Application of a system approach and optimisation of different alternatives in the practice of decentralised wastewater reuse

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-294

  Hranova, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Evolutionary optimisation; Grey water; On site sanitation; Wastewater systems

Indexed keywords

BOTSWANA; BUILDING COSTS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; COST EFFECTIVE; COST ESTIMATIONS; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; DECENTRALISED; EFFLUENT REUSE; EVOLUTIONARY METHOD; EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISATION; GREY WATER; LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION; LIMITED IRRIGATIONS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; ON-SITE SANITATION; OPTIMISATIONS; POPULATION DENSITIES; SOLVER TOOLS; SYSTEM APPROACH; TOILET FLUSHING; WASTEWATER REUSE; WASTEWATER REUSE SYSTEM; WASTEWATER SYSTEMS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; IRRIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; RECYCLING; SANITATION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BOTSWANA; GABORONE;

EID: 78449295778     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286600902883173     Document Type: Article

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