Urban wastewater reuse: A pilot plant experience

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 3-20

  Del Re, Giovanni ^a   Di Donato, Agnese ^a   Volpe, Roberto ^a   Pellegrini, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disinfection; Tertiary treatment; Ultraviolet; Urban wastewater reuse; UV; Water quality monitoring; Water reclamation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

TERTIARY TREATMENT; TERTIARY TREATMENT PILOT PLANT (TTPP); URBAN WASTEWATER REUSE; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CHLORINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ABRUZZI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; L'AQUILA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AQUILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249821065     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2007.013233     Document Type: Article

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