Potential for potable water savings by combining the use of rainwater and greywater in houses in southern Brazil

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1731-1742

  Ghisi, Enedir ^a   Mengotti de Oliveira, Sulayre ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Potable water savings; Rainwater usage; Reuse of greywater; Water end uses

Indexed keywords

HOUSES; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; WATER RECYCLING;

GREYWATER REUSE; POTABLE WATER SAVINGS; RAINWATER USAGE; WATER END-USES;

WATER CONSERVATION;

HOUSES; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RECYCLING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RAINWATER; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751535204     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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