Decentralised urban water reuse: The implications of system scale for cost and pathogen risk

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 281-288

  Fane, S A ^a   Ashbolt, N J ^a   White, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Life cycle cost; Microbial risk assessment; Non potable wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EFFLUENTS; POTABLE WATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

URBAN WATER REUSE;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

WATER;

RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GIARDIA; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LIFE CYCLE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PIPELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTAVIRUS; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GIARDIA; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0036383179     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2002.0690     Document Type: Conference Paper

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