Investigation of wastewater resuse potential in Thessaly region, Greece

Desalination

Volumn 248, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 1029-1038

  Bakopoulou, S ^a   Kungolos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Consumers' acceptability; Farmers' acceptability; Recycled water use; Thessaly region

Indexed keywords

CONSUMERS' ACCEPTABILITY; CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; FARMERS' ACCEPTABILITY; NONMARKET; PERSONAL DATA; RECYCLED WATER; RECYCLED WATER USE; SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY; THESSALY REGION; WASTEWATER REUSE; WATER SHORTAGES;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; RESOURCE VALUATION; SURVEYS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RECYCLING;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALY;

EID: 70349484240     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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