A global overview of treated wastewater guidelines and standards for agricultural reuse

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 590-595

  Gurel, Melike ^a   Iskender, Gulen ^a   Ovez, Suleyman ^a   Arslan Alaton, Idil ^a   Tanik, Aysegul ^a   Orhon, Derin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Irrigation water quality; Reuse standards and guidelines; Wastewater reuse in agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION; STANDARD (REFERENCE); WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 34347344789     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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