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Local governments in Perth, Western Australia, use groundwater to irrigate high value public open space. Due to a sustained decline in rainfall current groundwater extraction rates are unsustainable and are set to be reduced. We investigate the cost-effectiveness of different wat...
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Daniel Trevor Stout,Thomas C. Walsh,Steven J. Burian
Availability of a safe and reliable water supply is an issue in developing nations, including India. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is a site-specific source control used to satisfy human, agricultural, and safety demands for water. This study analyzed the effects of capturing rainwa...
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Despite the rapid global revitalisation of urban water policy, and the universal need to measure and improve organizational efficiency and productivity in all suppliers as a means of ensuring the sustainability of this key resource, only recently have the most advanced econometri...
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This paper consists of an experimental and numerical study into transient behaviour in a residential building. The analysed effects occur by centrifugal pumps when they start with a direct supply (fixed-speed pumps are connected to the service pipe without an atmospheric tank). D...
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A generic model is introduced that is capable of quantitatively representing the combined sewer infrastructure of a settlement. It consists of a catchment area module, which calculates the length and size distribution of the needed sewer pipes on the basis of rain, housing densit...
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Adopting a systems-approach to an urban water and wastewater system, while applying a triple bottom line strategy to management, entails a careful analysis of all the sub-systems and components thereof with a view to improving service levels, optimising expenditure, augmenting in...
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Vortex drop shafts, as special sewer manholes, operate optimally if an adequate energy dissipation is guaranteed and the integrity of the structural components is safeguarded. The results of an experimental study on a vortex drop shaft with supercritical inflow are discussed here...
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The prediction of the pressure inside the air pocket in water pipelines has been the topic for a lot of research works. Several aspects in this field have been discussed, such as the filling and the emptying procedures. The emptying process can affect the safety and the efficienc...
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An algal growth inhibition test and a short-term acute assay for willows were used in order to evaluate the phytotoxicity of grey wastewater from different sources. Bathroom grey wastewaters were toxic towards algae (EC10 = 36 – 375 mL/L), whereas kitchen and laundry wastewaters ...
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A mixture of drinking water sources with different chemical characteristics could encourage calcium precipitation. High Ca concentration and/or high Ca/Mg ratio cause recurrent piping scaling. Water pinch is a methodology used to reduce the concentration of contaminants through t...
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The current paper focusses on the hazard assessment associated with urban runoff on streets. A review of the existing criteria to evaluate such a hazard is made. Two new criteria based on theoretical analysis of the water's force acting on a static pedestrian are presented: no sl...
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Infrastructure asset management (IAM) depends on systematic data management to support its processes. Data collection and management can be costly, and it is therefore important to utilise data efficiently – however, it is not always straightforward to evaluate the benefits of da...
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The prevalence of barriers to the implementation of alternative and more integrated approaches to urban water management has been observed by many researchers and managers. This study analyses the interconnected nature of these barriers using a combination of interpretive structu...
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Storm sewer networks are usually designed under a certain predefined design storm. This paper proposes a general framework for a risk-based storm sewer network design, which is capable of taking future risk into account. In the framework, the flood risk evaluation is located with...
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A participatory citizen approach was established to monitor microbial water quality in household self-supply in Bekasi, Indonesia, and evaluated using a conceptual framework for context analysis, process evaluation and impact assessment (CPI). Households tested their self-supplie...
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The public health field has built a body of literature showing health benefits from improvements in water quality. However, the connection between roof harvested rainwater and health is not well documented especially in developing countries. Understanding the application of local...
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This paper investigates emerging models of governance for shared water resources in decentralized urban regions in Indonesia and draws on a case of inter-local government collaboration for shared water resources in Cirebon region, Indonesia. The paper points to cooperation practi...
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Kok Meng Tan,Wei Kiong Seow,Chien Looi Wang,Huiling Jernice Kew, Suresh Babu Parasuraman
Singapore has adopted a low impact development equivalent of stormwater management philosophy under a national program called 'Active, Beautiful and Clean' (ABC) employing soft-engineering techniques to manage rainfall runoff in the face of climate change and rapid urbanisation. ...
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The International Computing & Control for the Water Industry Conference (CCWI) was the 17th in a series founded and organised by the universities of Brunel, De Montfort, Exeter, Imperial College, a...
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Due to the changes in water management, from the construction of new systems to the rehabilitation of existing networks, integrated strategic rehabilitation management has become more and more important. Consequently, this paper shows a method that considers sewer and water distr...
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