Temporal case study of household behavioural response to Cape Town's “Day Zero” using smart meter data

MJ Booysen, M Visser, R Burger - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Faced with the threat of “Day Zero”, when it was feared that Cape Town's taps could run dry,
consumers reduced household water usage from 540 to 280 L per household per day over …

[HTML][HTML] Ecosystem services at risk: integrating spatiotemporal dynamics of supply and demand to promote long-term provision

AL Boesing, PR Prist, J Barreto, C Hohlenwerger… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
Ecosystem services (ESs)—the benefits provided to people by nature—are fundamental to
human well-being. The sustainable provision of such services is constrained by both spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Disentangling the historic and future impacts of land use changes and climate variability on the hydrology of a mountain region in Brazil

LC Gomes, F Bianchi, IM Cardoso, RPO Schulte… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Global changes in land use and land cover (LULC) and climate are expected to have
profound impacts on water dynamics, which are key for human wellbeing. However, we still …

Phytoplankton species interactions and invasion by Ceratium furcoides are influenced by extreme drought and water-hyacinth removal in a shallow tropical reservoir

LO Crossetti, DC Bicudo, LM Bini, RB Dala-Corte… - Hydrobiologia, 2019 - Springer
This study explored the interactions of phytoplankton species during the invasion of
Ceratium furcoides and the environmental variables that contributed to its establishment and …

[HTML][HTML] Permeable Pavements as a Means to Save Water in Buildings: State of the Art in Brazil

IC Martins Vaz, LN Antunes, E Ghisi, LP Thives - Sci, 2021 - mdpi.com
Permeable pavements have been the subject of numerous studies in recent decades. The
possibility of dissipating stormwater more smoothly and generating numerous benefits to the …

Native forest cover safeguards stream water quality under a changing climate

PR Piffer, LR Tambosi, SFB Ferraz… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ensuring a sufficient and adequate supply of water for humans and ecosystems is a
pressing environmental challenge. The expansion of agricultural and urban lands has …

[HTML][HTML] Stormwater harvested from permeable pavements as a means to save potable water in buildings

IC Martins Vaz, E Ghisi, LP Thives - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The main objective of this work is to analyse the potential for potable water savings in
university buildings by using stormwater collected from permeable pavements. Six buildings …

[HTML][HTML] Water supply basins of São Paulo metropolitan region: hydro-climatic characteristics of the 2013–2015 water crisis

M Milano, E Reynard, G Muniz-Miranda, J Guerrin - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
São Paulo metropolitan region experienced an acute water crisis between 2013 and 2015.
According to the Brazilian and international press, it was due to climatic, anthropogenic, and …

Droughts in São Paulo: challenges and lessons for a water-adaptive society

FAA Souza, G Samprogna Mohor… - Urban Water …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Literature has suggested that droughts and societies are mutually shaped and, therefore,
both require a better understanding of their coevolution on risk reduction and water …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-year index-based insurance for adapting water utility companies to hydrological drought: Case study of a water supply system of the Sao Paulo …

DA Guzmán, GS Mohor, EM Mendiondo - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The sustainability of water utility companies is threatened by non-stationary drivers, such as
climate and anthropogenic changes. To cope with potential economic losses, instruments …