Computer software tool REALM for sustainable water allocation and management.
REALM (REsource ALlocation Model) is a generalised computer simulation package that models harvesting and bulk distribution of water resources within a water supply system. It is a modeling tool, which can be applied to develop specific water allocation models. Like other water resource simulation s...
| Published in: | Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. 291 - 301 |
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Academic Press Inc.
December 2005
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