Seasonal demand dynamics of residential water end-uses

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 202-216

  Rathnayaka, Kumudu ^a   Malano, Hector ^a   Maheepala, Shiroma ^b   George, Biju ^a,c   Nawarathna, Bandara ^d   Arora, Meenakshi ^a   Roberts, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c International Center for Agriculture Res in Dry Areas (ICARDA)   (Egypt)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^e Yarra Valley Water ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Household water demand; Seasonal variability; Water end uses

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; HOUSING; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

DAILY WATER DEMAND; EVAPORATIVE COOLERS; HOUSEHOLD WATER; LOWER TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL DEMANDS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; WATER END USE;

WATER SUPPLY;

DATA SET; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IRRIGATION; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84920897056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7010202     Document Type: Article

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