Community-focused greywater management in two informal settlements in South Africa

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2341-2350

  Armitage, N P ^a   Winter, K ^a   Spiegel, A ^a   Kruger, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive decision making process; Community focused solutions; Greywater management; Informal settlements; Participatory action research; Urban drainage

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE DECISION MAKING; ADAPTIVE DECISION MAKING PROCESS; GREYWATER; GREYWATER MANAGEMENT; INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS; PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH; URBAN DRAINAGE;

INVESTMENTS; POTABLE WATER;

DECISION MAKING;

GREY WATER; STORM WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING WATER; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MIGRATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REFUSE; SANITATION; STORMWATER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; GOVERNMENT; GREYWATER MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; INVESTMENT; LEARNING; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SELF HELP; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; SEWAGE; SOUTH AFRICA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70149091526     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.294     Document Type: Article

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