Cost of reclaimed municipal wastewater for applications in seasonally stressed semi-arid regions

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 355-369

  Gonzalez Serrano, E ^a   Rodriguez Mirasol, J ^a   Cordero, T ^a   Koussis, A D ^b   Rodriguez, J J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost function; Reclaimed water; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFLUENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; INFILTRATION; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

COST FUNCTIONS; RECLAIMED WATER; SEASONALLY STRESSED REGIONS; SEMI-ARID REGIONS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COST; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY;

COST; SEMIARID REGION; WASTEWATER; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 27244448842     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2005.0034     Document Type: Article

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