Chapter 3 Decision Support Model (IUWS-DSM) - Tubdok
Chapter 3 Decision Support Model (IUWS-DSM) - Tubdok
Chapter 3 Decision Support Model (IUWS-DSM) - Tubdok
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Definitions<br />
term definition & explanation<br />
blackwater flushing water from toilets<br />
brownwater faeces with flushing water but without mixing with urine<br />
Indices IX<br />
City Area (CA) represents the whole urban water system or one absolute independent<br />
water system in urban area, which is going to be the final <strong>IUWS</strong>.<br />
construction cost<br />
index (CCI) 1<br />
a business cycle indicator showing the evolution of costs incurred by the<br />
contractor to carry out the construction process<br />
Conveying system water transport media including water transmission, distribution, sewer,<br />
storm drain, and their ancillary works<br />
desired water water has the quality satisfying the requirements of end uses.<br />
direct non-potable<br />
reuse<br />
pipe-to-pipe to reuse the reclaimed water for non-drinking purpose.<br />
If it is possible to be contacted by human beings, it must be hygienic safe.<br />
dual water system consists of dual separate mains (pipelines from separate sources) and<br />
designed to concurrently provide two separate water supplies to the<br />
consumer. One main conveys drinking (potable) water, the other conveys<br />
appropriately treated non-drinking water (WSA 2002).<br />
end-user’s water<br />
usage profile<br />
(EUWUP)<br />
each type of water end-user has specified and standardised information of<br />
water usage including water demand with required water qualities and<br />
used water amounts from different streams.<br />
greywater the used water coming from household activities other than toilets<br />
indirect potable<br />
reuse<br />
producer price<br />
index (PPI) 2<br />
after being buffered in nature for certain period, the reclaimed water is used<br />
as raw water supply.<br />
a family of indexes that measures the average change over time in the<br />
selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services<br />
raw water directly coming from the nature, such as surface water, groundwater and<br />
rainwater<br />
roof-water rainfall that is gathered from roofs of buildings<br />
sewage used to substitute for wastewater in the context<br />
source separated<br />
collection system<br />
(SSCS)<br />
the different used water streams from domestic activities are collected<br />
separately, whereby greywater and blackwater (or brown water + urine) are<br />
formed.<br />
reclaimed water treated wastewater that meets certain water standards or satisfy the quality<br />
requirements of water end-users<br />
1 http://europa.eu.int/estatref/info/sdds/en/ebt/ebt_cons_pri_sm.htm<br />
(Statistical Office of the European Communities)<br />
2 http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppifaq.htm#1 (U.S. Department of Labor)