Life-cycle economic model of small treatment wetlands for domestic wastewater disposal

Ecological Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 359-369

  Steer, David ^a   Aseltyne, Todd ^a   Fraser, Lauchlan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Domestic; Economic model; Treatment; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 0037348389     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00003-X     Document Type: Article

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