Evaluating the potential of improving residential water balance at building scale

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 7287-7299

  Agudelo Vera, Claudia M ^a,b   Keesman, Karel J ^a   Mels, Adriaan R ^c   Rijnaarts, Huub H M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Vitens Evides International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Household water demand; Residential water consumption; Urban harvest approach; Urban water; Water cycle; Water management

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; HARVESTING; RAIN; SPECIFICATIONS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

GRAY WATER; HOUSEHOLD WATER; HOUSEHOLD WATER DEMAND; RESIDENTIAL WATER CONSUMPTION; URBAN HARVEST APPROACHES; URBAN WATERS; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER CYCLE; WATER DEMAND; WATERS MANAGEMENTS;

WATER SUPPLY;

RAIN;

BUILDING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; MACHINERY; RECYCLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; BATH; BUILDING; EVAPORATION; FLUID INTAKE; FLUSHING; HOUSEHOLD; LAUNDRY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE MINIMIZATION; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CYCLE; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

HOUSEHOLD WATER DEMAND; RESIDENTIAL WATER CONSUMPTION; URBAN HARVEST APPROACH; URBAN WATER; WATER CYCLE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; RECYCLING; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84888433531     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.10.040     Document Type: Article

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