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Rainwater harvesting, a measure to meet domestic water requirement; acase study Islamabad, Pakistan

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dc.contributor.author Rashid, O
dc.contributor.author Awan, F M
dc.contributor.author Ullah, Z
dc.contributor.author Hassan, I
dc.date.accessioned 2019-11-27T06:10:18Z
dc.date.available 2019-11-27T06:10:18Z
dc.date.issued 2018-01-01
dc.identifier.issn 414 012018
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/1821
dc.description.abstract Pakistan is located in the semi-aridregion of the world where water scarcity is a major issue. In such areas, rainwater harvesting(RWH) is considered to be the best alternate source of domestic water supply. Rainwater harvesting is being considered as an integral part of the sustainable water management in many parts of the world. Rainfall patterns in arid areas are typically highly variable, both spatially and temporally. Hence, there is always a needto evaluate rainwater harvesting keeping in view the seasonal variations for a specific area. Inrainwater harvesting, a mechanism is designed to collect surface runoffs effectively during rainfall events from residential rooftops. In this paper, it has also been analyzed that rainwater has a great potential to be taken as a source of water demands in residential colonies of major cities like Islamabad being our study area. Here,116 m2(fivemarlas)housing pocket has been considered as a model site for which various water demands have been calculated depending upon residential needs and horticulture requirements of the study pocket. Rainwater from rooftops has been used to reduce freshwater needs of the houses. As a result, residential water demands for fresh water have reduced by almost 22% average. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Institute of Physics en_US
dc.subject Natural Science en_US
dc.subject Rainwater harvesting en_US
dc.subject rooftop collection en_US
dc.subject residential water demand en_US
dc.subject Islamabad en_US
dc.title Rainwater harvesting, a measure to meet domestic water requirement; acase study Islamabad, Pakistan en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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