Understanding the physical processes of pollutant build-up and wash-off on roof surfaces

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1834-1841

  Egodawatta, Prasanna ^a   Thomas, Evan ^b   Goonetilleke, Ashantha ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Gold Coast City Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Build up; Rainfall simulation; Rainwater harvesting; Roof runoff; Wash off

Indexed keywords

BUILD-UP; RAINFALL SIMULATION; RAINWATER HARVESTING; ROOF RUNOFF; WASH-OFF;

CATCHMENTS; HARVESTING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ROOFS;

PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINWATER; ROOF; STORMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 60149087926     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.027     Document Type: Article

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