Urban rainwater harvesting systems: Research, implementation and future perspectives

A Campisano, D Butler, S Ward, MJ Burns, E Friedler… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
While the practice of rainwater harvesting (RWH) can be traced back millennia, the degree
of its modern implementation varies greatly across the world, often with systems that do not …

Rooftop runoff as a source of contamination: A review

DJ Lye - Science of the total environment, 2009 - Elsevier
Scientific reports concerning chemical and microbiological contaminant levels of rainwater
runoff from rooftop collection in both urban and rural areas are reviewed. This alternative …

Roof selection for rainwater harvesting: Quantity and quality assessments in Spain

R Farreny, T Morales-Pinzón, A Guisasola, C Tayà… - Water research, 2011 - Elsevier
Roofs are the first candidates for rainwater harvesting in urban areas. This research
integrates quantitative and qualitative data of rooftop stormwater runoff in an urban …

Prospects of hybrid rainwater-greywater decentralised system for water recycling and reuse: A review

JYC Leong, KS Oh, PE Poh, MN Chong - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
This review examines the prospects of a decentralised hybrid rainwater-greywater system to
simultaneously alleviate water scarcity and address technical, environmental, and cost …

Design and operational parameters of a rooftop rainwater harvesting system: definition, sensitivity and verification

JS Mun, MY Han - Journal of environmental management, 2012 - Elsevier
The appropriate design and evaluation of a rainwater harvesting (RWH) system is necessary
to improve system performance and the stability of the water supply. The main design …

Evolution of water quality in rainwater harvesting systems during long-term storage in non-rainy seasons

Z Gao, Q Zhang, Y Wang, X Jv, M Dzakpasu… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of rainwater utilization strategies has relied on rainwater harvesting
(RWH) systems for centuries to alleviate the pressure on water resources. However, there …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane technology for rainwater treatment and reuse: A mini review

X Liu, Z Ren, HH Ngo, X He, P Desmond, A Ding - Water Cycle, 2021 - Elsevier
Because of the current situation of global water shortage, finding strategies that can
effectively guarantee water safety and sustainable use has become an urgent problem that …

Characterisation of atmospheric deposition as a source of contaminants in urban rainwater tanks

R Huston, YC Chan, T Gardner, G Shaw, H Chapman - Water research, 2009 - Elsevier
To characterise atmospheric input of chemical contaminants to urban rainwater tanks, bulk
deposition (wet+ dry deposition) was collected at sixteen sites in Brisbane, Queensland …

Analysis of first flush to improve the water quality in rainwater tanks

B Kus, J Kandasamy, S Vigneswaran… - Water science and …, 2010 - iwaponline.com
Although most Australians receive their domestic supply from reticulated mains or town
water, there are vast areas with very low population densities and few reticulated supplies …

Longitudinal assessment of rainwater quality under tropical climatic conditions in enabling effective rainwater harvesting and reuse schemes

JYC Leong, MN Chong, PE Poh, A Hermawan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
A longitudinal harvested rainwater quality monitoring study was undertaken at 6 sites within
Selangor, Malaysia over a period of 8 months. Overall, harvested rainwater is of good …