Open AccessModifications for water management guidance based on an assessment of swimming pool water consumption of an operational facility in the UK
Author(s) -
Lowell Lewis,
John W. Chew,
Iain Woodley,
Jeni Colbourne,
Katherine Pond
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
water science and technology water supply
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.318
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1607-0798
pISSN - 1606-9749
DOI - 10.2166/ws.2015.049
Subject(s) - water consumption , consumption (sociology) , environmental science , environmental economics , water efficiency , energy consumption , operational costs , relation (database) , water use , environmental resource management , computer science , operations management , environmental engineering , engineering , ecology , social science , database , sociology , electrical engineering , economics , biology
Water use is a significant operational cost factor for large swimming pool facilities, however it has been overshadowed by the recent focus on energy consumption and carbon emissions. Currently it is difficult for operators to make decisions in relation to water efficiency due to the lack of information on the relationship between pool operation and water use. This study has started to address this issue by reviewing water use at a fully operational facility. The analysis of the consumption data has led to a proposal for a new water performance indicator, the Water Exchange Deficit. Modifications to the method of predicting water consumption have also been proposed to enable enhanced water management guidance to be developed
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