In the Yellow River basin, China, ecosystems suffer from the overexploitation and utilization of water resources, resulting in various environmental impacts. Consideration must be given to both human and ecosystem water requirements in water resources management. A water footprint (WF) is a tool for estimating industrial, agricultural, commercial and household water requirements and for examini...

In light of the current and future threats to global water security the current research focuses on trialing interventions to promote urban water conservation. We report an experimental study designed to test the long-term impact of three different interventions on household water consumption in South East Queensland. Participants from 221 households were recruited and completed an initial surv...

Introduction: Hospitals are one of the main water consumers in urbane area. Due to lack of enough information, the challenges and some of the solutions were investigated for optimization of water management. Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study in a Shiraz educational hospital. Data were collected by questionnaires with 146 items. The items was classified in several st...

Rapid population growth and economic prosperity among other factors are exacerbating existing water stress in the east southeast regions of England, hence, sector is increasingly shifting focus from expansion sources increased abstraction to demand-side management (DSM) strategies aimed at improving household efficiency reducing per capita consumption. A crucial component DSM strategy a good un...

In the poor zones of sub-Saharan Africa, the conventional drinking water network is very weak. The populations use alternative groundwater sources which are wells and springs. However, because of urbanization, the groundwater sources are degrading gradually making pure, safe, healthy and odourless drinking water a matter of deep concern. There are many pollutants in groundwater due to seepage o...

Data centers, which include both cyber (e.g., servers) and physical (e.g., cooling units) assets, are notorious for their energy consumption and carbon footprint. Nonetheless, a less-known fact about data centers is that they are extremely “thirsty” (for cooling), consuming millions of gallons water each day and raising serious concerns amid extended droughts. To curtail the surging water footp...

for about a decade the virtual water trade has been highlighted as a means of promoting water efficiency and helping to solve regional restrictions of water resources in order to provide water and food security. although these tools are not just for certain areas of the world with a specific climate, they are more important for countries which are faced with water resources restriction and cris...

the management of water table is introduced as one of the major parts of the solutions in water resources management. this method could play a significant role in protecting water resources, increasing irrigation efficiency, preserving nutrients in soil, and protecting the quality of surface downstream, and as well, of groundwater. towards this end, a laboratory study has been done on the effec...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges of agricultural water management from farmers’ viewpoint. the statistical population consisted of 5297 farmers in karaj county. a total number of 142 farmers were selected applying cochran’s formula. the sample was drawn using stratified sampling method with proportional allocation. to collect data, a questionnaire was developed. to en...

Water transport networks (WTN) are generally used to convey water from production plants or sources to storage tanks close to the consumptions areas. Tanks are usually built with enough elevation to guarantee the service pressure required for their associated consumption area. WTNs contain large water mains and control elements, such as pumping stations and valves, linking the sources to consum...