New Advances in Rainwater Harvesting and Treatment

Autor: Anita Raimondi, Ruth Quinn, Ilaria Gnecco, Avi Ostfeld

Publikováno v: Water, Vol 16, Iss 11, p 1591 (2024)

Rainwater harvesting is an ancient water supply practice that still provides a primary water source for a large proportion of the world’s population [...]

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The feasibility of domestic raintanks contributing to community-oriented urban flood resilience

Autor: Christine Sefton, Liz Sharp, Ruth Quinn, Virginia Stovin, Lee Pitcher

Publikováno v: Climate Risk Management, Vol 35, Iss , Pp 100390- (2022)

This interdisciplinary study investigates the technical and social feasibility of developing a domestic raintank programme to increase urban flood resilience. Hydrological modelling of different types of tank was used to determine the advantages and

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An examination of the hydrological system of a sand dam during the dry season leading to water balances

Autor: Ruth Quinn, Ken Rushton, Alison Parker

Publikováno v: Journal of Hydrology X, Vol 4, Iss , Pp - (2019)

To address water scarcity in semi-arid regions, rainfall and runoff need to be captured and stored locally before they are lost to the sea. This can be done using a sand dam which consists of a reinforced wall constructed during the dry season across

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An Assessment of the Microbiological Water Quality of Sand Dams in Southeastern Kenya

Autor: Ruth Quinn, Orlando Avis, Manon Decker, Alison Parker, Sandy Cairncross

Publikováno v: Water, Vol 10, Iss 6, p 708 (2018)

Sand-storage dams have proven to be a successful water harvesting method and potential solution to water and food security issues in semi-arid regions such as south east Kenya. This paper examines the microbiological quality of water both contained i

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Advancing urban water security: The urbanization of water–society relations and entry–points for political engagement

Autor: Noura M Wahby, Pedro Roberto Jacobi, Vanessa Lucena Empinotti, Wendy Jepson, Andrea Lampis, Luciana Nicolau Ferrara, Jo-Anne Geere, Edson Grandisoli, Sally Cawood, Ruth Quinn, Mariana Gutierres Arteiro da Paz, Victor Uehara Kinjo, Nate Millington, Samia Nascimento Sulaiman, Estela Macedo Alves, Ricardo de Sousa Moretti, Natalia Andricioli Periotto, Thanti Octavianti, Jessica Budds, Bruno Peregrina Puga, Suyá Quintslr, Paula Arce Vicente

Publikováno v: Empinotti, V L, Budds, J, Jepson, W, Millington, N, Ferrara, L N, Geere, J-A, Grandisoli, E, Paz, M G A D, Puga, B P, Alves, E M, Cawood, S, Jacobi, P R, Kinjo, V U, Lampis, A, Moretti, R, Octavianti, T, Periotto, N, Quinn, R, Quintslr, S, Sulaiman, S, Vicente, P A & Wahby, N 2021, ' Advancing urban water security: The urbanization of water–society relations and entry–points for political engagement ', Water International, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 956-968 . https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2021.1937901

We seek to advance a critical and relational concept of urban water security that theorizes urban processes in relation to the hydro-social dynamics that produce experiences of water securities and insecurities at multiple scales. Our intention is to

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