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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"water saving."”.
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Water saving and reuse strategies for a local South African fresh-produce bulk market
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering: Chemical Engineering, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2026
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The effect of a persuasive information campaign on students' intention to save water
… which led to the implementation of several water demand management (WDM) strategies by the management of the University of Cape Town (UCT) to facilitate efficient water-saving behaviours among water users. The goal of the WDM strategies was to reduce the rate of water consumption by up to …
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Application of educational, behavioral, and engineering strategies for promoting residential water conservation
… three strategies for promoting residential water conservation. Participants were residents of 127 individually metered townhouses in Blacksburg, Virginia. An educational strategy involved the presentation of an information handbook describing specific water-saving behaviors. A behavioral …
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The role of values, norms and affect in relation to water-scarcity risk perceptions and water conservation behaviours in the Western Cape
… severe and frequent droughts pose a threat to water security in the region. As the impacts of climate change are expected to increase, it is important to promote adaptation to drought events by studying the factors that can influence water saving behaviour. The present work studied how three …
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Addressing water scarcity in urban Tanzania: household preferences, behavioural interventions, and technological adoption
Access to safe drinking water remains a critical challenge in developing countries. As of 2022, only 31% of the population has access to safely managed drinking water, while the rest rely on basic, unimproved, or surface water sources. This issue is particularly severe in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's …
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The analysis of the factors affecting household water demand in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Understanding the evolution of water demand is of paramount importance for countries that want to implement the correct water demand management strategies that aim at increasing water use efficiency. This paper analyses household water demand in the capital city of the Mpumalanga Province of South …
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Controlling Cape Town’s poor through water management devices: the case of Saxonsea, Atlantis
This study examined the impact of the City’s water management strategies, specifically the water management devices, on selected households in Saxonsea. The impact of cost recovery policies on poor households was interrogated in the light of government’s distributional and procedural equity in …
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An economic approach to water supply planning in southeastern Virginia
… was conducted of alternative responses to the water supply situation in four cities in southeastern Virginia. Cost/benefit analyses were performed for the provision of projected levels of use and for reductions in those levels of use achieved with the use of quotas, price increases, and water …
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Thermal Performance Comparison of Three Integrated Thermal Solar Roof Collectors
… system can bring the house year-round energy saving benefit. In heating season, part of the space heating and preheating domestic hot water demand can be met by this integrated system. In the cooling season, cooling load reduction and preheating domestic hot water can be achieved by operating …
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Evaluating English Fluency Effect on the Delivery of Water Campaign Messages to Residents in Metro Vancouver
Amid growing pressures on freshwater availability, it is critical to ensure that language fluency is not a barrier to accessing water-saving knowledge in linguistically diverse societies. Therefore, this study’s goal is to evaluate the effectiveness of Metro Vancouver's residential water …
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Micrometeorological approaches to measure and model surface energy fluxes of irrigated citrus orchards in a semi-arid environment
… efforts may contribute to address irrigation water scheduling towards water saving measures.
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Modeling Human Interferences to Hydrologic Systems
… availability of human activities is limited and water use data involve considerable uncertainties. Corresponding to this issue, the goal of this thesis research is to improve the understanding of the coupled human and hydrological systems by detecting, estimating and modeling both indirect and …
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Economic analysis of urban water resources under drought: understanding water management and planning in South Africa
Water scarcity is of the utmost importance for sustaining life and human development. This growing challenge is expected to worsen because of the changing dynamics observed in many countries worldwide. The increasing demand for water, driven primarily by population growth, is one of the main …
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The Economic Water Model - a method and software program for assessing the impacts of storm water "green solutions" in urban areas
A new model is needed for storm water "green solutions" such as rain gardens, bioswales, and rain barrels. Estimating average annual runoff at the property level is essential to providing precise estimates on the effectiveness of stormwater “green solutionsâ€� like rain barrels and rain gardens. …
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Irrigation Practice Adoption: Causes and Consequences in the Arkansas Delta
<p>Concerns about groundwater depletion from conventional irrigation agriculture in the Arkansas Delta region have led to the promotion of more efficient irrigation practices. With Arkansas being the largest producer of rice, the 10th largest producer of soybeans and the 16th largest producer of …
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Managing impacts of hydrological droughts and heat waves on thermal power plants
The withdrawal, discharge, and consumption of water, used in thermal power plant cooling processes, is a leading driver of thermal pollution in waterways, and can contribute to water allocation challenges. Conversely, the reliance of thermal generation on large amounts of cooling water at suitable …
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Water Conservation for the County of San Luis Obispo
… the County of San Luis Obispo to assist in its water conservation efforts and to help achieve a 20 percent per capita reduction of water use by the year 2020. The project consists of two documents: A Handbook of Water Conservation Technologies and Practices (Handbook) and the Background Report …
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Determining Water Requirements in Turfgrass Systems
… an aesthetic benefit that requires significant water inputs. It is important to identify and use turfgrass cultivars that have known drought tolerance, and also fine-tune and throughout development. A series of field experiments were conducted to determine the water requirements of turfgrass …
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Denitrifying woodchip bioreactors for aquaculture manifold design and potential water reuse
… have demonstrated their potential for RAS wastewater treatment. Bioreactors are highly effective at nitrate removal via the process of denitrification but have also demonstrated a propensity for premature system failure as characteristics unique to wastewater may clog a bioreactor’s inlet. …
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Determining the water footprint of tomato and butternut production towards enhanced water security at Nwanedi irrigation scheme
Declining underground water, unpredictable rainfall patterns and high temperatures pose a threat to future food and water security. Water security is also threatened by the growing demand for water in the agriculture sector to meet food needs. Knowing the water footprint and total water consumed by …
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