Assessing nutrient flows in septic tanks by eliciting expert judgement: A promising method in the context of developing countries

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1052-1064

  Montangero, Agnes ^a   Belevi, Hasan ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Data scarcity; Developing countries; Expert knowledge; Material flow analysis; Nutrient; On site sanitation systems

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEPTIC TANKS;

DATA SCARCITY; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEPTIC TANKS; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEVELOPING WORLD; DOMESTIC WASTE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; SANITATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; URINE;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LOADING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC TANK; SLUDGE; URINE; VIET NAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SANITARY ENGINEERING; SANITATION; SEWAGE; TOILET FACILITIES; VIETNAM; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 33846818657     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.10.036     Document Type: Article

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