Estimated Per Capita Water Usage Associated with Different Levels of Water Scarcity Risk in Arid and Semiarid Regions

Water Resources Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1311-1324

  Rodriguez, R D G ^a   Pruski, F F ^b   Singh, V P ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c Texas A M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Minimum water requirement for human health; Rainwater harvesting; Spatial risk; Temporal risk; Water supply for human consumption

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN HEALTH; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; WATER SHORTAGE RISKS;

POTABLE WATER;

ARID REGION; DRINKING WATER; RAINWATER; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMIARID REGION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER USE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84961286914     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-016-1236-7     Document Type: Review

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