Water balance scheme development for urban modelling

Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS): Development and evaluation at two UK sites

pen access BY license s/by/4.0/). London and a residential suburban site in Swindon. Eddy cova servations of the turbulent fluxes are used to assess model pe over a two-year period (2011−2013). The distinct characteri sites mean their surface energy exchanges differ conside model suggests the largest differences can be attributed cover (notably the proportion of vegetated versus imperv and the ...

Modelling the urban water cycle

Current urban water management practices aim to remove stormwater and wastewater efficiently from urban areas. An alternative approach is to consider stormwater and wastewater as a potential resource substitute for a portion of the water imported via the reticulated supply system. A holistic view of urban water resources provides the framework for the evaluation of the demand for water supply, ...

Water Balance Modelling Over Variable Time Scales

Partitioning of rainfall into evapotranspiration and runoff is controlled by climate and catchment characteristics. The degree of control exerted by these factors varies with the spatial and temporal scales of processes being modelled. Understanding individual hydrological processes and their relationships with climatic and catchment characteristics is an important step in predicting catchment ...

Modelling the impact of Water Sensitive Urban Design technologies on the urban water cycle Modelling the impact of Water Sensitive Urban Design technologies on the urban water cycle

UVQ: a tool for assessing the water and contaminant balance impacts of urban development scenarios.

This paper presents the water and contaminant daily simulation model of the total water cycle, called UVQ. The model has been developed to provide a means for rapidly assessing conventional and nonconventional approaches to providing water supply, stormwater and wastewater services to urban allotments, neighbourhoods and study areas. The model is placed the context of other such models develope...