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Water Savings Add Up for the Department for Education and Skills

Untitled Document Savings Totalling £60,000, Set to Rise Further The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) was one of the first organisations to join OGCBuying.Solution’s highly successful Watermark project, entering into a no-risk Water Services Contract with industry experts and consultants ADSM. Three years on, the department continues to reap financial ...

May 5, 2005

By ADSM plc

Raising effective awareness for domestic water saving: evidence from an environmental educational programme in Greece

This paper looks into awareness of water saving amongst students and their parents, and how it interacts with their intentions to use water saving technology or to adopt water saving practices. To investigate this interaction, surveys were run through educational programmes aimed at eliciting both the intentions of students and the indirect effects of their parents; surveys were taken before and ...

Jan. 1, 2011

By IWA Publishing

Understanding drivers and barriers: the key to water use behaviour change

In southwest Victoria, like many other regions in Australia, drought, climate change and population growth have exposed gaps in water supply. To develop effective demand management strategies for rural and regional areas, this paper investigates the drivers and barriers to water saving in southwest Victoria. Although the majority of people felt water saving was important, the drivers for water ...

Dec. 1, 2010

By IWA Publishing

Save Water, Save Wildlife

We know that many of our rivers, lakes and wetlands are in a perilous state but few of us stop to think when we turn on the kitchen tap or go for a shower how our individual actions are impacting the watery places we treasure. As part of Waterwise Water Saving Week Freshwater Friday on 3rd May we want to highlight this link and the things we can all do to make a difference. Wetlands under ...

May 3, 2019

By Waterwise

Water Saving Week: Why water efficiency matters

Responding to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic will undoubtedly be the priority for all businesses right now. For us that means ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our teams is at the forefront of our minds, alongside the need to deliver core services for our customers. Water Saving Week does however provide an opportunity to reflect on another very real issue we all face – climate ...

May 13, 2020

By Waterwise

Impacts of climatic variability on rainwater tank outcomes for an inland city, Canberra

A daily water balance model is used for the performance analysis and design optimisation of household rainwater tank for an inland Australian city, Canberra. To investigate the climatic variabilities of rainwater tank outcomes nine representative years (three for each dry, average and wet condition) are selected from historical rainfall data. For the three climatic conditions, a number of ...

Mar. 2, 2015

By Inderscience Publishers

Assessment of the potential for potable water savings by using rainwater in houses in southern Brazil

The state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, has been suffering from water scarcity mainly over summer due to high potable water consumption and outdated water supply system. On the coast, several cities have their population doubled due to tourism during summer. In this context, this paper aims to evaluate the potential for potable water savings by using rainwater in the residential sector ...

Nov. 14, 2015

By IWA Publishing

Water loss reduction: a new approach to achieve real water savings and environmental benefits

Water scarcity is a harsh reality for many regions. As a result, reducing losses from water supply systems (WSSs) is of great environmental importance around the world. In France, water suppliers are legally bound to reduce losses from their WSSs through loss reduction action plans (LRAPs). For these plans to work, they need to suit the area to which they are applied. Their impacts on water ...

Jun. 13, 2017

By IWA Publishing

Control of urine odor in different sanitation practices and its implication on water saving

To avoid odor in sanitation systems, urine is usually diluted with water (flushed), which leads to high water consumption. The smell may remain in sanitation systems if the systems are not well managed, or if the urine is flushed with insufficient amounts of water. In this study, using the standard threshold odor number (TON) measurement as an indicator of urine odor, the effects of the pH ...

Feb. 14, 2017

By IWA Publishing

10 Water Saving Tips for Early Spring

As winter quickly draws to a close, the time has come to inspect the damage caused by the past few months of freezing temperatures, ice, and snow. With the inevitable annual thaw in mind, we have compiled a list of tips to help you identify leaks and conserve water by staying proactive throughout the spring and summer. With a whopping 850 water main breaks every day in the United States, you can ...

Feb. 20, 2017

By WaterSignal

Effectiveness of water saving devices and educational programs in urban buildings

In this study different water saving measures (structural and non-structural) were implemented in different urban buildings. A monitoring program of water consumption was carried out to verify and compare the effectiveness of high-efficiency plumbing fixtures and educational programs in different types of buildings (two residential houses, two Middle Schools and two Sport Centres) located in a ...

Dec. 1, 2010

By IWA Publishing

Administration of water resources in Beijing: problems and countermeasures

It is well recognized that climatic variability and human activities are resulting in severe water scarcity in China, especially in the mega city Beijing; one important issue is how to manage water resources in order to tackle this situation. This paper assesses the implementation of the Strictest Administration of Water Resources in Beijing, which was issued by the State Council of China in ...

Aug. 6, 2015

By IWA Publishing

How much drinking water can be saved by using rainwater harvesting on a large urban area? Application to Paris agglomeration

This paper is based on a prospective scenario of development of rainwater harvesting (RWH) on a given large urban area (such as metropolitan area or region). In such a perspective, a new method is proposed to quantify the related potential of potable water savings (PPWS) indicator on this type of area by adapting the reference model usually used on the building level. The method is based on ...

Dec. 15, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Clean Water Technology: Architects of New Age Wastewater Treatment Solutions

https://water-management.utilitiestechoutlook.com/vendor/clean-water-technology-architects-of-new-age-wastewater-treatment-solutions-cid-44-mid-10.html December 2018 Utilities Tech Outlook Magazine Featuring: Linda Englander Mills & Ariel Lechter Title: Clean Water Technology: Architects of New Age Wastewater Treatment Solutions Stringent regulatins and the push for water savings are ...

Dec. 10, 2018

By Clean Water Technology, Inc.

Food waste prevention roadmap factors in water savings

Food waste is a critical problem affecting business, communities, the environment and water scarcity worldwide, but the problem is particularly acute in the United States, according to a report from ReFED. ReFED is a group of businesses, nonprofits, foundations, and government leaders committed to reducing food waste. It was formed in early 2015 to create a Roadmap to Reduce U.S. Food Waste, the ...

Mar. 10, 2017

By Fluence Corporation

Assessing water renewal of the northern coastal zone in China using a variable fuzzy pattern recognition model

An integrated indexes system for assessing water renewal of the northern coastal zone is developed; and rough sets theory is used to eliminate the redundancy in the indexes system. Then a variable fuzzy pattern recognition model is selected to evaluate the state of water renewal, which involves fuzzy information and interval numbers of classification standard values for evaluation. The indexes ...

Jan. 7, 2010

By IWA Publishing

Appropriate resolution timescale to evaluate water saving and retention potential of rainwater harvesting for toilet flushing in single houses

The main objective of the paper is to identify the appropriate temporal scale for modeling the behavior of rainwater harvesting tanks in relation to the purpose they are built for, i.e., water saving, stormwater retention potential, etc. A tank water balance model coupled with a specific procedure to determine long-term series of rainfall (tank inflow) and toilet flushes (tank outflow) at ...

Apr. 28, 2015

By IWA Publishing

Barts Health NHS saves over £1million on water - Case Study

Overview With a turnover of £1.25 billion and a workforce of 15,000 dealing on average with 750,000 patients annually, Barts Health is the largest NHS Trust in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. Its aim is to be the most sustainable Trust in the UK by 2020. The Trust spends around one million pounds a year on water, which makes up 20% of its overall ...

Apr. 15, 2016

By Energy Managers Association (EMA)

The urban harvest approach as framework and planning tool for improved water and resource cycles

Water and resource availability in sufficient quantity and quality for anthropogenic needs represents one of the main challenges in the coming decades. To prepare for upcoming challenges such as increased urbanization and climate change related consequences, innovative and improved resource management concepts are indispensable. In recent years we have developed and applied the urban harvest ...

Jun. 16, 2015

By IWA Publishing

Reducing water consumption in industry through flow analysis and simulation: a case study from India

Increasing water shortages in some countries is forcing the industrial enterprises to secure their own supply of process water. Reducing water consumption and closing water cycles is essential in order to safeguard industrial water supply. The various ways of implementing water saving measures in a company can be highlighted via a status-quo analysis involving a simulation of the actual ...

Mar. 10, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers