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Unit and Total Cost Functions for Water Treatment Based on Koenig's Data
Author(s) -
Hinomoto Hirohide
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr007i005p01064
Subject(s) - amortization , variable cost , total cost , investment (military) , fixed investment , function (biology) , capital cost , unit (ring theory) , variable (mathematics) , unit cost , environmental science , mathematics , operations management , economics , engineering , capital formation , microeconomics , finance , electrical engineering , mathematics education , profit (economics) , mathematical analysis , loan , evolutionary biology , politics , financial capital , political science , law , biology
Whether a water treatment plant is installed as an independent facility or as an addition to an existing system of such plants, the determination of its capacity depends to a great extent on its total cost, which is composed of the amortization of capital investment and the fixed and variable operating costs. This total cost is formulated as a function of capacity and use rate on the basis of data reported by Koenig on surface water treatment.