Sanitation for unserved populations: Technologies, implementation challenges, and opportunities

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 33, Issue , 2008, Pages 119-151

  Nelson, Kara L ^a   Murray, Ashley ^b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological sanitation; Millennium development goals; Wastewater treatment; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL SANITATION; GLOBAL POPULATION; HUMAN HEALTH; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; SANITATION SERVICES; SANITATION SYSTEMS; WATER REUSE;

ENERGY CONVERSION; SALVAGING; SANITATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

EID: 68049117234     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.environ.33.022007.145142     Document Type: Article

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