Soil as a wastewater treatment system: Historical development

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-75

  Tzanakakis, V E ^a   Paranychianaki, N V ^a   Angelakis, A N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

History of land treatment; Sanitation; Wastewater management

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; SANITATION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; MAINTENANCE COSTS; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOMASS; SANITATION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SOIL; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; REVIEW; SANITATION; VEGETATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34248548749     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2007.008     Document Type: Review

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