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Livingston, Daniel John Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty of Engineering UNSW. "Institutions and decentralised urban water management." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2008. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/41336.
Full textMakropoulos, Christos K. "Spatial decision support for urban water management." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/11385.
Full textPeng, Yang Amy, and 彭阳. "Living with water: decentralized storm water management in urban village." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50707048.
Full textStrand, Anders. "Urban Rain Water Harvesting and Water Management in Sri Lanka." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20589.
Full textThe field study will investigate the importance of Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) as a water supply option. How can sustainable innovative solutions be developed to solve the water problem of Sri Lanka? Suffering from more than 30 years of civil war and damages after being struck by the tsunami 2004, Sri Lanka faces many challenges to recover and rebuilt the country. The access to water is the most important need for a civilization´s existence. In the dry zones of the island people suffer from long drought periods with dried up wells and no natural sources for water. However the rainfall during the monsoon, even in these areas, is more than enough to provide the water needs if properly collected, thus the run-off coefficient is more than 60%. Several projects with rain water harvesting in so called RWH systems have been implemented with success. Because these areas are not covered by the water supply net and therefore have no tap water, the people are very positive to having the RWH system. In the wet zones and especially in the urban environment of Colombo the situation is different. Here most of the people have treated pipe-borne tap water. The metered tap water is highly subsidized by the government which makes the cost low for the users and increases the water consumption. The citizens do not feel a responsibility to be careful with resources since the common opinion is that water is a never ending source. The majority of the households find no reasons for installing a RWH system because it´s low economic profits. Even if there is a legislation that demands all new buildings should have a RWH system not many households have installed these systems. However the cost to deliver and treat this water is very expensive for the government and demands a lot of energy. Huge investments need to be done in both the treatment plants and the pipe-line net to meet the growing population in Colombo area. Another problem is that 40% of the households today in Colombo have no sewage connection but lead their wastewater directly or after a septic tank into the ground or the sea. If the awareness regarding these concerns could be improved and the conditions between tap water costs and RWH be adjusted with changes in the subsidized system, a sustainable solution to the water situation in Colombo with both economic and environmental benefits could be found. The result from the case study is a recommendation about installing RWH as a complimentary source of water for the households. And investments in RWH systems should be focused to industries, hospitals, schools, municipal buildings and other public buildings with a high water demand and with the best possibilities for optimal results. Further the case study treats a sustainable solution to the sewage situation. It shows the Decentralized waste water treatment plant (DWWT) and its advantages.
Vo, Le Phu. "Urban stormwater management in Vietnam." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envl595.pdf.
Full textZhang, Changyu. "A Study on Urban Water Reuse Management Modeling." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/795.
Full textCreese, Edward E. "Urban water systems, demand management and sustainable development." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0024/NQ51186.pdf.
Full textHiggins, Jennifer. "Management of Recycled Water Quality in the Urban Environment." Thesis, Griffith University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367756.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Environment
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Stefan, Catalin, Hoang Mai Phan, Van Bo Pham, and Peter Werner. "Capacity development platform for promoting efficient urban water management." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-88517.
Full textBài báo trình bày tóm tắt các kết quả của một đề xuất trong khuôn khổ kỷ niệm 35 năm quan hệ ngoại giao giữa CHLB Đức và Việt Nam. Theo đó, Trường Đại học Tổng hợp Kỹ Thuật Dresden (TUD) và Học viện Quản lý Xây dựng và Đô thị (AMC) đã phối hợp tổ chức một chuỗi bốn hội thảo chuyên đề trong năm 2010. Mỗi hội thảo thực hiện trong một ngày chương trình giống nhau và tập trung vào các chủ đề chính mà cả hai quốc gia đều quan tâm trong lĩnh vực nước. Phía Việt Nam, các hội thảo được tổ chức ở các thành phố Hà Nội, Hải Phòng, Nha Trang và Vũng Tàu. Nhiều bài thuyết trình về khái niệm hóa, vận hành và bảo dưỡng các công trình cấp nước đô thị đã thảo luận sâu về những thách thức mà các dịch vụ cấp nước đang gặp phải. TUD và AMC, kết hợp với các đối tác CHLB Đức và Việt Nam, đã ghi nhận các vấn đề phát sinh thông qua việc tổ chức nhiều hội thảo liên tục dưới sự bảo trợ của Hiệp hội Cấp thoát nước Việt Nam (VWSA) và Hiệp hội nước CHLB Đức (GWP)
Rivera, José Pablo (Rivera De la Mora) 1967. "Site design for urban water management in Mexico City." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70342.
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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 migration concentrate demand in already exhausted areas. Meeting this deficit has meant the expansion of hydraulic infrastructure to ever distant areas at ever increasing costs. Water supply and disposal in the last decades has been dealt with exclusively by hydraulic engineers. They are once again attracting the interest of architects, landscape architects and planners as the effects of urban development on water resources becomes more evident. In an age of shrinking public budgets, site design can offer a competitive decentralized alternative to the massive engineering projects that would otherwise be needed to meet such demand. This work deals with a set of tools that architects and planners can use to contribute to improving the hydraulic capacity of our cities and to restoring some of the fundamental processes of the natural environment on which they are set. It evaluates their performance in a specific context in Mexico City and explores the feasibility of their application.
by Jose Pablo Rivera.
S.M.
Abiwu, Napoleon. "Private sector involvement in urban water supply management, Ghana." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2013. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9882.
Full textLast, Ewan W. "City water balance : a new scoping tool for integrated urban water management options." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1757/.
Full textVan, Rensburg Francois. "Urban water security in the city of Windhoek." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50671.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: Urbanisation is a complex phenomenon and is a trend witnessed across the globe. Africa particularly has been experiencing the world’s most rapid rate of urbanization and cities are faced with the resulting pressure on natural resources. Water is one of the resources under pressure and the provision thereof is complicated by the deteriorating quality and quantity thereof. This study takes a brief look at the water situation in a water scarce region in Africa and concentrates on the urban water supply sector. It takes an in depth look at the measures used to secure water supply to a city in this very dry part of the world. The area under study is Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, situated in the southwestern corner of Africa. Namibia is the driest country in Sub-Saharan Africa and is characterised by a semi-arid nature, which results in a very hot and dry climate with erratic rainfall patterns. Windhoek has a low average rainfall associated with very high evaporation rates. No permanent water bodies exist near the city and the bulk of Windhoek’s water supply comes from storage dams quite a distance from the capital. Most of these sources of supply have been developed and are nearing the limit of their potential. A desperate need therefore exists to develop reliable additional water resources to secure the water supply especially during periods of prolonged drought. The case study gives examples of the initiatives taken by water authorities to improve the security of supply and keep up with the growing demand in the city. These initiatives include a dual pipe system for the distribution of semi-purified sewage for irrigation, reclamation of domestic sewerage, aquifer recharge and the implementation of Water Demand Management principles. An analysis of the most efficient and cost-effective means of supply augmentation namely aquifer recharge, have been balanced against the potential water savings of Water Demand Management in the city. The study also takes a brief look at the principles of Integrated Water Resource Management and how it is incorporated in the strategies used to augment supply to the city. The research found aquifer recharge as the most efficient and cost-effective means to augment supply to the city and together with Water Demand Management creates an approach complying with the goals of Integrated Water Resource management. The study concludes by identifying gaps in demand management in the city. It also suggests relevant recommendations on how to increase the effectiveness of Water Demand management.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Verstedeliking is ‘n komplekse verskynsel en ‘n tendens wat regoor die wêreld voorkom. Die hoogste voorkoms van verstedeliking vind in Afrika plaas wat groot druk plaas op die natuurlike hulpbronne van stede. Water is een van die hulpbronne onder druk en die voorsiening daarvan word bemoeilik deur die verswakking van die kwaliteit en die beskikbaarheid daarvan. Hierdie studie konsentreer op die watersituasie in ‘n waterskaars streek in Afrika en die stedelike watervoorsieningssektor. Dit behels ‘n in diepte ondersoek na metodes wat gebruik word om die watervoorraad van die stad te verseker in hierdie droogte gesteisterd deel van die wêreld. Die gebied onder bespreking is Windhoek, die hoofstad van Namibië, wat geleë is in die Suidwestelike deel van Afrika. Namibië is die droogste land in die Sub-Saharastreek en word gekenmerk deur gereelde droogtes met ‘n gepaardgaande warm droë klimaat en onreëlmatige reënvalpatrone. Windhoek word gekenmerk deur ‘n lae gemiddelde reënval met ‘n baie hoë verdampingstempo. Geen permanente waterbronne kom in die nabyheid van die stad voor nie en die watervoorraad word gestoor in opgaardamme wat redelik ver van die hoofstad geleë is. Hierdie voorsieningsbronne is voortdurend in gebruik en die voorraad is beperk. Daar onstaan dus ‘n dringende behoefte aan betroubare bykomende waterbronne om voortdurende voorsiening aan die stad te verseker veral gedurende aanhoudende droogtes. Die gevallestudie konsentreer op voorbeelde en inisiatiewe wat deur die Water Owerhede geneem word om die voorsiening van water, aan die immergroeiende behoeftes van die stad te verbeter en te verseker. Hierdie pogings sluit in,‘n dubbele pyplynsisteem vir die verspreiding van halfgesuiwerde rioolwater vir besproeiingsdoeleindes, herwinning van huishoudelike rioolwater, herlaai van ondergrondse watervoorraad en die implimentering van wateraanvraag bestuursmaatreëls. Die geskiktste en mees koste-effektiewe metode van verhoogde watervoorsiening naamlik die herlaai van ondergrondse waterbronne, is ontleed, en die voordele opgeweeg teen die potensiële waterbesparing deur die Bestuur van Wateraanvraag in die stad. Daar is ook kortliks gekyk na die beginsels van Geintigreerde Water Bronne Bestuur en hoe dit by bestaande strategieë ingelyf is om uitbreiding van voorsiening aan die stad te verseker. Die navorsing het bevind dat die herlaai van ondergrondse waterbronne as die geskikste en mees koste-effektiewe metode beskou kan word om die verhoogde aanvraag van die stad die hoof te bied. Die studie word afgesluit deur die tekortkominge in die Water Aanvraagbestuur van die stad te identifiseer. Relevante aanbevelings word gemaak van hoe om die effektiwiteit van hierdie betrokke strategie te verbeter.
Tsegaye, Seneshaw Amare. "Flexible Urban Water Distribution Systems." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4597.
Full textMthethwa, Nkosinathi I. "Evaluating water conservation and water demand management in an industrialised city: a case study of the City of uMhlathuze in Richards Bay." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27976.
Full textBrighu, Urmila. "Asset management in urban water utilities : case study in India." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2008. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/4420.
Full textSjöholm, Pia. "Water strategies for Swedish sustainable urban planning : A comparison between certification systems and urban water research." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-213400.
Full textBlignault, Samantha Paige. "Feasibility of groundwater abstraction and treatment for urban water supply." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32466.
Full textYang, Ao. "Artificial Intelligent Techniques in Residential Water End-use Studies for Optimized Urban Water Management." Thesis, Griffith University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/382672.
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Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
School of Eng & Built Env
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Jose, Roshni. "Ecosystem services and urban water : an assessment of the goods and benefits accruing from sustainable approaches to urban water management." Thesis, Abertay University, 2017. https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/99e879e7-626b-47db-b840-1c611499e5f4.
Full textO'Connor, Catherine L. (Catherine Leber). "Decentralized water treatment in urban India, and the potential impacts of reverse osmosis water purifiers." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106259.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191).
The degrading water quality in India combined with reduced groundwater supplies and insufficient municipal water distribution has led to the adoption of household water purifiers across the country. These water purifiers are used to treat water for potable consumption (drinking and cooking), and include a range of technologies capable of treating contaminants found in municipal water, groundwater, or other supplemental sources. The purifiers vary in cost, and have varying levels of accessibility to different socio-economic groups. As of 2010, market studies estimated that water purifiers, and more specifically reverse osmosis (RO) units, had not yet achieved a high level of diffusion across India, though sales were projected to greatly increase. More recent studies found levels of adoption for RO purifiers in certain urban areas growing above 50%, much higher than the 10% or less of households relying primarily on groundwater. Interviews conducted in January 2016 confirmed that households with a municipal supply were treating their water with RO purifiers, so RO adoption has spread beyond homes with only groundwater as a source. Though increased RO system diffusion may increase access to improved water quality, the purifiers require a reject line that discards 30 to 80% of the input water. The waste generated can be substantial, and for an average RO recovery of 20% treating 5.0 liters per capita per day drinking water, total up to 100 liters per household per day, 82.2 megaliters per day (MLD) within the city of Delhi, or even 2,340 MLD across all major urban areas of India if complete adoption occurs within the top two socio-economic groups. These volumes can amount to a measurable fraction of the volume of groundwater that a city extracts to supplement its surface water supply, and the volume of wastewater that goes untreated due to insufficient infrastructure. Policy and technology-based alternatives such as a water efficiency ranking program and the replacement of RO with electrodialysis, a more efficient desalination technology, align with government initiatives calling for higher efficiency and public participation, though a combined program is likely needed to make household water treatment sustainable in the long-term.
by Catherine L. O'Connor.
S.M. in Engineering and Management
Chacha, Juan Diego Godoy. "Urban Water : Harvesting Rainwater at household level to improve the current water metabolism in Cuenca – Ecuador." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-177570.
Full textGurung, Thulo Ram. "Influence of Water Efficiency and Diversified Water Supply Schemes on Urban Water Infrastrucrure Planning." Thesis, Griffith University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367485.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith School of Engineering
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Friedman, Kenneth Ross. "Evaluation of indoor urban water use and water loss management as conservation options in Florida." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0025094.
Full textDong, Jodi Vanessa. "Splintering Urbanism and Sustainable Urban Water Management in Sydney and Melbourne." Thesis, Griffith University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367918.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Environment
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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De, Almeida Palmira Ndeshihala. "Green infrastructure: urban water management framework for Paarden Eiland, Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18200.
Full textCities 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 deterioration of surface water resources, degraded water quality, and the rapid progression of climate change around the global, many cities including Cape Town have progressed towards more sustainable forms of infrastructure development. Discourse surrounding sustainable development often encourages the improvement of the quality of urban areas without compromising the carrying capacity of ecosystems. This is a fairly new model in South Africa, which challenges the underlying principles of conventional infrastructural design and management. There is particularly an enthusiastic interest in the promotion of green infrastructure as a water sensitive design strategy in the management of stormwater and surface water. Presently, drainage systems for urban areas in Cape Town are constructed using principles of hard infrastructure, which often consist of complex man-made networks of underground tunnels and pipes that gather and direct stormwater runoff towards a surface waterbody. However, the extensive development of drainage infrastructure has led to increased stormwater runoff volumes, flooding, and flows. Urban stormwater runoff is known to be one of main sources of pollution and degradation of waterbodies, which has in turn resulted in the degradation of other environmental assets. Therefore, the planning, design, and implementation of infrastructural solutions there is a need to move towards a more sustainable and water sensitive model, in order to remediate these problems. Green infrastructure in this respect offers an opportunity to better manage both stormwater and surface water in a more holistic, cost-effective, efficient and ecological sound manner. The main objective of green infrastructure urban water management is to mimicking the natural hydrological cycle through various stormwater management interventions, in order to achieve what conventional drainage systems currently do and beyond their existing capacity. This dissertation uses Paarden Eiland as a case study and experimental project site in order to assess and investigate how green infrastructure can be utilised to effectively manage stormwater runoff and surface water within a heavily developed urban area. It explores the potential benefits this method of management provides in comparison to a conventional infrastructural approach of management. This study also highlights some of the critical issues and barriers that urban practitioners need to take into account when implementing such systems. A green infrastructure urban water management framework and conceptual layout are presented in order to demonstrate potential green infrastructure tools and strategies that may be used in retrofitting heavily developed areas, as well as provide guidance on how spatial planning can be utilised as a tool in the planning, design, and implementation of green infrastructure as well as in overcoming identified financial, technical, and institutional barriers.
De, Carvalho Sheilla. "Sustainability index for integrated urban water management (IUWM) in southern African cities : case study applications : Greater Hermanus region and Maputo City." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18413.
Full textRobertson, Abby Jane. "Quantifying stormwater pollutants and the efficacy of sustainable drainage systems on the R300 highway, Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25514.
Full textDanti, Ntomboxolo. "Critical assessment of right to safe water and sanitation in a South African informal settlement: a case study of Marikana, Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27876.
Full textDe, Carvalho Sheilla. "Sustainability index for integrated urban water management (IUWM) in southern African cities : case study applications : Greater Hermanus region and Maputo City." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18413.
Full textFaragher, Tamsin. "Sustainable water governance: An incremental approach towards a decentralised, hybrid water system." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29658.
Full textNgabirano, Lillian. "Case study review of advanced water metering applications in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26893.
Full textHusain, Salman Y. Y. "A study of urban residential water consumption behaviour : the case of Kuwait." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302676.
Full textFlower, David Jonathan Mark. "An integrated approach to modelling urban water systems." Monash University. Faculty of Engineering. Department of Civil Engineering, 2009. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/73160.
Full textMallett, Gregory David. "An investigation into how value is created through water sensitive urban design." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27277.
Full textMushi, Catherine. "Urban Water Management in Dar es Salaam: A case for an Integrated Approach." Thesis, KTH, Mark- och vattenteknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-171830.
Full textRocha, Nayda. "Planejamento urbano da bacia do córrego Samambaia (Goiânia-GO) utilizando o SWMM - Storm Water Management Model." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2013. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/2927.
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The effect of urbanization and insufficient supervision of the use of natural resources by the government has led to increasing degradation of the environment in Brazil. This can be seen by the suppression of riparian vegetation, which is essential for the survival and maintenance of the quality of water sources. In this sense, the actions of development of land, housing provision and sanitation in Brazil must have, among other objectives, to ensure an environment conducive to ecosystems and human life support. This research aimed to identify the characteristics of occupation of Córrego Samambaia Basin in Goiânia, used for public water supply, correlating land use with hydrological processes. The methodology adopted consisted in: identifying the theoretical framework from literature and choose a basin to develop a case study; select and gather information from the object of study contained in published documents, restricted texts, satellite imagery, site visits, to generate the necessary data for modeling, and apply the hydrologic model Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) in three distinct periods and three proposed scenarios to understand the hydrological responses in the study area due to different levels of human occupation. The results obtained with this research indicate that the hydrological watershed responses can vary widely if the waterproofing process continue to increase. Results shown that between 1992 (with impervious area of 7%) and the proposed Scenario 3 (with impervious area of 70%) the increase in runoff is approximately 24 times while the infiltration becomes 70% smaller. If the basin achieves an index greater than 50% of impervious area, it will probably become unviable for public supply purposes. In order to preserve the watershed for its main purpose to continue supplying the municipality this study proposes an appropriated urban planning, with the construction of a Linear Park along the creek and the adoption of new levels of urban occupation. This planning model may be used in other urban basins, taking into account the characteristics of each site.
O efeito da urbanização e a insuficiente fiscalização do uso dos recursos naturais pelo poder público têm provocado crescente degradação do meio ambiente no Brasil. Isto pode ser constatado na supressão da vegetação ciliar, indispensável para a sobrevivência e manutenção da qualidade dos mananciais. Neste sentido, as ações de parcelamento do solo, provisão habitacional e saneamento no país devem ter, entre outros objetivos, o de assegurar um meio ambiente favorável aos ecossistemas e à vida humana. Esta dissertação teve como objetivo principal identificar as características de ocupação da bacia hidrográfica do Córrego Samambaia em Goiânia, utilizada para abastecimento público de água, correlacionando o uso do solo com os processos hidrológicos. A metodologia adotada consistiu em: identificar o referencial teórico a partir de pesquisa bibliográfica e escolher uma bacia para estudo de caso; selecionar e reunir informações do objeto de estudo contidas em documentos publicados, textos restritos, imagens de satélite, visitas in loco, para a geração dos dados necessários para realizar a modelagem; e aplicar o modelo hidrológico Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) em três períodos distintos e outros três cenários propostos para se conhecer as respostas hidrológicas na área de estudo frente a diferentes níveis de intervenção e ocupação urbana. Os resultados obtidos com esta pesquisa indicam que a bacia pode apresentar grandes variações hidrológicas caso o processo de impermeabilização continue aumentando. Com relação ao escoamento superficial na bacia, entre 1992 (com área impermeável de 7%) e o Cenário 3 proposto (com área impermeável de 70%) o aumento é de aproximadamente 24 vezes enquanto no mesmo período a infiltração tornou-se 70% menor. Se a bacia obtiver um índice maior que 50% de área impermeável, provavelmente irá se tornar inviável ao abastecimento público. Para que ela continue abastecendo o município, propõe-se neste estudo um planejamento urbano adequado, com a construção de um Parque Linear ao longo do córrego e a adoção de novos índices de ocupação urbana. Este modelo de planejamento poderá ser utilizado em outras bacias urbanas, levando em consideração as características de cada local.
au, mike mouritz@dpi wa gov, and Mike Mouritz. "Sustainable urban water systems : policy and professional praxis." Murdoch University, 1996. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20051109.95558.
Full textKizito, Frank. "Development of Decision Support Tools for Urban Water Supply Management in Uganda." Licentiate thesis, Stockholm : Mark- och vattenteknik, Land and Water Resource Engineering, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4803.
Full textKizito, Frank. "Water supply management in an urban utility a prototype decision support framework /." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-11900.
Full textKlein, Daniel Richard. "Supporting the implementation of effective urban water conservation and demand management strategies." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/62881.
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Creagh, Karen Kviberg. "Value and price: a transdisciplinary approach to ecologically sustainable urban water management." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/5886.
Full textEkman, Mats. "Urban water management : Modelling, simulation and control of the activated sludge process." Licentiate thesis, Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för systemteknik, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-86143.
Full textDíaz, Pacia. "Pursuing Resilience of Coastal Communities Through Sustainable and Integrated Urban Water Management." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7497.
Full textCorrea, Ibargüengoitia José Antonio. "Institutional innovation in water management : the case of Mexico City's recharge wells." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59734.
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This thesis explores the difference in adoption patterns of water recharge well technology in Mexico City both by local entities and the central city government. The research finds that this technology, originally designed by the central city with the stated purpose of aiding aquifer recharge, was adopted by local entities driven by concerns over flood control. Geophysical realities, complemented by political and socioeconomic factors, are key in deciding the use and type of infiltration technology by local entities. Water policy priorities at the local level are a decidedly local affair, which makes coordination difficult and thus constitutes a challenge for sustainable water management in Mexico City as a whole. Ineffective formal coordination mechanisms among the three levels of government, and the incentives that explain the uneven adoption of recharge wells by local communities, suggest an alternative approach to metropolitan water governance. In addition to traditional solutions such as regulation and formal metropolitan cooperation bodies, a third path of sustainable water management would involve a division of tasks between high and lower local level governments. Levels of government with the resources and incentives to develop technologies with systemic impacts and that address immediate needs can then "market" or "scale down" these solutions to localities whose incentive structure would lead them to, in effect, implement these solutions. In this way, collective action problems could be sidelined at the metropolitan scale.
by José Antonio Correa Ibargüengoitia.
M.C.P.
Logg, Cristina Alene. "Crowdsourcing corporate water data : a validity test of a pilot survey instrument to map public water management related risk worldwide." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118242.
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As water crises continue to occur globally, it would be invaluable to have easy-to-access, comparable and localized data on public water management worldwide; unfortunately such information is not available from a single public source (Koelbel et al. 2018). Information on water risk that does exist does not cover public water management at a granularity that would be useful to industrial facilities and local utilities. Even at a national or state-level, datasets on water risk are woefully incomplete. Given these gaps, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan Sustainability Initiative (MIT-SSI) are seeking to crowdsource multinational companies' information on public water management and water risk to see whether a reliable, globally comparable, and centralized geodatabase can be developed by pooling information that private actors use to map and identify local water risk and public water management efforts essential to their decision-making. WRI and MIT-SSI began an initial pilot study in 2017 with a survey of six multinational companies and 41 of their industrial processing and manufacturing facilities in 14 countries. These corporations were selected because they operate facilities globally, pursue extensive internal environmental sustainability work, and regularly collect data on water use and discharge at the site level. The initial pilot survey instrument covered (i) the availability of quantified, public information on water availability, demand, and quality; (2) the state of the relevant infrastructure including reliability of water supply and availability of wastewater treatment services; (3) existing water access regulations and consistency of regulatory enforcement; and (4) crisis response. I was asked to analyze these survey responses along with the results of follow-up interviews conducted in coordination with site visits to a selection of the survey respondents from California and India. I set out to determine whether the risk indicators used by the WRI/MIT-SSI partnership accurately portray on-the-ground public water management circumstances at the facility level for companies operating in both low and high-risk areas. I also tried to determine whether the water risk indicators developed by WRI/MIT-SSI are comparable, credible, and relevant across a range of manufacturing and industrial processing sites. In order to assess the validity of the initial survey instrument and the data it generated, I completed 27 interviews of 32 academics, public water managers, corporate facility managers, and individuals associated with non-profit organizations engaged in water and sanitation. I also visited two facilities in Southern California and Maharashtra, India while following up with six facility and environmental managers who completed the initial surveys in these regions. I found the pilot study responses generally reflected local public water risk management conditions and were trusted and found credible by all stakeholder groups interviewed. Furthermore, officials and stakeholders engaged in public water management, advocacy, and oversight thought the data generated by the survey instrument would be useful in a variety of ways as long as enough data points are provided and anonymity of corporate respondents is maintained. Unless responses can remain anonymous, there were fears that particular sites might be subject to litigation or regulatory retaliation. Facility managers said that they were able to answer all the survey questions based on what they already knew from their facilities' daily operations and from information regularly collected for internal environmental reporting and efficiency efforts. In my view, the responses appeared reasonably accurate and they were generated in a timely manner. Furthermore, collecting this information from corporate actors is not only feasible but is preferred in some contexts. My recommendations for improving the survey instrument emphasize the need to expand the scope of the survey while remaining cognizant of the need to keep the instrument brief. This includes collecting data on the availability of recycled and reclaimed water and addressing the existence of regulations that require the use and treatment of wastewater on-site. Furthermore, concerns about whether the survey respondent is qualified to answer the questions regularly arose; therefore, an additional recommendation is to provide a question to validate whether the respondent works onsite or has operating knowledge of water management in the region. WRI and the Pacific Institute, who will be superseding MIT-SSI in the project as it moves forward, should collaborate with additional institutional and corporate partners to ensure that more data points are collected globally as this will enhance the global credibility of survey findings.
by Cristina Alene Logg.
M.C.P.
Maple, Patrick T. "Survey of Storm Water Quality in an Urban Environment." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1364826192.
Full textHardy, Eric M. "Policy drought: water resource management, urban growth, and technological solutions in post-world war II Atlanta." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50109.
Full textTerlet, Julia Jeanne Louise. "Water behaviour modelling for efficient ICT-based water management in urban environments : a United Kingdom case study." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2018. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/113833/.
Full textHassan, Mahmoud Wifag. "Water Harvesting for Integrated Water Resources Management and Sustainable Development in Khartoum State." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-125079.
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