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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)

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