The use and disposal of greywater in the non-sewered areas of South Africa: Part 1 - Quantifying the greywater generated and assessing its quality

Water SA

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-432

  Carden, Kirsty ^a   Armitage, Neil ^a   Winter, Kevin ^a   Sichone, Owen ^a   Rivett, Ulrike ^a   Kahonde, Justine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Valuations Department   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Greywater generation; Greywater quality; Greywater quantities; Non sewered areas

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; GREYWATER GENERATION; GREYWATER QUALITY; GREYWATER QUANTITIES; NON-SEWERED AREAS;

RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547111802     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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