Water quality and quantity investigation of green roofs in a dry climate

Water Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 370-384

  Beecham, S ^a   Razzaghmanesh, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dry climate; Green roof runoff; Stormwater management; Water sensitive urban design

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; ROOFS; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOFS; GREEN ROOF; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WATER QUALITY PERFORMANCE; WATER RETENTION CAPACITY; WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGNS;

WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; GREEN ROOF RUNOFF; MAGNESIUM; NITRITE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; PROTON; RAIN; RUNOFF; SODIUM; STORM WATER; STORMWATER RUNOFF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY CLIMATE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXCHANGEABLE SODIUM PERCENTAGE; PH; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLID; TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER QUANTITY; WATER RETENTION; WATER TRANSPORT; ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES;

CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; RAIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84919941099     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.12.015     Document Type: Article

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