Desalination in Spain: Recent developments and recommendations

Desalination

Volumn 255, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 97-106

  Palomar, P ^a,b   Losada, I J ^b  

^a Ministerio de Agricultura Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brine; Desalination; Discharge; Mediterranean marine environment; Posidonia oceanica

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; COASTAL WATERS; CONVERSION RATES; DESALINATED WATER; DESALINATION PLANT; DISCHARGE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MEDITERRANEAN MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; REVERSE OSMOSIS TECHNOLOGIES; SEAGRASSES;

DESALINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; IRRIGATION; OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATER RECYCLING;

BRINE; DESALINATION; EFFLUENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OSMOSIS; WASTE FACILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TREATMENT;

SPAIN;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 77949264856     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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