Assessment of Environmental Water Cost Through Physical Hydronomics

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2931-2949

  Martínez, Amaya ^a   Uche, Javier ^a   Valero, Antonio ^a   Rubio, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Exergy; Physical Hydronomics; Water costs; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

CATALONIA; CONVENTIONAL MEASUREMENTS; ENERGY UNITS; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; EXERGY COST; EXERGY LOSS; FINAL OBJECTIVE; PHYSICAL HYDRONOMICS; PHYSICAL LAWS; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; RESOURCE COSTS; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; THERMO-ECONOMICS; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; WATER COSTS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; WATER USERS; WATERBODIES;

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; DEGRADATION; ECONOMICS; EXERGY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RIVERS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER TREATMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXERGY; RIVER WATER; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 80052850728     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9786-1     Document Type: Article

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