de facto …
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Analysis of a uniform, comprehensive cost analysis method for Virginia municipal water and wastewater systems
Municipal water and wastewater systems in Virginia are faced with substantial capital needs for the expansion, replacement, and improvement of existing facilities, and the construction of new facilities. To compound this problem, the financial environment surrounding these utilities is changing …
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The perceptions of municipal water service officials on the Blue Drop programme : the case of Nkangala District Municipality
… was introduced in 2008 by the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) with the aim of maintaining and improving drinking water quality in South Africa. The programme is being implemented in order to protect consumers from water services providers who might not act in the interest of the public. For …
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The Impact of Accountability Mechanisms in Enhancing Municipal Water Service Delivery: A Case of Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Mpumalanga Province
… impact of accountability mechanisms in enhancing municipal water service delivery at Bushbuckridge Local Municipality in Mpumalanga province. The issue of accountability and the supply of water services has been a major concern for more than two decades in the Bushbuckridge local municipality. …
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Nanofiltration Rejection of Contaminants of Emerging Concern from Municipal Water Resource Recovery Facility Secondary Effluents for Potable Reuse Applications
<p>As reuse of municipal water resource recovery facility (WRRF) effluent becomes vital to augment diminishing fresh drinking water resources, concern exists that conventional barriers may prove deficient and the upcycling of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) could prove harmful to human …
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Tracing the input and evolution of municipal water in springs and tributaries of the Bull Creek watershed, Austin, TX
The conservation of freshwater resources is fundamental in supporting modern society and preserving natural habitats and ecosystems. Deterioration of water quality in urban landscapes and loss of municipal water to leaky water distribution infrastructure are two substantial challenges to …
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ANALYSIS OF DROUGHT ASSOCIATED IMPACTS ON THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL WATER DEPARTMENT’S WASTEWATER FLOW RATES AND CONSTITUENT CONCENTRATIONS
… effects of drought on the City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department’s (SBMWD’s) wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) wastewater flow rates and constituent concentrations. The study utilized data obtained from the SBMWD’s monthly discharge monitoring reports (DMRs), dating from 2007 to 2015. …
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Views and behaviours of municipal actors relating to climate change and water management: the case of local municipal water management and social networks
… hydrological cycle and have a negative effect on water supply. In South Africa, water to the end user is supplied by local municipalities, and thus municipalities are likely to benefit from adapting to these climate impacts. This research aims to understand the views and behaviours of local …
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Learning informally on the job : reflections from the coalface : a case study of a municipal water reticulation depot in the City of Cape Town
… relating to informal learning by workers in a municipal workplace. It aims to understand what knowledge workers have about their work, how they have learnt what they know, the context within which learning happens and how power relations impact on the learning process. The study seeks to …
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Implications of the market and regulatory environment in China on multinational water companies
… the shortcomings of the state-controlled municipal water sector was brought to the fore. The Chinese government realized the critical role water played in fuelling China's continued economic growth, and implemented a series of water policy reforms in the 1990s which opened up Chinese …
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