The implications of household greywater treatment and reuse for municipal wastewater flows and micropollutant loads

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1549-1560

  Revitt, D Michael ^a   Eriksson, Eva ^b   Donner, Erica ^b,c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Greywater treatment; Priority substances; Recycling; Scenario analyses; Sludge disposal; Wastewater influent

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

GREYWATER RECYCLING; GREYWATER REUSE; GREYWATER TREATMENT; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PRIORITY SUBSTANCES; RECYCLING; SCENARIOS ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER FLOW; WASTEWATER INFLUENT;

POTABLE WATER;

CADMIUM; GREYWATER; LEAD; NICKEL; NONYLPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ADSORPTION; BIOMONITORING; DOMESTIC WASTE; DRINKING WATER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT; RECYCLING; RESEARCH WORK; SLUDGE; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WATER USE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HOUSEHOLD; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CYCLE; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 78651441818     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.11.027     Document Type: Article

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