Optimal Sizing of Rainwater Harvesting Tanks for Domestic Use in Greece

Water Resources Management

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4357-4377

  Londra, P A ^a   Theocharis, A T ^b   Baltas, E ^c   Tsihrintzis, V Alpha ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b General Directorate of Sustainable Plant Production Hellenic Ministry of Reconstruction of Production Environment and Energy   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dry period; Rainwater harvesting; Tank sizing; Water balance model; Water saving

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; DROUGHT; HARVESTING; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; ROOFS; RUNOFF; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

DRY PERIODS; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; TANK SIZING; WATER - SAVINGS; WATER BALANCE MODELS;

RAIN;

PLANNING METHOD; RAINWATER; STORAGE TANK; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

GREECE;

EID: 84938971748     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-015-1064-1     Document Type: Article

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