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Oct 17, 2019

Resilience for Smart Water Systems

Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 146, Issue 1

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Received: Mar 7, 2018
Accepted: Apr 15, 2019
Published online: Oct 17, 2019
Published in print: Jan 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Mar 17, 2020

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Dayton Marchese, A.M.ASCE
P.E.
Water Resources Engineer, Dept. of Research and Development, OptiRTC, Inc., 356 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116; formerly, Research Environmental Engineer, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 696 Virginia Rd., Concord, MA 01742.
Andrew Jin
Engineering Intern, Environmental Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 696 Virginia Rd., Concord, MA 01742.
Cate Fox-Lent
Research Civil Engineer, Environmental Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 696 Virginia Rd., Concord, MA 01742.
Igor Linkov, Ph.D. [email protected]
Risk and Decision Science Lead, Environmental Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 696 Virginia Rd., Concord, MA 01742 (corresponding author). Email: [email protected]

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