Evaluating greywater reuse potential for sustainable water resources management in Oman

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 315-327

  Jamrah, Ahmad ^a   Al Futaisi, Ahmed ^b   Prathapar, Sanmugan ^b   Harrasi, Ali Al ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Greywater; Kitchen; Laundry; Oman; Public acceptance; Reuse; Shower; Sink

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING;

GREYWATER AVAILABILITY; GREYWATER QUALITY; GREYWATER QUANTITY ESTIMATION; REUSE POTENTIAL;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC CARBON;

ESTIMATION METHOD; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RECYCLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUID INTAKE; OMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; OMAN; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

ESCHERICHIA;

EID: 38349080046     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9767-2     Document Type: Article

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