Generalized storage-reliability-yield equations for rainwater harvesting systems

Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers

Volumn 342, Issue , 2009, Pages 1172-1181

  Hanson, Lars S ^a   Vogel, Richard M ^b   Kirshen, Paul ^b   Shanahan, Peter ^c  

^a GKY & Associates   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROKEN DOWN; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; DAILY RAINFALL; DESIGN CHALLENGES; FIRST-ORDER; GAGING STATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; MODEL PREDICTION; RAINWATER HARVESTING; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; REGRESSION MODEL; REGRESSION MODELING; SIMULATION MODEL; STANDARD DEVIATION; STORAGE CAPACITY; SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY; TIME STEP;

GAGING; HARVESTING; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREAS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 70350170092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41036(342)115     Document Type: Conference Paper

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