Assessment of residential rainwater harvesting efficiency for meeting non-potable water demands in three climate conditions

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-93

  Rashidi Mehrabadi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Saghafian, Bahram ^a   Haghighi Fashi, Fereshte ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Climate; Iran; Rainwater harvesting; Residential building; Roof; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ARID CLIMATES; CLEAN WATER SUPPLY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DAILY RAINFALL; GLOBAL DEMAND; HUMID CLIMATES; IN-BUILDINGS; IRAN; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; NON-CONVENTIONAL WATER RESOURCES; POPULATION GROWTH; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SURFACE AREA; WATER DEMAND;

BUILDINGS; CLIMATOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RAIN; ROOFS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; RAIN;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DRINKING WATER; HARVESTING; POPULATION GROWTH; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ARID CLIMATE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMID CLIMATE; IRAN; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE; RELIABILITY; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY;

IRAN;

EID: 84874635468     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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