The road not taken: How traditional excreta and greywater management may point the way to a sustainable future

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 219-227

  Bracken, P ^a   Wachtler, A ^a   Panesar, A R ^a   Lange, J ^a  

^a c/o EIRENE ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Excreta and greywater reuse; Sanitation philosophy; Wastewater management systems

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SANITATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER;

EXCRETA AND GREYWATER REUSE; SANITATION PHILOSOPHY; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

RAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SANITATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; PIPE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SANITATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FECES; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; REVIEW; SANITATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34248569501     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2007.025     Document Type: Review

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