Valuing stormwater, rainwater and wastewater in the soft path for water management: Australian case studies

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2854-2861

  Chanan, A ^a   Vigneswaran, S ^a   Kandasamy, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Rainwater harvesting; Rainwater tanks; Soft path for water; Stormwater reuse; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAINWATER TANKS; SOFT PATH FOR WATER; STORMWATERS; WASTEWATER REUSE;

TANKS (CONTAINERS); WASTEWATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

RAIN; STORM WATER;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; RAINWATER; STORMWATER; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; INDUSTRY; PROCESSING; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; RAIN; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER MOVEMENTS; WETLANDS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 78751470930     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.544     Document Type: Article

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