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6582331 
Journal Article 
Modelling the urban water cycle 
Mitchell, VG; Mein, RG; Mcmahon, TA 
2001 
Yes 
Environmental Modelling and Software
ISSN: 1364-8152 
ELSEVIER SCI LTD 
OXFORD 
16 
7 
615-629 
WOS:000171259800003 
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, the availability of stormwater and wastewater, and the interactions between them. The water balance model (Aquacycle) developed in this study represents water flows through the urban water supply, stormwater, and wastewater systems. Its daily time step provides temporal distribution of the flows, and enables comparison of the different components of the urban water demand. Aquacycle was tested using data from the Woden Valley urban catchment in Canberra, Australia and found able to satisfactorily replicate its water supply, stormwater and wastewater flows. 
Stormwater; Wastewater; Water supply; Urban water balance model