Designing Rainwater Harvesting Systems Cost-Effectively in a Urban Water-Energy Saving Scheme by Using a GIS-Simulation Based Design System

Current centralized urban water supply depends largely on energy consumption, creating critical water-energy challenge especially for many rapid growing Asian cities. In this context, harvesting rooftop rainwater for non-potable use has enormous potential to ease the worsening water-energy issue....

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Main Authors: Yie-Ru Chiu, Yao-Lung Tsai, Yun-Chih Chiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-11-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/7/11/6285