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How Chicago Manages its Distribution System
Author(s) -
Starr John D.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1974.tb02037.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , distribution (mathematics) , environmental science , water resource management , geography , business , agricultural economics , economics , mathematics , archaeology , mathematical analysis
The Water Distribution Div. is by far the largest in Chicago's Bureau of Water, maintaining more than 4 000 mi of water main. The water system effectively furnishes water at one of the lowest costs prevailing in any of the great metropolitan areas in the country.