Potable water savings by using rainwater for non-potable uses in houses

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 607-628

  Souza, Eduardo Leite ^a   Ghisi, Enedir ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; Houses; Potable water savings; Rainwater tank sizing

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; CATCHMENT AREA; DAILY RAINFALL; POTABLE WATER SAVINGS; TANK CAPACITY; TANK SIZING;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; HOUSES; RAIN; RUNOFF; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

POTABLE WATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRINKING WATER; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84878741032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w4030607     Document Type: Article

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