Performance of a large building rainwater harvesting system

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5127-5134

  Ward, S ^a   Memon, F A ^a   Butler, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand management; Payback period; Performance; Rainwater harvesting; Stormwater management; Water saving efficiency

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIGITAL STORAGE; EFFICIENCY; HARVESTING; INVESTMENTS; RAIN; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COST SAVING; DEMAND MANAGEMENT; DOMESTIC SYSTEMS; LARGE BUILDINGS; PAYBACK PERIODS; PERFORMANCE; RAINWATER HARVESTING; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; WATER SAVING EFFICIENCIES;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

RAIN;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STANDARD; TANK; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865982393     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.043     Document Type: Article

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