Feasibility of fog water collection: A case study from Oman

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 275-280

  Abdul Wahab, Sabah A ^a   Al Hinai, Hilal ^a   Al Najar, Khalid A ^a   Al Kalbani, Mohammed S ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Civil Aviation and Meteorology   (Oman)

Author keywords

Al khareef; Domestic water supply; Fog water collection harvesting; Oman

Indexed keywords

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FOG; WATER PIPELINES;

DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY; FOG WATER COLLECTION HARVESTING;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FOG; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER PIPELINES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOG; WATER DEMAND; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS; ZUFAR;

EID: 34250879627     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2007.045     Document Type: Article

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