Recycling of poor quality urban wastewater by drip irrigation systems

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1529-1534

  Capra, A ^a   Scicolone, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Emitters; Filters; Wastewater management; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); IRRIGATION; WATER QUALITY;

DRIP IRRIGATION; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS); WASTEWATER REUSE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FARM CROPS; FILTERS; IRRIGATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 34248348207     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.07.032     Document Type: Article

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