Rainwater harvesting: Environmentally beneficial for the UK?

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 776-782

  Way, C M ^a   Martinson, D B ^b   Heslop, S E ^a   Cooke, R S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c BURO HAPPOLD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lifecycle assessment; Rainwater harvesting

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; LIFE CYCLE; RAIN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING RATINGS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

RAIN;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; POLICY MAKING; RAINWATER; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOVERNMENT; HARVESTING; POLICY; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79951736912     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2010.189     Document Type: Article

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