TY - BOOK AU - Grover, Aruna Ramani TI - Water use optimization : towards sustainable residential neighborhoods SN - 9789351048947 U1 - 333.91 PY - 2013/// CY - Noida PB - Aruna Ramani Grover N1 - TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements ii The Soft Path in Verse iii Table of Contents iv List of Tables vi List of Figures vii List of Visuals: Photographs and Drawings viii List of Maps ix List of Acronyms and Abbreviations x Glossary of Terms xi 1.0 CURRENT URBAN WATER USE PRACTICES 1.1 Status of Freshwater 001 1.2 Practices of Water Supply in Indian cities 003 1.3 Practices of Sewage and Drainage in Indian Cities 006 1.4 Situation around the world 010 1.5 Cities and the Sustainability perspective 011 1.6 The Significance of Neighborhoods 015 1.7 Defining Water Use Optimization 018 1.8 The Argument 020 1.9 Notes and References 021 2.0 NORMS AND STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC WATER SUPPY 2.1 Overview of Standards specified in the past 023 2.2 The Current National Standards 024 2.3 The grey areas in current National Standards . 026 2.4 Findings regarding National Standards 029 2.5 Basis of the Per Capita figure specified 030 2.6 Supply Standards stipulated by International Agencies 031 2.7 The lessons learnt about activity-wise water requirement 034 2.8 Notes and References 035 3.0 DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMPTION 3.01 Actual Consumption figures: World view 037 3.02 Actual Consumption figures from Indian cities 044 3.03 The lessons learnt regarding the Issue in question 048 3.04 Notes and References 051 4.0 TECHNOLOGIES FOR WATER USE OPTIMIZATION 4.01 Technology of Plumbing Efficiency 052 4.02 Recycling Water 055 4.03 Using Harvested Rainwater 059 4.04 Decentralized Wastewater Treatment 063 4.05 Efficiency by Stream Separation: ECOSAN 085 4.06 Summary of Lessons Learnt 072 4.07 Notes and References 072 5.0 EXAMPLES OF WATER USE OPTIMIZATION IN PRACTISE 5.01 Ecological settlement Neu-Allermoehe, Hamburg, Germany 075 5.02 Ecological housing estate Flintenbreite, Lubeck, Germany 081 5.03 ATS Eco-friendly public toilet center, Bangalore India 084 5.04 Kronsburg Ecological District, Hannover, Germany 087 5.05 The China—Sweden Erdos Eco-Town project 088 5.06 Pimpama Coomera Waterfuture Master Plan 093 5.07 Lessons learnt ' 096 5.08 Notes and References 098 6.0 GENERATION OF WATER USE SCENARIOS 6.01 Calibration of requirements for individual activities • 099 6.02 Generating requirements for Neighborhood facilities 102 6.03 Framework of Assumptions for Water Scenarios 107 6.04 Neighborhood Scenario ONE 108 6.05 Neighborhood Scenario TWO 109 6.06 Neighborhood Scenario THREE 111 © Dr. Aruna Ramani Graver , iv 6.07 Neighborhood Scenario FOUR 6.08 Neighborhood Scenario FIVE 6.09 Revisiting the initial Argument 6.10 Notes and References 7.0 IMPACT OF DENSITY ON WATER SCENARIOS 7.01 Generating the Spatial Structure of the Six Residential Neighborhoods 7.02 The Residential Plot 7.03 Evaluating Scenario FIVE on the Residential Plot 7.04 Findings with respect to Scenario FIVE 7.05 Evaluating Scenario FOUR and THREE on the Residential Plot 7.06 Findings with respect to Scenario THREE and FOUR 7.07 Notes and References 8.0 IMPACT OF RAINFALL PATTERNS ON WATER SCENARIOS 8.01 Overview of Rainfall Patterns in India 8.02 Applicability of Scenarios on the Residential Plot 8.03 Applicability of Scenarios on the Neighborhood 8.04 Variability brought by Annual Rainfall Pattern 8.05 Impact of Co-efficient of Variation of Rainfall 8.06 Long-term Variability factor due to Climate Change 8.07 Notes and References 9.0 IMPACT OF HYDROGEOLOGY ON WATER SCENARIOS 9.01 Soil typology and Sub-surface drainage 9.02 Artificial recharge and Neighborhood Hydrogeology 9.03 The Current status of Groundwater in selected cities 9.04 Impact of Global Warming 9.05 Notes and References 10.0 CLOSURE AND WAY FORWARD 10.01 Retracing the Journey 10.02 Current Supply Norms and Consumption Patterns 11.03 Regarding application of Water Optimization Technologies 11.04 Regarding the Environment for Testing the Hypothesis 10.05 Variability due to Development Controls 10.06 Variability due to Rainfall Patterns 10.07 Variability due to Hydro-geological Conditions 10.08 Supply Norms and Standards for the Future 10.09 Putting Water Optimization Tephnologies in Practice 10.10 Regarding the Argument 10.11 Towards adopting suitable Development Controls 10.12 Towards treating rain as a Significant local resource 10.13 Taking cognizance of Neighborhood Hydrogeology 10.14 Towards Water Use Optimization in Cities 10.15 Notes and References APPENDICES A1 RAINFALL PATTERNS A2 CO-RELATING RESIDENTIAL DENSITY AND RAINFALL A3 RAINFALL PATTERN AND STORAGE CO-RELATION A4 IMPACT OF CO-EFFICIENT OF VARIATION OF RAINFALL A5 DYNAMIC GROUNDWATER OF SELECTED CITIES (2004) A6 AUTHOR'S GREYWATER GARDEN, NOIDA, INDIA BIBLIOGRAPHY ER -