Quantitative and qualitative characteristics of grey water for reuse requirements and treatment alternatives: The case of Jordan

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1385-1396

  Ghunmi, Lina Abu ^a   Zeeman, Grietje ^b   Van Lier, Jules ^b   Fayyed, Manar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerobic; Anaerobic; Batch; Grey water; Hydrograph; Pollutograph; Reuse; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT CATION; MONOVALENT CATION;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; HYDROGRAPHY; JORDAN; RURAL AREA; SOLID; STORAGE; TENSILE STRENGTH; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER FLOW; WATER LOADING; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; JORDAN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 57149121677     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.444     Document Type: Article

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