The impact of diurnal water use patterns, demand management and rainwater tanks on water supply network design

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-80

  Lucas, S A ^a   Coombes, P J ^a   Sharma, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diurnal water use patterns; Peak hour demand; PURRS; Urban water system design

Indexed keywords

TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER TANKS;

NETWORK DYNAMICS; PEAK HOUR DEMAND; PURRS; URBAN WATER SYSTEMS; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE; WATER SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY NETWORKS; WATER USE;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

RAIN; WATER;

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; DIURNAL VARIATION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NETWORK DESIGN; RAINWATER; STORAGE TANK; URBAN AREA; WATER DEMAND; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77955080924     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2010.840     Document Type: Article

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