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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"urban water management"”.
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Mathematical modeling of urban water management strategies
The rapid expansion of many western urban centers has nearly outstripped available stream, flow and groundwater re-sources requiring municipal water departments to initiate exhaustive searches for new water supplies. Among the most feasible alternatives being investigated to date are acquisition …
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Site design for urban water management in Mexico City
As the world becomes aware of the scarcity of water resources and cities struggle to meet a growing demand, we face the challenge of finding more efficient ways to manage this vital resource. Cities in developing countries face an even greater challenge as rapid population growth and demographic …
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Green infrastructure: urban water management framework for Paarden Eiland, Cape Town
… in South Africa are currently experiencing rapid urbanisation, especially Cape Town. Infrastructure development has long been a critical component with a large amount of money invested in the development of hard infrastructure. However, in light of excessive stormwater runoff, the increased …
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The Relationship between Policy, Program, and Implementation in Sustainable Urban Water Management
… programs, and implementation in facing today's urban water issues. Our current way of life has resulted in separation of the built environment from the nature and the degradation of natural processes. In addition, climate change phenomenon adversely affects local water cycles. In order to ensure …
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The scope of learning alliances as a mechanism for more innovative urban water management
… Alliances as a mechanism for more innovative urban water management”. Urban water management presents complex and multi-dimensional problems for which solutions must consider the institutional, socioeconomic and governance contexts. SWITCH (2006-2011), an EU-sponsored research project, used a …
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Data-driven approaches for residential water end-use classification and sustainable urban water management
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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A measure of sustainability in the context of urban water management in South Africa
… potential for sustainability in a South African urban water context. This was achieved through the use of a systems approach to develop and evaluate a composite index – the Sustainability Index for Integrated Urban Water Management (SIUWM) – based on a vision of what sustainable urban water …
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Sustainable strategies for urban water management for arid region: The case study of Jeddah City Saudi Arabia
… concern of climate change, particularly the water shortage and degradation of the urban environment in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), there is a need for sustainable strategies to overcome these problems. This research studies the traditional and modern practices of rainwater harvesting …
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The evaluation and improvement of a sustainability index for intergrated urban water management in South African cities.
Water is not only essential for maintaining life; it is a key component of sustainable social and economic development having links to, inter alia, health, 'sense of place', food production and industrial growth. Although progress has been made with regard to water supply, it is estimated that …
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Every Last Drop: The role of spatial planning in integrated urban water management in the Cape Town City-Region
Water is essential to life. However, the current urban water system and environment is degrading freshwater ecosystems, nature’s ability to replenish resources and the relationship between people and the environment due to unsustainable consumption and discharge patterns. This is an international …
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Ecosystem services and urban water: an assessment of the goods and benefits accruing from sustainable approaches to urban water management
… between Ecosystem Services (ES) and Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) in urban residential areas. The findings suggest that optimisation of ecosystem service goods and benefits, particularly cultural service and regulating service benefits, can be delivered through SUDS within urban …
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Sustainability index for integrated urban water management (IUWM) in southern African cities : case study applications : Greater Hermanus region and Maputo City
The critical situation in the water sector continues to jeopardize developmental principles and undermine strategies for poverty eradication. On the assumption that the failure in service provision can be largely attributed to an inability to holistically address all aspects of urban water …
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Water sensitive urban design as a transformative approach to urban water management in Cape Town: A case study of the proposed River Club development
The author examines effective urban water management as a means to promote sustainable development and achieve water sensitive cities. A qualitative method is utilised in the collection of data through document studies, desktop analysis and a literature review. A review of the current national and …
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The viability of using the stormwater ponds on the Diep River in the Constantia Valley for stormwater harvesting
Harvesting stormwater to supplement water demands has attracted a growing interest in South Africa as concerns over the security of the country's water supply increase. Whilst stormwater harvesting has been shown to offer a viable alternative water resource, there are often concerns about its …
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Characterization of municipal waste waters
… in the activated sludge method of treating wastewater. The functions of the single sludge system have expanded from carbonaceous energy removal to include progressively nitrification, denitrification and phosphorus removal, all mediated biologically. Not only has the system configuration and its …
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Critical assessment of right to safe water and sanitation in a South African informal settlement: a case study of Marikana, Cape Town
… that every person has the right to safe water and sanitation and this is done to improve the welfare of every citizen. South Africa has approximately 13% (7.27 million) of its population staying in informal settlements. Most of these informal settlements were formulated during the land …
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Sustainable water governance: An incremental approach towards a decentralised, hybrid water system
… that the Western Cape has always been a water scarce region, it is this current drought that has brought home the area’s inherent vulnerability and highlighted the governance issues. The world wherein South Africa’s water governance was created is very different to the world we find …
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Case study review of advanced water metering applications in South Africa
Advanced water metering is part of a much larger movement towards smart networks and intelligent infrastructure. However, where advanced metering technology is focused more towards the need to obtain meter readings without human intervention in other parts of the world, in South Africa and other …
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The dual digestion of sewage sludge using air and pure oxygen
… anaerobic digestion at 20 days retention time. Dewaterability as reflected by the specific resistance to filtration (SRF) was found to be poor, but 11ot much worse than for conventional mesophilic digestion. Sufficient information was obtained during phases I and II to allow a mathematical model …
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Quantifying stormwater pollutants and the efficacy of sustainable drainage systems on the R300 highway, Cape Town
Stormwater provides a direct link between urban infrastructure and the urbanised natural environment. In particular, highway drainage presents a high risk of pollution when compared to other urban land use areas (Ellis et al., 2012); introducing heavy metals, suspended solids and hydrocarbons to …
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