Modeling of a lot scale rainwater tank system in XP-SWMM: A case study in Western Sydney, Australia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 141, Issue , 2014, Pages 177-189

  Van der Sterren, Marlène ^a   Rahman, Ataur ^a   Ryan, Garry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Barker Ryan Stewart   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rainwater tanks; Storm water management; Water sensitive urban design; Western Sydney; XP SWMM

Indexed keywords

STORMS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; RAINWATER TANK; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; SYSTEM MODELS; TANK SYSTEM; URBAN DESIGN; WATER SENSITIVE; WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGN; WESTERN SYDNEY; XP-SWMM;

WATER QUALITY;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; STORM WATER; DRINKING WATER;

MODEL VALIDATION; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; URBAN DESIGN; VOLUME; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; CALIBRATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALIBRATION; LOT SCALE RAINWATER TANK SYSTEM; MODEL; SOLID; TANK; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; ADJUSTMENT; CASE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR; POLLUTANT; SANITATION; STORM WATER MANAGEMENT MODELING; URBANIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

RAINWATER TANKS; STORM WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGN; WESTERN SYDNEY; XP-SWMM;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84901001945     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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