Effectiveness of natural treatment in a wastewater irrigation district of the Mexico City Region: A synoptic field survey

Water Environment Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 4-21

  Downs, Timothy J ^a,c   Cifuentes, Enrique ^b   Ruth, Edward ^a   Suffet, Irwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Mexico; Retention; Treatment; Wastewater irrigation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; METALS; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STANDARDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RESERVOIR RETENTION; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER IRRIGATION;

WASTEWATER;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SURFACE WATER;

IRRIGATION; NATURAL TREATMENT; SLOW SAND FILTER; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; FILTER; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033956963     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143000X137068     Document Type: Article

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