Regional scale analysis for the design of storage tanks for domestic rainwater harvesting systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Campisano, A ^a   Modica, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rainwater harvesting; Storage tank design; Toilet flushing; Water balances

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; GAUGING STATIONS; MODEL PREDICTION; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAINFALL PATTERNS; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; REGIONAL MODEL; REGIONAL SCALE; RELEASE RULES; STEPWISE PROCEDURE; STORAGE TANK; TOILET FLUSHING; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCE SIMULATION; WATER SAVING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; FLOODS; RAIN; STATISTICS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; FLUSHING; OVERBANK FLOW; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; RAINWATER; STORAGE TANK; WATER BUDGET;

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC RAIN WATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; ITALY; TANK; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE TANK;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; RAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84862619101     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.171     Document Type: Article

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