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S. E. Galaitsi, Robert Russell, Amahl Bishara, John L. Durant, Jennifer Bogle and Annette Huber-Lee
Communities in many parts of the world, especially in developing countries, face obstacles in supplying continuous water to household consumers. Authorities often cite water scarcity as the cause, but we demonstrate that environmental constraints constit...
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Ruth Quinn, Peter Melville-Shreeve, David Butler and Virginia Stovin
Rainwater harvesting systems are often used as both an alternative water source and a stormwater management tool. Many studies have focused on the water-saving potential of these systems, but research into aspects that impact stormwater retention?such as...
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Parmeshwar Udmale, Hiroshi Ishidaira, Bhesh Raj Thapa and Narendra Man Shakya
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 targets access to water and sanitation for all people in the next 15 years. However, for developing countries such as Nepal, it is more challenging to achieve this goal given its poor infrastructure and high ...
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Gerardo Sámano-Romero, Marina Mautner, Alma Chávez-Mejía, Blanca Jiménez-Cisneros
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Mexico contains a high percentage of marginalized communities, as well as geographic areas with high annual precipitation (approximately 2000 mm). This study uses regional water access and precipitation data to determine municipalities that would most be...
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Parmeshwar Udmale, Hiroshi Ishidaira, Bhesh Raj Thapa, Narendra Man Shakya
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United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 targets access to water and sanitation for all people in the next 15 years. However, for developing countries such as Nepal, it is more challenging to achieve this goal given its poor infrastructure and high ...
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Gerardo Sámano-Romero, Marina Mautner, Alma Chávez-Mejía and Blanca Jiménez-Cisneros
Mexico contains a high percentage of marginalized communities, as well as geographic areas with high annual precipitation (approximately 2000 mm). This study uses regional water access and precipitation data to determine municipalities that would most be...
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Sadhana Shrestha, Yoko Aihara, Arun Prasad Bhattarai, Niranjan Bista, Sudarshan Rajbhandari, Naoki Kondo, Futaba Kazama, Kei Nishida, Junko Shindo
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Information regarding domestic water consumption is vital, as the Kathmandu Valley will soon be implementing the Melamchi Water Supply Project; however, updated information on the current situation after the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake (GEQ) is still lacking....
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Sadhana Shrestha, Yoko Aihara, Arun Prasad Bhattarai, Niranjan Bista, Sudarshan Rajbhandari, Naoki Kondo, Futaba Kazama, Kei Nishida and Junko Shindo
Information regarding domestic water consumption is vital, as the Kathmandu Valley will soon be implementing the Melamchi Water Supply Project; however, updated information on the current situation after the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake (GEQ) is still lacking....
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Chao-Hsien Liaw and Yu-Chuan Chiang
Domestic rainwater harvesting (DRWH) is widely recognized as an alternative source of water in Taiwan because of water shortages. This suggests that rainwater potential should be maximized and quantified. In this article, we assess the potential of DRWH ...
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Chao-Hsien Liaw and Yu-Chuan Chiang
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Sajeeve Latif, Mohammad A. Alim, Ataur Rahman and Md Mahmudul Haque
The supply of safe drinking water to rural communities has always been challenging, unlike in most large cities where government authorities have constructed central water supply systems. In many rural areas, primary water sources such as surface water a...
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Laurent Ahiablame, Bernard Engel and Taisha Venort
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Kuishuang Feng, Klaus Hubacek, Jan Minx, Yim Ling Siu, Ashok Chapagain, Yang Yu, Dabo Guan and John Barrett
The Water Footprint, as an indicator of water consumption has become increasingly popular for analyzing environmental issues associated with the use of water resources in the global supply chain of consumer goods. This is particularly relevant for countr...
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Winfred Kilonzo, Patrick Home, Joseph Sang and Beatrice Kakoi
Urbanization has caused limitations on water resources, while climate change has reduced amounts of surface water in some parts of the world. Kikuyu, a suburban area in Kiambu county, Kenya, is facing this challenge. The major challenge in the study is s...
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Stefan Hiltrop, Sandra Jestrovic, René Cousin
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This paper describes a conceptual approach for developing a local water and energy supply system for a resort on a small Caribbean island. The system designed is guided by four main criteria which are sustainability, lowest cost, least possible maintenan...
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María L. Fuentes-Galván, Josefina Ortiz Medel and Luz A. Arias Hernández
This study was carried out in rural communities in the state of Guanajuato, in central Mexico. A questionnaire was directly applied to users of rainwater (RW) to identify the uses, water consumption, and perception towards RW and traditional supply sourc...
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María L. Fuentes-Galván, Josefina Ortiz Medel and Luz A. Arias Hernández
This study was carried out in rural communities in the state of Guanajuato, in central Mexico. A questionnaire was directly applied to users of rainwater (RW) to identify the uses, water consumption, and perception towards RW and traditional supply sourc...
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Rosa Duarte, Vicente Pinilla and Ana Serrano
The study of the impact of economic activities on natural resources through global supply chains is increasingly demanded in the context of the growing globalization of economies and product fragmentation. Taking Spain as a case study and a sector with s...
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Social housing dating from the postwar years through the end of the twentieth century is one of the major stores of European cities’ residential stock. As it is generally characterised by a poor thermal performance and an inefficient control of ene...
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Rajesh Kumar Rai, Priya Shyamsundar, Mani Nepal and Laxmi Dutt Bhatta
Watershed management is critical for the sustainable supply of clean water to urban centers, particularly in areas of developing countries where large-scale infrastructure projects are costly to implement. In this paper, we discuss the potential for fina...
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