Designing domestic rainwater harvesting systems under different climatic regimes in Italy

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2511-2518

  Campisano, A ^a   Gnecco, I ^b   Modica, C ^a   Palla, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural model; Rainwater harvesting; Tank sizing; Water balance; Water saving efficiency

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL MODEL; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; TANK SIZING; WATER BALANCE; WATER-SAVING;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POTABLE WATER; WATER CONSERVATION;

RAIN;

DRINKING WATER; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DRAINAGE NETWORK; DRAINAGE WATER; FLOW MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINWATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DOMESTIC RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; HARVESTING; ITALY; PRECIPITATION; READING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ITALY; RAIN; WATER SUPPLY;

ITALY;

EID: 84878951964     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.143     Document Type: Article

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