Assessment of rainwater use and greywater reuse in high-rise buildings in a brownfield site

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 575-581

  Zhang, Yan ^a,b   Grant, Andrew ^b   Sharma, Ashok ^b   Chen, Donghui ^c   Chen, Liang ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Brownfield site; Greywater reuse; High rise buildings; Integrated water system; Non conventional water services; Rainwater use; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

BROWNFIELD SITE; GREYWATER REUSE; HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS; INTEGRATED WATER SYSTEM; NON-CONVENTIONAL WATER SERVICES; RAINWATER USE;

HYDRAULIC MODELS; TALL BUILDINGS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERWORKS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

RAIN; STORM WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BROWNFIELD SITE; BUILDING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINWATER; RECYCLING; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; SUBURBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BATH; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; STORAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOUSING; RAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 69749090810     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.364     Document Type: Article

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