Urban rainwater harvesting systems: Research, implementation and future perspectives

A Campisano, D Butler, S Ward, MJ Burns, E Friedler… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
While the practice of rainwater harvesting (RWH) can be traced back millennia, the degree
of its modern implementation varies greatly across the world, often with systems that do not …

Assessing the effects of climate change on urban watersheds: A review and call for future research

N Alamdari, TS Hogue - Environmental Reviews, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Considerable efforts have been made to control and manage the hydrology and water
quality of watersheds impacted by urban development through the construction of …

Rainwater harvesting typologies for UK houses: A multi criteria analysis of system configurations

P Melville-Shreeve, S Ward, D Butler - Water, 2016 - mdpi.com
Academic research and technological innovation associated with rainwater harvesting
(RWH) systems in the UK has seen a shift of emphasis in recent years. Traditional design …

Assessing climate change impacts on the reliability of rainwater harvesting systems

N Alamdari, DJ Sample, J Liu, A Ross - Resources, Conservation and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems recycle runoff, increasing the sustainability of water
supplies; they may also reduce runoff discharges, and thus help meet water quality …

Influence of climatic parameters on the probabilistic design of green roofs

A Raimondi, U Sanfilippo, M Marchioni… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Green roofs are effective tools for stormwater control in highly urbanized areas since they
allow the reduction of peak runoffs and volumes discharged in sewer systems. Their design …

Economic and environmental assessment of office building rainwater harvesting systems in various US cities

R Wang, JB Zimmerman - Environmental science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems implemented in office buildings under heterogeneous
urban settings in the United States, including combined and separated storm sewer systems …

Rainwater as a renewable resource to achieve net zero urban water in water stressed cities

C Crosson, D Tong, Y Zhang, Q Zhong - Resources, Conservation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Globally, cities are facing increased water stress with an imbalance between available water
resources and projected urban water demands. Water experts have pointed to rainwater …

Water saving and cost analysis of large-scale implementation of domestic rain water harvesting in minor Mediterranean islands

A Campisano, G D'Amico, C Modica - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
This paper describes a novel methodology to evaluate the benefits of large-scale installation
of domestic Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) systems in multi-story buildings. The …

Seeking urbanization security and sustainability: Multi-objective optimization of rainwater harvesting systems in China

Y Li, Q Ye, A Liu, F Meng, W Zhang, W **ong… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Urban rainwater management need to achieve an optimal compromise among water
resource augmentation, water loggings alleviation, economic investment and pollutants …

Rainfall data used for rainwater harvesting systems: a bibliometric and systematic literature review

B Fioramonte, MAS Campos… - AQUA—Water …, 2022 - iwaponline.com
The demand for water has led to an increase in scarcity events in several urban regions. In
an urban context, water consumption in buildings plays an important role and rainwater …