Sustainable strategies on water supply management in Hong Kong

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-199

  Yue, Derek P T ^a   Tang, S L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conservation; Drinking water; Environmental management; Integrated water management; Public participation; Rainwater harvesting; Reuse; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; REUSE; SUSTAINABILITY;

DESALINATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS; POTABLE WATER; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

WATER CONSERVATION;

SEA WATER;

DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PIPELINE; POPULATION GROWTH; RAINWATER; RECYCLING; REPAIR; SEAWATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; DESALINATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HONG KONG; NONHUMAN; PIPELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79955713353     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2009.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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