Water Quality Monitoring and Hydraulic Evaluation of a Household Roof Runoff Harvesting System in France

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2233-2241

  Vialle, C ^a   Sablayrolles, C ^a   Lovera, M ^b   Huau, M C ^b   Jacob, S ^b   Montrejaud Vignoles, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Veolia Eau Compagnie Generale des Eaux   (France)

Author keywords

Case study; Microbiological quality; Physicochemical quality; Rainwater collection; Toilet flushing; Water saving efficiency

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; GIARDIA CYSTS; HARVESTING SYSTEM; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA SPECIES; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; OOCYSTS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL QUALITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; ROOF RUNOFF; TOILET FLUSHING; TOTAL COLIFORMS; WATER BALANCE; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WATER SAVING EFFICIENCIES;

CONTAMINATION; EFFICIENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RAIN; ROOFS; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MONITORING SYSTEM; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

FRANCE;

AEROMONAS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84860886545     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0012-6     Document Type: Article

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