- Title
- Energy and economic impacts of rainwater tanks in urban areas on the operation of regional water systems
- Creator
- Coombes, Peter J.
- Relation
- 30th Hydrology & Water Resources Symposium: Past, Present & Future. Proceedings of the 30th Hydrology & Water Resources Symposium (Launceston, Tas. 4-7 December, 2006)
- Relation
- http://www.cdesign.com.au/pages/conferences_2006.htm
- Publisher
- Conference Design Pty Ltd.
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2006
- Description
- This study has analysed the reductions in operational costs and greenhouse gas emissions from regional water supplies that include installation of rainwater tanks used to supply domestic laundry, toilet and outdoor water uses across New South Wales. A considerable reduction in operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions of regional water supplies was observed. In addition, significant improvement in the security of regional water supplies was observed for coastal regions. These benefits were seen to be dependent on the average annual rainfall depth, distance from the coast, and availability of reliable operational and augmentation data of a regional water system. This study reveals the importance of including rainwater tanks in analysis of the operation of regional water supplies.
- Subject
- rainwater tanks; regional water security; operational costs; greenhouse gas emissions
- Identifier
- uon:2888
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/32021
- Identifier
- ISBN:0858257904
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