Alternative water supply systems / edited by Fayyaz Ali Memon and Sarah Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Memon, Yayyaz, Editor.

Contributor:

Memon, Fayyaz Ali, editor.

Ward, Sarah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

IWA Publishing 2014

London : IWA Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Owing to climate change related uncertainties and anticipated population growth, different parts of the world (particularly urban areas) are experiencing water shortages or flooding and security of fit-for-purpose supplies is becoming a major issue. The emphasis on decentralized alternative water supply systems has increased considerably. Most of the information on such systems is either scattered or focuses on large scale reuse with little consideration given to decentralized small to medium scale systems. Alternative Water Supply Systems brings together recent research into the available and innovative options and additionally shares experiences from a wide range of contexts from both developed and developing countries. Also covered are the technical, social, financial and institutional aspects associated with decentralized alternative water supply systems. These include systems for greywater recycling, rainwater harvesting, recovery of water through condensation and sewer mining.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Section I: Rainwater Harvesting and Condensate Recovery Systems

Chapter 1: Performance and economics of internally plumbed rainwater tanks: An Australian perspective

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Background

1.2.1 IPRWT systems in Australia

1.2.2 RWH and IPRWTs around the globe

1.3 Australian Case Study

1.3.1 Context of investigation

1.3.2 Data gathering and end-use study experimental procedure

1.3.3 IPRWT modelling

1.3.4 Life cycle cost analysis

1.3.5 Sensitivity analysis

1.4 International Comparisons

1.5 Discussion

1.6 Summary and Conclusions

References

Chapter 2: Evaluating rain tank pump performance at a micro-component level

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Background

2.2.1 Pump energy intensity and associated costs

2.2.2 Common configurations for rainwater tank systems

2.2.3 Previous studies

2.3 Australian End-Use Pump Performance Study

2.3.1 Research objectives

2.3.2 Methodology

2.3.3 Results and analysis

2.4 Alternative Supply Spectrum Comparisons

2.5 Discussion and Conclusions

Chapter 3: The verification of a behavioural model for simulating the hydraulic performance of rainwater harvesting systems

3.1 Introduction

3.2 The Rainwater Harvesting System and Instrumentation

3.3 Field Testing Results and Discussion

3.4 Modelling System Performance

3.5 Verification of the Rainwater Harvesting System Model

3.5.1 Time interval sensitivity

3.5.2 Rainfall loss sensitivity

3.5.3 WC demand sensitivity

3.6 Design Curves

3.7 Discussion

3.8 Conclusions

Chapter 4: Rainwater harvesting for domestic water demand and stormwater management

4.1 Introduction

4.1.1 Types of RWH

4.1.2 The background research

4.2 Uncertainties Associated with Designing RWH Tanks for Stormwater Control

4.3 The Stormwater Sizing Methodology

4.4 The Pilot Study -? Hanwell Fields (Banbury, Uk)

4.4.1 Design of individual tanks (models 1 & 2)

4.4.2 The importance of actual vs. assumed occupancy for the performance of RWH stormwater control systems

4.4.3 Model 1 Performance of the design scenario: Tanks for individual properties with occupancy levels based on mean occupancy statistics

4.4.4 Model 2 Performance of the actual scenario for individual tanks

4.4.5 Model 3 Performance of the design scenario for a communal tank

4.5 A Methodology for Assessing Uncertainty of Property Occupancy

4.6 Active Management of RWH Systems

4.6.1 Active control decision rules

4.7 Conclusions

Chapter 5: Rainwater harvesting for toilet flushing in UK schools: Opportunities for combining with water efficiency education.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 2, 2015).

ISBN:

9781523102563

152310256X

9781780405513

1780405510

OCLC:

922996082

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access