Case study of a rainwater recovery system in a commercial building with a large roof

Urban Water

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 345-354

  Chilton, J C ^a   Maidment, G G ^b   Marriott, D ^c   Francis, A ^c   Tobias, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Safeway Stores plc   (United Kingdom)

^d Gerald Tobias Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Economics; Non potable; Rainwater recovery; Re use; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039176316     PISSN: 14620758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1462-0758(00)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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