Membrane filtration of municipal wastewater effluents for implementing agricultural reuse in southern Italy

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1121-1128

  Lopez, A ^a   Pollice, A ^a   Laera, G ^a   Lonigro, A ^b   Rubino, P ^b  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Membrane filtration; Reclamation process; Wastewater reuse; Water demand management

Indexed keywords

COPPER ACCUMULATION; FIELD SCALE; FILTRATION SYSTEMS; LONG TERM; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; MUNICIPAL EFFLUENTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; RE-CLAIMED WATER; RECLAMATION PROCESS; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; SOUTHERN ITALY; TEST FIELDS; TREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER REUSE; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER SOURCE;

CROPS; EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; SOILS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

BIOINDICATOR; CROP ROTATION; CYST; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; GEOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MEMBRANE; PROTOZOAN; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FILTRATION; ITALY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROORGANISM; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FILTRATION; FOENICULUM; ITALY; LETTUCE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

ITALY; PUGLIA;

FOENICULUM VULGARE; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 78049405292     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.393     Document Type: Article

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