Use of GIS in siting stabilization pond facilities for domestic wastewater treatment

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-166

  Gemitzi, Alexandra ^a,b   Tsihrintzis, Vassilios A ^b   Christou, Odysseas ^c   Petalas, Christos ^b  

^a Department of Water Resources Management   (Greece)

^b School of Production and Management Engineering   (Greece)

^c Applied Geological Surveys and Research   (Greece)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Site selection; Stabilization pond systems

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; GIS; STABILIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GREECE; LAKE; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POLICY; POND; RELIABILITY; RIVER; RURAL AREA; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EURASIA; THRACE;

EID: 33751273484     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.12.022     Document Type: Article

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