Communal rainwater tank systems design and economies of scale

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-36

  Gurung, Thulo Ram ^a,b   Sharma, Ashok ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communal rainwater tanks; Cost contributors; Economies of scale; System design; Urban water; Water demand management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894048585     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.020     Document Type: Article

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