Wastewater management through the ages: A history of mankind

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5254-5264

  Lofrano, Giusy ^a   Brown, Jeanette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient civilizations; History; Sanitation; Society; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS; CLEAN WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; FUTURE CHALLENGES; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN HEALTH; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SOCIETY; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SANITATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FUTURE PROSPECT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLICY APPROACH; POLLUTION CONTROL; SANITATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FRANCE; GERMANY; HISTORICAL PERIOD; HISTORY; ITALY; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLUDGE TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CIVILIZATION; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; GREEK WORLD; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; ROMAN WORLD; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956871482     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.062     Document Type: Review

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