Prediction of urban residential end-use water demands by integrating known and unknown water demand drivers at multiple scales II: Model application and validation

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 118, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-12

  Rathnayaka, K ^a   Malano, H ^a   Arora, M ^a   George, B ^b   Maheepala, S ^c   Nawarathna, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ICARDA   (Egypt)

^c City West Water   (Australia)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Residential water end uses; Stochastic modeling; Water demand

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FORECASTING; HOUSING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL STABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER END USE;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

BATH WATER; CLOTHES WASHER WATER; DISHWASHER WATER; GARDEN IRRIGATION WATER; SHOWER WATER; TAP WATER; TOILET WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

APPLIANCE EFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWELLING TYPE; END USE WATER DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLOW RATE; HOUSEHOLD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WINTER;

EID: 84999886573     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.11.015     Document Type: Article

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