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 …

Investigating the characteristics of residential end uses of water: A worldwide review

F Mazzoni, S Alvisi, M Blokker, SG Buchberger… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
A detailed characterization of residential water consumption is essential for ensuring urban
water systems' capability to cope with changing water resources availability and water …

[HTML][HTML] Unconventional water resources: Global opportunities and challenges

Z Karimidastenaei, T Avellán, M Sadegh… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water is of central importance for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of
the United Nations. With predictions of dire global water scarcity, attention is turning to …

Green roofs as urban ecosystems: ecological structures, functions, and services

E Oberndorfer, J Lundholm, B Bass, RR Coffman… - …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Green roofs (roofs with a vegetated surface and substrate) provide ecosystem
services in urban areas, including improved storm-water management, better regulation of …

[BOG][B] Urban drainage

D Butler, C Digman, C Makropoulos, JW Davies - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
This new edition of a well-established textbook covers the environmental and engineering
aspects of the management of rainwater and wastewater in areas of human development …
EL Villarreal, A Dixon - Building and Environment, 2005 - Elsevier
The possibilities for implementing a rainwater collection system in Ringdansen, a residential
area in Norrkö**, Sweden, have been explored by analysing four scenarios for using …

Economic feasibility of on-site greywater reuse in multi-storey buildings

E Friedler, M Hadari - Desalination, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the economic feasibility of on-site greywater reuse in the urban sector.
RBC-and MBR-based systems were selected as model systems for the economic analysis …

Decision support for sustainable option selection in integrated urban water management

CK Makropoulos, K Natsis, S Liu, K Mittas… - … modelling & software, 2008 - Elsevier
Conventional urban water management practices aim to meet water supply-demands while
conveying wastewater and stormwater away from urban settings. Alternative approaches …

Performance of a large building rainwater harvesting system

S Ward, FA Memon, D Butler - Water research, 2012 - Elsevier
Rainwater harvesting is increasingly becoming an integral part of the sustainable water
management toolkit. Despite a plethora of studies modelling the feasibility of the utilisation of …