Appropriate wastewater treatment systems for developing countries: Criteria and indictor assessment in Thailand

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1873-1884

  Singhirunnusorn, W ^a   Stenstrom, M K ^b  

^a MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate wastewater treatment systems; Criteria and indicator assessment; Developing countries; Multi criteria

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL ENVIRONMENT; CRITERIA AND INDICATOR ASSESSMENT; CRITERIA AND INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; MAIL SURVEYS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA; PARTICULAR CONDITION; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY; THAILAND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

INDICATOR;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; STANDARD;

THAILAND;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; THAILAND; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 67651212207     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.215     Document Type: Article

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