TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban water management strategies based on a total urban water cycle model and energy aspects - case study for tel Aviv
AU - Duong, Tong Thi Hoang
AU - Adin, Avner
AU - Jackman, David
AU - van der Steen, Peter
AU - Vairavamoorthy, Kala
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Global change pressures such as climate change, water scarcity, population growth, full urbanisation of catchments and rising energy costs may increasingly affect the urban water system of Tel Aviv. These challenges formed the incentive for a multidisciplinary Learning Alliance of water sector institutions to embark on a process to identify ways to improve sustainability of the city's water system. Sustainability indicators were identified and a whole-ofsystem water balance model (AquaCycle) was used to score the indicators for future scenarios and strategies. Strategies included rainwater harvesting, stormwater use, permeable pavements, and wastewater reuse. The effect of the strategies on total water imported into the city was a reduction of 10% by rainwater harvesting and 32% by wastewater reuse at cluster scale. The latter strategy reduced energy consumption from 2.89 kWh per m3 of volume of water used (import + reuse) in the current situation to 2.45 kWh per m3.
AB - Global change pressures such as climate change, water scarcity, population growth, full urbanisation of catchments and rising energy costs may increasingly affect the urban water system of Tel Aviv. These challenges formed the incentive for a multidisciplinary Learning Alliance of water sector institutions to embark on a process to identify ways to improve sustainability of the city's water system. Sustainability indicators were identified and a whole-ofsystem water balance model (AquaCycle) was used to score the indicators for future scenarios and strategies. Strategies included rainwater harvesting, stormwater use, permeable pavements, and wastewater reuse. The effect of the strategies on total water imported into the city was a reduction of 10% by rainwater harvesting and 32% by wastewater reuse at cluster scale. The latter strategy reduced energy consumption from 2.89 kWh per m3 of volume of water used (import + reuse) in the current situation to 2.45 kWh per m3.
KW - Decision support
KW - Integrated modeling
KW - Integrated urban water
KW - Performance indicators
KW - Rainwater harvesting
KW - Urban water planning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79953878853&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1573062X.2010.546861
DO - 10.1080/1573062X.2010.546861
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AN - SCOPUS:79953878853
SN - 1573-062X
VL - 8
SP - 103
EP - 118
JO - Urban Water Journal
JF - Urban Water Journal
IS - 2
ER -