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1. Full Text Roof rainwater harvesting systems for household water supply in Jordan
by Abdulla, Fayez A and Al-Shareef, A.W
Desalination, ISSN 0011-9164, 2009, Volume 243, Issue 1, pp. 195 - 207
The largest environmental challenge that Jordan faces today is the scarcity of water. Current water use already exceeds renewable supply. Many methods have... 
Water savings | Water harvesting | Water supply | Household | Water quality | Rainwater | Jordan | ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL | WATER RESOURCES | Analysis | Science/Earth/Space Science/The Earth/Weather/Characteristics/Rain | Water use | Aquatic resources | Rain-water (Water-supply) | Rain and rainfall | Rural | Drinking water | Residential | Harvesting | Roofs | Rainfall | Water supplies | Potable water | Standards
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2. Full Text Optimizing rainwater harvesting systems for the dual purposes of water supply and runoff capture
by Sample, David J and Liu, Jia
Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, 07/2014, Volume 75, pp. 174 - 194
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems recycle and reuse runoff to meet demand. RWH may also provide an additional benefit, runoff reduction or capture. Most... 
Model | Rainwater harvesting | Reliability | Runoff capture | Water supply | Optimization | GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | DESIGN | STORMWATER | MANAGEMENT | URBAN | SENSITIVITY | SIMULATION | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | METHODOLOGY | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | TANKS | CLIMATE | Water-supply | Algorithms | Rain-water (Water-supply) | Runoff | Analysis | Demand | Costs | Computer simulation | Harvesting | Mathematical models | Water supplies | Land use
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3. Full Text Life cycle assessment of a commercial rainwater harvesting system compared with a municipal water supply system
by Ghimire, Santosh R and Johnston, John M and Ingwersen, Wesley W and Sojka, Sarah
Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, 05/2017, Volume 151, Issue C, pp. 74 - 86
Building upon previously published life cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies, we conducted an LCA of a commercial rainwater harvesting (RWH) system and... 
Life cycle assessment | Commercial rainwater harvesting | Municipal water supply | Energy intensity | UNITED-STATES | RISKS | GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | CLIMATE-CHANGE | RAIN WATER | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | COST | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | CONSUMPTION | Air pollution | Water-supply | Rain-water (Water-supply) | Comparative analysis | Water utilities | Ozone layer depletion
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4. Social capacities in fostering water supply resilience in Vanuatu
by Behrooz Balaei and Suzanne Wilkinson and Regan Potangaroa
Disaster Prevention and Management, ISSN 0965-3562, 10/2019, Volume 28, Issue 5, pp. 706 - 720
Purpose In March 2015 experienced Tropical Cyclone (TC) Pam, a category 5 cyclone with estimated wind speeds of 250 kph and one of the worst disasters in... 
Chaos | Drinking water | Communities | Water supply | Wind velocity | Developing countries--LDCs | Community involvement | Rain | Disasters | Restoration | Wind speed | Tropical environment | Cyclones | Water shortages | Public health | Rainwater recovery systems | Rural areas | Violence | Aggression | Harvesting | Dimensions | Hurricanes | Vulnerability | Low level | Resilience | Studies | Tropical cyclones | Water quality | Documents | Rain water | Accidents
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5. Full Text The performance of rainwater tanks for stormwater retention and water supply at the household scale: an empirical study
by Burns, Matthew J and Fletcher, Tim D and Duncan, Hugh P and Hatt, Belinda E and Ladson, Anthony R and Walsh, Christopher J
Hydrological Processes, ISSN 0885-6087, 01/2015, Volume 29, Issue 1, pp. 152 - 160
Urban stormwater run‐off degrades the ecological condition of streams. The use of rainwater tanks to supplement water supply can reduce the frequency and... 
Stormwater | water conservation | urbanization | streams | AUSTRALIA | DEMAND | MANAGEMENT | REMOVAL | BIOFILTERS | WATER RESOURCES | NUTRIENT | BENEFITS | Water use | Water-supply | Rain-water (Water-supply) | Analysis | Demand | Drinking water | Retention tanks | Tanks | Water tanks | Water supplies | Storage tanks
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6. Full Text Life-cycle energy impacts for adapting an urban water supply system to droughts
by Lam, Ka Leung and Stokes-Draut, Jennifer R and Horvath, Arpad and Lane, Joe L and Kenway, Steven J and Lant, Paul A
Water Research, ISSN 0043-1354, 12/2017, Volume 127, pp. 139 - 149
In recent years, cities in some water stressed regions have explored alternative water sources such as seawater desalination and potable water recycling in... 
Urban water supply | Water recycling | Drought | Rainwater tank | Seawater desalination | Life-cycle energy | GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS | AUSTRALIA | CARBON | WATER RESOURCES | DESALINATION | RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | CALIFORNIA | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | ALTERNATIVES | END | CONSUMPTION | Droughts | Analysis | Force and energy | Green technology | Water use | Water-supply | Aquatic resources | Saline water conversion | Rain-water (Water-supply) | Sea-water
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7. Full Text Enhanced drinking water supply through harvested rainwater treatment
by Naddeo, Vincenzo and Scannapieco, Davide and Belgiorno, Vincenzo
Journal of Hydrology, ISSN 0022-1694, 08/2013, Volume 498, pp. 287 - 291
Decentralized drinking water systems represent an important element in the process of achieving the Millennium Development Goals, as centralized systems are... 
Drinking water treatment | Developing countries | Rainwater | Small communities | Water management | Household water supply | GREYWATER | WATER RESOURCES | PARAMETERS | FILTRATION | BACTERIAL | ADSORPTION | TREATMENT SYSTEMS | ENGINEERING, CIVIL | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SOUTHERN BRAZIL | SAVINGS | POINT | ACCESS | Drinking water | Rain-water (Water-supply) | Pathogens | Filtration | Adsorption | Water quality | Turbidity | Decentralized
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8. Full Text Understanding the impact of hybrid water supply systems on wastewater and stormwater flows
by Sapkota, Mukta and Arora, Meenakshi and Malano, Hector and Moglia, Magnus and Sharma, Ashok and Pamminger, Francis
Resources, Conservation & Recycling, ISSN 0921-3449, 03/2018, Volume 130, pp. 82 - 94
This paper analyses the impacts of various hybrid water supply systems, conceptualised as the combination of centralized and decentralized water supply... 
Hybrid water supply systems | Wastewater | Stormwater | Decision-making | Infrastructure (Economics) | Water-supply | Rain-water (Water-supply) | Biochemical oxygen demand
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9. Full Text Integrated framework for assessing urban water supply security of systems with non-traditional sources under climate change
by Paton, F.L and Dandy, G.C and Maier, H.R
Environmental Modelling and Software, ISSN 1364-8152, 10/2014, Volume 60, pp. 302 - 319
Assessing water supply security for urban water supply system (UWSS) planning is now more challenging with the inclusion of non-traditional sources, which... 
Non-traditional water sources | Urban stormwater harvesting | Climate change impacts | Risk-based performance | Urban water supply planning | Integrated assessment | ROBUSTNESS | MANAGEMENT | RELIABILITY | RESTRICTIONS | MODEL | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY | COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | UNCERTAINTY | IMPACTS | Case studies | Safety and security measures | Global temperature changes | Environmental aspects | Water-supply | Aquatic resources | Saline water conversion | Rain-water (Water-supply) | Climate change | Tanks | Robustness | Water supplies | Storage tanks | Security | Inclusions | Failure
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10. Full Text Smart meter enabled water end-use demand data: platform for the enhanced infrastructure planning of contemporary urban water supply networks
by Gurung, Thulo Ram and Stewart, Rodney A and Beal, Cara D and Sharma, Ashok K
Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, 01/2015, Volume 87, Issue 1, pp. 642 - 654
Integrating alternative water supplies and water efficient appliances are proven strategies for reducing customers' average and peak demand on the cities mains... 
Demand patterns | Urban water | Smart meters | Alternative water supplies | Water efficient appliances | Water end use | Infrastructure (Economics) | Water-supply | Rain-water (Water-supply) | Financial analysis | Meters | Demand | Networks | Construction | Measuring instruments | Infrastructure | Water supplies | Dwellings
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11. Full Text Impact of Hybrid Water Supply on the Centralised Water System
by Sitzenfrei, R and Zischg, J and Sitzmann, M and Bach, PM
WATER, ISSN 2073-4441, 11/2017, Volume 9, Issue 11, p. 855
Traditional (technical) concepts to ensure a reliable water supply, a safe handling of wastewater and flood protection are increasingly criticised as outdated... 
rain water harvesting | urban form | MANAGEMENT | URBAN | UrbanBEATS | DYNAMICS | WATER RESOURCES | INFRASTRUCTURE | GENERATION | water quality analysis | integrated system analysis | CYCLE | Drinking water | Water distribution systems | Water supply | Identification | Water distribution | Potable water | Density | Waste water | Virtual networks | Water engineering | Flood management | Modelling | Protection | Water shortages | Flood protection | Rainwater recovery systems | Harvesting | Volume transport | Wastewater | Life span | Hydraulic models | Computer applications | Water quality | Rain water | Water supply systems | Handling
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12. Full Text Water consumption characteristics at a sustainable residential development with rainwater-sourced hot water supply
by Chao, Pei Ru and Umapathi, Shivanita and Saman, Wasim
Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, 12/2015, Volume 109, pp. 190 - 202
The use of water-efficient appliances and inclusion of alternative water sources in urban residential developments is becoming increasingly necessary to meet... 
Rainwater | Sustainable urban development | Water demand management | Urban water planning | DEFINITION | GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | ENERGY | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | SAVINGS | TANKS | SECTOR | Green buildings | Analysis | Water use | Water-supply | Rain-water (Water-supply) | Design and construction | Housing | Sustainable development | Housing development | Dwellings | Strategic planning (Business) | Political aspects
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13. Full Text A Fuzzy TOPSIS model Framework for Ranking Sustainable Water Supply Alternatives
by Onu, U. Pascal and Xie, Quan and Xu, Ling
Water Resources Management, ISSN 0920-4741, 07/2017, Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 2579 - 2593
Recently water supply alternative sources, recognized as sustainable and ecofriendly have become popular. This is consequent on the scarcity and increasing... 
Nigeria | Sustainability | Alternative water supply | MCDA | Fuzzy TOPSIS | ENGINEERING, CIVIL | DECISION-MAKING | WATER RESOURCES | Analysis | Green technology | Water conservation | Developing countries | Models | Water-supply | Aquatic resources | Saline water conversion | Rain-water (Water-supply) | Water | Water harvesting | Water supply | Scarcity | Ratings | Rain | Ranking | Data management | Atmospheric precipitations | Aid | Distance | Demand | Population growth | Harvesting | Nations | Fuzzy logic | Industrial development | Multiple criterion | Industrialization | Greywater | Desalination | Reclamation | Rain water | Decision support systems | Importation | Methodology | Growth | Boreholes | Conservation | Agglomeration | Developing countries--LDCs | Aggregation | Solutions | Water demand | Emergence | Qualitative analysis | Water shortages | Framework | Blackwater | Uniqueness | Water delivery | Data processing | Management | Reclaimed water | Population dynamics | Fuzzy | Handling
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14. Full Text Monitoring bacterial contamination of piped water supply in rural coastal Bangladesh
by Ahsan, Md Sabbir and Akber, Md Ali and Islam, Md Atikul and Kabir, Md Pervez and Hoque, Md Ikramul
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, ISSN 0167-6369, 11/2017, Volume 189, Issue 11, pp. 1 - 13
Safe drinking water is scarce in southwest coastal Bangladesh because of unavailability of fresh water. Given the high salinity of both groundwater and surface... 
Indicator bacteria | Drinking water | Monitoring/Environmental Analysis | Ecotoxicology | Piped water supply | Environment | Ecology | Rural Bangladesh | Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution | Environmental Management | BACTERIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT | QUALITY | INTERMITTENT | DISTRIBUTION-SYSTEM | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | DIARRHEAL DISEASE | DETERIORATION | TRANSMISSION | HOUSEHOLD DRINKING-WATER | EPIDEMIC | DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES | Water | Bacteria | Water-supply | School construction | Salinity | Personal hygiene | Water quality standards | Water distribution systems | Water supply | Fresh water | Containers | Water distribution | Food science | Coastal zone | Rain | Hydrants | Groundwater | E coli | Water analysis | Freshwater environments | Inland water environment | Water samples | Water engineering | Coastal waters | Water shortages | Ground water | Rainwater recovery systems | Rural areas | Households | Coliforms | Contamination | Water sampling | Storage | Surface water | Water quality | Organizations | Distribution | Storage containers | Rain water | Water pollution | Food safety | Quality assessment | Environmental monitoring | Hygiene
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15. Full Text Optimal sequencing of water supply options at the regional scale incorporating alternative water supply sources and multiple objectives
by Beh, Eva H.Y and Dandy, Graeme C and Maier, Holger R and Paton, Fiona L
Environmental Modelling and Software, ISSN 1364-8152, 03/2014, Volume 53, pp. 137 - 153
In recent years, the sequencing of water supply projects has become increasingly complex, as a result of the need to consider alternative water sources and... 
Integer linear programming | Multi-objectives | Sequencing | MANAGEMENT | PROJECTS | ALGORITHMS | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | DISTRIBUTION-SYSTEMS | UNCERTAINTY | OPTIMIZATION | CAPACITY EXPANSION | Case studies | Saline water conversion plants | Air pollution | Water-supply | Aquatic resources | Saline water conversion | Rain-water (Water-supply) | Greenhouse gases | Atmospheric carbon dioxide
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