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Water use concepts and performance that may be useful in analysing water conservation and saving are dealt with in some detail in this chapter. New indicators are proposed include the consideration of water reuse and assist in identifying beneficial and non-beneficial water uses. An analysis of water productivity concepts useful in irrigation and for other uses is also included. These approaches are complemented with a review of water conservation and saving measures relative to the various water scarcity regimes.
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Santos Pereira, L., Cordery, I., Iacovides, I. (2009). Water Conservation and Saving: Concepts and Performance. In: Coping with Water Scarcity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9579-5_9
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