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Optimisation of mains trickle topup supply to rainwater tanks in an urban setting
Author/Creator
Barry, M. E.;  Coombes, P. J.
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science & Information Technology, School of Environmental and Life Sciences
Description
The use of rainwater tanks as a supplement to traditional domestic urban water supply systems is becoming increasingly common, especially given growing environmental awareness and ongoing drought conditions. Such tanks must be appropriately configured in order to effectively meet demand. Two important aspects of this configuration are the preset mains trickle topup rate and trickle topup volume. Improper configuration of these parameters can result in ongoing tank failure. As such, there is a need to improve our understanding of how these parameters influence tank performance in various rainfall climates around Australia. This paper reports part of a study undertaken to address this need. For a range of topup volumes, it is shown that tank perfomance is highly dependent on climatic regime and demand, and only very weakly dependent on tank size. Seasonal variations in tank failure are investigated and correlated with rainfall and yield patterns.
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7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling & 4th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design. Book of Proceedings: 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling and the Book of proceedings : 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling and the 4th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design, Volume 2 (Melbourne 2-7 April, 2006) p. 335-341
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http://www.icms.com.au/udmandwsud/abstract/150.htm
Date
2006
Publisher
Monash University
Keyword(s)
modelling;  rainwater tanks;  trickle topup volume;  yield;  failure
Resource Type
conference paper
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/35683
Identifier
ISBN:0646459031
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