ZeroWasteWater: Short-cycling of wastewater resources for sustainable cities of the future

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-264

  Verstraete, Willy ^a   Vlaeminck, Siegfried E ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

algal roof; end of pipe; microalgae; OLAND; recovery; recycling; reuse; sustainability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; MICROALGA; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PIPE; PUMP; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ALGAE;

EID: 79955563434     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2011.570804     Document Type: Article

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