Water conservation : practices, challenges, and future implications /

Adverse impacts of climate change are evident in many regions of the world and are likely to get worse in the future. Ever increasing urbanisation is also adding to the magnitude of severity in regards to both quantity and quality. Urban water resources and components of water cycles are likely to b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Imteaz, Monzur A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Publishers, [2013]
Colección:Environmental research advances series.
Temas:
Water conservation.
Eau > Conservation.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS
  • WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS
  • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABOUT THE EDITOR
  • CHAPTER 1 ANALYSIS OF STORMWATER HARVESTING POTENTIAL: A SHIFT IN PARADIGM IS NECESSARY
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • DAILY WATER BALANCE MODELLING
  • EFFECTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY
  • EFFECTS OF SPATIAL VARIABILITY
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 2 RAINWATER HARVESTING AS A MEANS OF WATER CONSERVATION: AN AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCEABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • STATUS OF RAINWATER TANKS IN AUSTRALIA
  • A CASE STUDY FOR SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 3 WATER SUPPLY THROUGH RAINWATER HARVESTING IN URBAN AREAS
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON RAINWATER HARVESTING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN RECENT YEARS
  • RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS IN BUILDINGS, ADVANTAGES, AND LIMITATIONS
  • METHODS
  • RESULTS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 4 DECISION DILEMMA ADAPTING STORMWATER SYSTEMS TO CLIMATE CHANGE: A TALE OF THREE CITIESABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • APPROACH
  • MODEL DEVELOPMENT
  • RESULTS
  • DATA ANALYSIS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 5 PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • BACKGROUND
  • ACCEPTANCE OF ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES WORLDWIDE
  • METHOD
  • SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLDS
  • ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES
  • ESTIMATION OF WATER END-USES
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF PLUMBING FIXTURES AND APPLIANCES AND WATER CONSUMPTION PATTERNSRESULTS SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
  • ACCEPTANCE OF ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES
  • WATER END-USES
  • WATER CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 6 CHALLENGES AND POTENTIALS OF REUSING GREYWATER TO REDUCE POTABLE WATER DEMAND
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • GREYWATER CHARACTERIZATION
  • PUBLIC PERCEPTION TOWARDS GREYWATER REUSE
  • GREYWATER REUSE SYSTEMS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 7 REUSE OF LAUNDRY GREYWATER IN IRRIGATION: POTENTIAL CHANGES IN SOIL PARAMETERSABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • MATERIAL AND METHODS
  • RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 8 IMPACTS OF WATER PRICE AND RESTRICTIONS IN WATER DEMAND: A CASE STUDY FOR AUSTRALIA
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • WATER PRICE AND DEMAND: AN EVALUATION
  • DEMAND RESTRICTIONS VS WATER DEMAND
  • WATER PRICE AND WATER RESTRICTION: EFFECTIVENESS IN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVES
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES

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