Centralised urban wastewater reuse: What is the public attitude?

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 423-430

  Friedler, Eran ^a   Lahav, O ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Public awareness; Public perception; Social aspects; Survey; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

CENTRALISED URBAN WASTEWATER REUSE; PUBLIC AWARENESS; PUBLIC PERCEPTION;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

IRRIGATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INCOME; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ISRAEL; LANDSCAPING; MALE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ISRAEL; PUBLIC OPINION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33751059441     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.605     Document Type: Article

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