Reliability analysis of rainwater tanks using daily water balance model: Variations within a large city

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-43

  Imteaz, Monzur Alam ^a   Ahsan, Amimul ^b   Shanableh, Abdallah ^c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Climatic conditions; Daily water balance; Rainwater tank; Reliability; Threshold tank size

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DAILY WATER BALANCES; NUMBER OF PEOPLES; PARTICULAR CONDITION; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RAINWATER TANK; TANK SIZE;

CLIMATE MODELS; RAIN; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; ROOFS;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

RAIN;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STORAGE TANK; WATER BUDGET; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PARAMETERS; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; ROOF SIZE; TANK; TANK SIZE; TANK VOLUME; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER BALANCE MODEL; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84879074626     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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