Economic feasibility study for phosphorus recovery processes

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 408-416

  Molinos Senante, María ^a   Hernández Sancho, Francesc ^a   Sala Garrido, Ramon ^a   Garrido Baserba, Manel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Economic feasibility; Environmental benefits; Phosphorus recovery; Shadow prices; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INCENTIVE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PRICE DETERMINATION; SHADOW PRICING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79955911486     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0101-9     Document Type: Article

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