Unpacking the energy implications of distributed water infrastructure: How are rainwater systems performing?

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 546-553

  Retamal, Monique ^a   Turner, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distributed water systems; Evaluation; Monitoring; Rainwater; Water energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; MONITORING; WATERWORKS;

CENTRALISED; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED WATER; EVALUATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; RAINWATER; WATER ENERGY; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RAIN; WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENERGY USE; INFRASTRUCTURE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MONITORING; RAINWATER; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79951749712     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2010.136     Document Type: Review

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