A 3-step strategic approach to sustainable wastewater management

Water SA

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-140

  Nhapi, Innocent ^a   Gijzen, Huub J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3 step strategic approach; Cleaner production; Nutrients reuse; Sustainable approaches; Urban water cycle; Wastewater management

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PLANNING; PURIFICATION; SEWAGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER PIPELINES; WATER RESOURCES;

NUTRIENT FLOWS; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER GENERATION; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14744282440     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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