Implementation of water safety plan for a large-piped water supply system

Anisha Nijhawan1, Priyanka Jain, Aabha Sargaonkar

  • 1Water Technology & Management Division, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India, anishanijhawan@gmail.com.

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