Perspectives on sustainable wastewater treatment technologies and reuse options in the urban areas of the Mediterranean region

Desalination

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 162-174

  Bdour, Ahmed N ^a   Hamdi, Moshrik R ^a   Tarawneh, Zeyad ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Decentralizing; Reuse; Socioeconomic factors; Sustainability; Wastewater treatment technologies

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; NUTRIENTS; RECLAMATION; SANITATION; SEWAGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DECENTRALIZING; REUSE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 58149203204     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.12.030     Document Type: Article

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