Parameters used for water cost calculations

Interest rate, i% ( El-Dessoudy & Ettouney, 2002 )

5%

Generator installation cost

10%

O & M cost for generator ( Romero-Ternero et al., 2004 )

3%

O & M of high-pressure pump ( Romero-Ternero et al., 2004 )

2%

Other equipment O & M costs ( Saria Atab et al., 2016 ; El-Emam & Dincer, 2013 ; Romero-Ternero et al., 2004 )

2%

Effective discount rates, i_eff ( Saria Atab et al., 2016 ; El-Emam & Dincer, 2013 )

8%

Nominal escalation rate, r_n ( El-Emam & Dincer, 2013 )

5%

Diesel cost

750 ID

Building cost

250,000 ID/m²