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Chapter 3 Decision Support Model (IUWS-DSM) - Tubdok

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<strong>Chapter</strong> 3 · <strong>Decision</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Model</strong> (<strong>IUWS</strong>-<strong>DSM</strong>) 57<br />

If rainwater is not appropriate or still not sufficient, the option of water reuse is taken into<br />

account. Rainwater is much more clean but with uncertainty, where reclaimed water requires<br />

sophisticated treatment facilities but with the stable water quantity. In considering of<br />

treatment costs, ecological conditions and the social acceptance, rainwater utilisation has<br />

higher priority than reclaimed water. Regarding two water reuse methods, usually the indirect<br />

potable reuse is firstly considered than the direct non-potable reuse, because the first option<br />

requires no additional distribution system, and it has the recovery phase in the nature that<br />

makes the reclaimed water more natural and safer.<br />

If all above local sources are not adequate, the external sources are comprised. The long<br />

distance water diversion is mainly considered and the coastal city can have seawater as the<br />

source with desalination process. Being still the very expensive process, the desalination of<br />

seawater has the lowest priority.<br />

In reality, the conditions are various, so the priority of water sources given in Table 19 is<br />

in general that is used in the early project stage. The model users need to make the final<br />

decisions based on the actual conditions.<br />

Table 19: Priority of water sources based on the type of water entity<br />

no. water source<br />

gen<br />

eral<br />

priority<br />

CA UD WUU/<br />

WUC<br />

critical considerations<br />

a groundwater 1 1 2 -- accessibility, natural pollutants,<br />

groundwater level<br />

b surface water 2 2 3 -- seasonal variation, pollution<br />

risks, intake feasibility<br />

c rainwater<br />

[1] – surface runoff<br />

– roof-water<br />

d reclaimed water<br />

– indirect potable<br />

– direct non-potable<br />

3.1<br />

3.2<br />

4.1<br />

4.2<br />

3<br />

--<br />

4<br />

--<br />

4<br />

--<br />

5<br />

6<br />

--<br />

2<br />

--<br />

3<br />

distribution of annual<br />

precipitation, rainfall pattern,<br />

soil type, groundwater level,<br />

roof material, storage capacity<br />

collection methods, natural<br />

water body, recovery time,<br />

risks of pipe cross connection<br />

e long distance diversion 5 5 -- -- geographical conditions,<br />

transmission method<br />

f seawater 6 6 -- -- place of abstraction,<br />

impacts of humans’ activities<br />

g superior water entity<br />

7 -- 1 1 water quality<br />

[1]<br />

it is used as the groundwater source in CA and UD, but the infiltration processes take place in UD<br />

and WUU.<br />

Based on the priorities, a decision making tree is set up in Figure 28. The water demand<br />

is the base that is firstly matched by the local natural sources in CA, supplemented by local<br />

natural sources in UD. If all of them are not adequate, then rainwater followed by reclaimed<br />

water can be utilised, which is treated as the alternative 1, or looking for the external sources

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