Assessing the net benefits of using wastewater treated with a membrane bioreactor for irrigating vegetables in Crete

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 458-464

  Maton, Laure ^a   Psarras, Georgios ^b   Kasapakis, Giannis ^b   Ravn Lorenzen, Jesper ^c   Andersen, Martin ^c   Boesen, Mads ^d   Nøhr Bak, Søren ^c   Chartzoulakis, Kostas ^b   Marcus Pedersen, Soren ^d   Kloppmann, Wolfram ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c Grundfos DK AS   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Economics; Environmental benefits; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; COSTS AND BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FINANCIAL VIABILITY; GROUNDWATER SUPPLY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NEW RESIDENCE; RE-CLAIMED WATER; TREATED WASTEWATER; TREATMENT PLANTS; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; WATER SCARCITY; WATER SHORTAGES;

BIOREACTORS; GROUNDWATER; RURAL AREAS; VEGETABLES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ARID REGION; BIOREACTOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MEMBRANE; RURAL AREA; VEGETABLE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 78649809561     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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