Transcontinental assessment of secure rainwater harvesting systems across Australia

Eric Laurentius Peterson

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2016, vol. 106, issue C, 33-47

Abstract: This paper documents the utility of the online tool “rainwater harvesting and demand simulation” forwarded by URL http://gettanked.org/, and categorizes performance variability with respect to Köppen–Geiger climatic classifications of the Australian continent. This is a novel tool because it dynamically calculates the irrigation and evaporative cooling demands in addition to any particular per diem allocation of potable water. The analysis may be either from a finite storage tank of specified capacity, or drawn from water mains, but the present paper is focused on the design of secure off-grid rainwater harvesting systems (RWHS).

Keywords: Rainwater harvesting; Greywater recycling; Evaporative cooling; End-use; Drought; Urban heat island mitigation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.11.002

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