An economic and environmental evaluation of the opportunities for substituting phosphorus recovered from wastewater treatment works in existing uk fertiliser markets

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1067-1084

  Gaterell, M R ^c   Gay, R ^a   Wilson, R ^b   Gochin, R J ^a   Lester, J N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Oxford ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enconomic evaluation; Phosphorus recycling; Struvite; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; EFFLUENTS; FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING;

DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ENCONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; LEGISLATIVE PRESSURES; PROCESS CONFIGURATION; STRUVITE RECOVERIES; STRUVITES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EFFLUENT; EVALUATION; MARKET; MODEL; RECYCLING; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033776569     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332108618050     Document Type: Article

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