Rainwater tanks in multi-unit buildings: A case study for three Australian cities

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1449-1452

  Eroksuz, Erhan ^a   Rahman, Ataur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multi unit building; Potable water savings; Rainwater collection; Rainwater harvesting system

Indexed keywords

POTABLE WATER; RAIN; TANKS (CONTAINERS); URBAN GROWTH;

MULTI-UNIT; POTABLE WATER SAVINGS; PREDICTION EQUATIONS; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAINWATER COLLECTIONS; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDINGS;

RAIN;

DRINKING WATER; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; RAINWATER; STORAGE TANK; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTUMN; AWARENESS; PREDICTION; SPRING; SUMMER; TANK; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEWCASTLE [NEW SOUTH WALES]; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; WOLLONGONG;

EID: 77955851383     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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