Defining reliability for rainwater harvesting systems

MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3818-3824

  Baek, C W ^a   Coles, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rainwater harvesting system; Reliability; Water balance simulation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ARTIFICIAL WATER; AUSTRALIA; AVAILABLE WATER; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CRITICAL DESIGN; DAM DESIGN; DECLINING RAINFALL; DOMESTIC USE; DRYLAND; EVALUATION RESULTS; EVAPORATIVE LOSS; HARVESTING SYSTEM; HIGH QUALITY WATER; MODELLING TIME; OVER-ESTIMATION; RAINFALL RUNOFF; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SEMIARID AREA; SIMULATION PROCESS; SURFACE AREA; SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES; TIME INTERVAL; WATER BALANCE SIMULATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER HARVESTING; WATER LOSS; WATER SUPPLY SCHEMES; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; DAMS; ESTIMATION; EVAPORATION; FARMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RAIN; RISK PERCEPTION; ROOFS; RUNOFF; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 84858837940     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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