A step towards decentralized wastewater management in the Lower Jordan Rift Valley

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3117-3128

  Van Afferden, M ^a   Cardona, J A ^b   Rahman, K Z ^a   Daoud, R ^c   Headley, T ^a   Kilani, Z ^d   Subah, A ^e   Mueller, R A ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b BDZ Training and Demonstration Centre for Decentralized Sewage Treatment   (Germany)

^c Jude Center   (Jordan)

^d Water Authority   (Jordan)

^e Ministry of Water and Irrigation   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Decentralized wastewater management; Jordan; Rural sector; Treatment potential; Urban sector

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT; JORDAN; RURAL SECTOR; TREATMENT POTENTIAL; URBAN SECTOR;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFORMS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; RECYCLING; RIFT ZONE; RURAL AREA; SEWER NETWORK; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; DECENTRALIZATION; FLUID INTAKE; JORDAN; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; RURAL AREA; SEWER; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; POLLUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEWAGE; STANDARD; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

JORDAN VALLEY;

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; JORDAN; POLITICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77956622049     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.234     Document Type: Article

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