Financial and economic feasibility of decentralized wastewater reuse systems in Beijing

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1965-1973

  Liang, Xiao ^a   Van Dijk, Meine Pieter ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decentralized wastewater reuse systems; Economic analysis; Financial analysis; Reclaimed water

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED WASTEWATER; DECENTRALIZED WASTEWATER REUSE SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; FINANCIAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL PROBLEMS; LOW RATES; MONETARY VALUE; POOR PERFORMANCE; PROJECT MANAGERS; RE-CLAIMED WATER; SOCIAL EFFECTS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FINANCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

DECENTRALIZATION; DESIGN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECENTRALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FINANCE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MANAGER; PERFORMANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

CHINA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77953153665     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.105     Document Type: Article

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