Developing a model based decision support tool for the identification of sustainable treatment options for domestic wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 265-270

  Balkema, A J ^a   Preisig, H A ^a   Otterpohl, R ^b   Lambert, A J D ^c   Weijers, S R ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Decision support; Domestic water system; Modelling; Sustainability assessment; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SUSTAINABLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WATER;

DOMESTIC WASTE; MODELING; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INVENTORY CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035018635     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2001.0434     Document Type: Conference Paper

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