Performance Analysis of a Communal Residential Rainwater System for Potable Supply: A Case Study in Brisbane, Australia

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4865-4876

  Cook, Stephen ^a   Sharma, Ashok ^a   Chong, Meng ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decentralised systems; Energy water nexus; Integrated urban water management; Rainwater harvesting

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES; BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DECENTRALISED SYSTEMS; ENERGY-WATER NEXUS; INTEGRATED URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; RAIN WATER HARVESTING;

ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RAIN; TANKS (CONTAINERS); URBAN GROWTH; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84886590655     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0443-8     Document Type: Article

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