Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the functional and structural adaptation changes in three biofilm communities purifying azo-dye contaminated wastewater. Study Design: Three lab-scale sand biofilters were constructed for treating wastewater with azo-dye. The dye ama...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/27466
Aims: Water resources in Scotland are under immense pressure despite the perception that Scotland enjoys abundant rainfall and water resources. The transport and treatment of water utilizes high amounts of energy is which contradicts the UK government’s carbon neutral agenda. The...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/23723
Aims: A literature review to show the importance of combined water and energy demand end-use studies and to illustrate techniques that can be applied for these analyses. Study Design: A review of energy-related water end-use and water-related energy end-use studies. Place and Dur...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/23725
Aims: Understanding how customers engage with and view their water usage is crucial to the design of more effective water demand management policies and programmes. This paper presents the findings of a small-scale research project that sought to explore customer attitudes to the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/18182
The need to promote water efficient technologies and initiatives is increasingly a central feature of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Attendant to this is a growing focus by IWRM practitioners of the role that community plays in supporting a range of interventions t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/18186
Aims: This paper explores the collective ordering of domestic water use, shaped through shared social, technical and natural relations, and outlines how this understanding can be used to inform water efficiency initiatives in order achieve sustainable domestic water consumption....
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/18187
Aims: Changes in water law and policy, in the UK and further afield, are promoting social and service innovation, as well as technical innovation in the water sector. In particular, the separation of wholesale and retail water and sewerage services for English and Welsh commercia...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/23730
Aim: To evaluate the operational performance of water efficiency products in order to report the actual-versus-potential impact on water demand. Study Design: The study monitored the volume of water used from taps situated in two male and two female washrooms in an office buildin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/18184
Aims: The prediction of water consumption patterns is a challenge, especially when water metering is not available at scale. The use of time-of-use survey (TUS) data offers an alternative to metering in order to track the general patterns of water consumption across large and rep...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/18188
The design of domestic cold water systems is inherently based upon the fixture unit or demand unit method. Therefore, it is fundamentally necessary to understand these water demand units and how to interpret them in order to design efficient water systems that enable a balance be...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/23726
Aim: To explore the relation between water consumption and water use behaviour and attitudes, and devices applied in households in urban areas in India. Methodology and Study Site: This paper presents the results of a domestic water consumption survey carried out in Jaipur, India...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/23727
Aims: Evaluate the water savings potential and financial viability of water saving measures in in higher education buildings Study Design: The study follows an observational approach to characterize the current performance of existing buildings in terms of water consumption and e...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/23729
Aims: To establish the system characteristics of a novel rainwater harvesting system. Study Design: A laboratory test rig was used to assess the selected technology. Place and Duration of Study: University of Exeter, Centre for Water Systems between June 2014 and May 2015. Method...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/23724