Is water reuse sustainable? Factors affecting its sustainability

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 2 C, 2005, Pages 3-15

  Kennedy, Lori A ^a   Tsuchihashi, Ryujiro ^b,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Metcalf and Eddy Inc   (United States)

^c Metoalf and Eddy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Sustainable development; Wastewater treatment; Water management; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849086150     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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