Rainwater harvesting and greywater treatment systems for domestic application in Ireland

Desalination

Volumn 260, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Li, Zhe ^a   Boyle, Fergal ^a   Reynolds, Anthony ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Domestic water supply; Greywater treatment; Ireland; Rainwater harvesting; Sustainable living

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RAIN; WATER SUPPLY;

DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY; GREYWATER TREATMENT; IRELAND; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; SUSTAINABLE LIVING;

WATER TREATMENT;

RAINWATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

IRELAND;

EID: 77958484448     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.05.035     Document Type: Review

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