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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"integrated water management"”.
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Factors required to enhance water recycling at two major Australian industrial manufacturing sites
This study presents the application of an integrated water management strategy at two large Australian manufacturing companies that are contrasting in terms of their respective products and wastewater generation. The integrated strategy, consisting of water audit, pinch analysis and membrane …
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Estimating Reservoir Storage Dynamics Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Hypsometric Information
Reservoirs are crucial components of the global water cycle, accounting for over half of the seasonal variability in global surface water storage. Their operation significantly influences downstream hydrology, ecosystem integrity, and water availability. However, a persistent lack of publicly …
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A Geochemical Assessment of Potential Groundwater Storage Locations within the Yakima River Basin
… Yakima River Basin more people possess surface water rights than there is available surface water. As a result, the local community devised the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Management Plan, with the goal of creating a sustainable source of water for the foreseeable future. One of seven …
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Computational study of hydro-environmental processes of Poyang Lake, China
Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, plays a key role in regulating the hydrology, water quality and ecosystem in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Recent industrial development and urbanization in Jiangxi province have driven rapid increase in water consumption and …
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Battle for the Floodplains: An Institutional Analysis of Water Management and Spatial Planning in England
… interests have dominated floodplains and water management in England, through a ‘hegemonic discourse alliance’ on land use development and flood defence. More recently, the use of structural flood defences has been attributed to the exacerbation of flood risk in towns and cities, and we …
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Integrated water design for a decentralized urban landscape: [text and figures]
… maximization of centralized services of drinking water, irrigation, waste water and drainage to meet greater demands for the provision and disposal of water. Accordingly, the structure of a formerly poor rural landscape has been adapted to support an affluent industrialized and urban one. However, …
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Comparative planning in practice: identifying the cultural and behavioral barriers to learning from international sustainability solutions
… to translating Singapore's high reclaimed water public acceptance rate and successful conservation strategies to different contexts. A national mail survey (n=218) utilizing the Theory of Planned Behavior framework (Ajzen, 1991) was conducted. The survey indicates that 74 percent of …
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DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN BAHRAIN: A COMBINED APPROACH OF SUPPLY-DEMAND ANALYSIS
Bahrain is an arid country with acute water shortage problems. The demand for water has increased substantially over the last four decades, leading to over-exploitation from the already scarce renewable groundwater resources. This has caused a significant decline in groundwater levels, a drastic …
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An Assessment of Sustainable Water Management at University Campuses
<p>Sustainable water management is needed to ensure quality supplies of our vital water resources in the face of growing human demand for water, high levels of pollution, and increasing spatial and temporal variability associated with climate change. An integrated approach to water management is …
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Review and gap analysis of Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) in Windhoek, Namibia
… population and global warming, fresh water resources are nearing depletion resulting in a global water crisis. As a consequence, cases of drought have been reported worldwide especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to climate change, urbanisation adds strain to infrastructure as …
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Water centrality for water and society
The current approach to water management in Western societies, including Australia, is based on allocating water between different users. Appropriate for commercial uses, this commodity view of water has proved difficult for the inclusion of environmental and social concerns. Issues, such as which …