WSUD
Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) is a response to the increasing need for greater sustainability within the urban water cycle. WSUD is defined as "an approach to urban planning and design that integrates land and water planning and management into urban design." It is based on the premise that urban development and redevelopment must address the sustainability of water.
WSUD changes the way that water supply, stormwater, and wastewater systems operate.
The project will look at how WSUD can reduce the amount of municipally supplied water. The area that will be investigated is part of Surrey estate, which falls within the "Cape Flats" area of the City of Cape Town.
RAINWATER HARVESTING
Water efficient devices are installed in buildings to reduce the amount of water used.
Greywater harvesting aims to use greywater that is produced indoors for certain end-uses, such as garden irrigation.
Rainwater harvesting aims to use rainwater harvested from roofs for certain water demand end-uses, such as flushing toilets.
GREYWATER HARVESTING
WATER EFFICIENT DEVICES
BY: JOHAN VAN DER WESTHUIZEN
BSc Research Project
FOR: A/PROF NEIL ARMITAGE
GIS
ArcMap, which is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based software program, was used to capture spatial and geographical data that will be used in the WSUD models.
TWD
The Total Water Demand (TWD) is the amount of water used per household. The Consumption model will be used to estimate the TWDs that will be used in the WSUD models.
WSUD
Water Sensitive Urban Design
