Assessing the urban water balance: The urban water flow model and its application in Cyprus

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 635-643

  Charalambous, Katerina ^a   Bruggeman, Adriana ^a   Lange, Manfred A ^a  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Semi arid areas; Urban water balance model; Water demand management; Water savings

Indexed keywords

POTABLE WATER SAVINGS; SEMIARID AREA; SURFACE RUNOFFS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN WATER BALANCE; URBAN WATERS; USER-FRIENDLY TOOL; WATER BALANCE; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOWS; WATER SAVING; WATER SOURCE;

ARID REGIONS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

POTABLE WATER;

GROUND WATER; STORM WATER; WATER;

DRINKING WATER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; COST; CYPRUS; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID INTAKE; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MODEL; OSMOSIS; PRECIPITATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; URBAN WATER FLOW MODEL; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CITIES; CYPRUS; DRINKING WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER CYCLE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

CYPRUS; LIMASSOL;

EID: 84864414078     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.188     Document Type: Article

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