Why do some wastewater treatment facilities work when the majority fail? Case study from the sanitation sector in Ghana

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Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-149

  Murray, Ashley ^a   Drechsel, Pay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IWMI's ^*  (Ghana)

Author keywords

Faecal sludge; Incentives; Monitoring and evaluation; Treatment plant; Urban infrastructure

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCENTIVE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH WORK; SANITATION; SLUDGE; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 79956153460     PISSN: 02628104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3362/1756-3488.2011.015     Document Type: Article

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