Use of wastewater in agriculture: The water chain approach

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Huibers, Frans P ^a   Van Lier, Jules B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(peri )urban agriculture; Effluent irrigation; Wastewater treatment; Water chain; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750608943     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.181     Document Type: Article

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