Feasibility of recharging reclaimed wastewater to the coastal aquifers of Perth, Western Australia

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 84, Issue 4 B, 2006, Pages 237-246

  Li, Q ^a   Harris, B ^a   Aydogan, C ^a   Ang, M ^a   Tade, M ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquifer storage and recharge; Contamination; Groundwater; Numerical analysis; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SALINE WATER;

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER LEVELS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER QUALITY;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

EID: 33747768980     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/psep.05202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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