Feasibility assessment of recycled water use for washing machines in Australia through SWOT analysis

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-91

  Mainali, Bandita ^a   Ngo, Huu Hao ^a   Guo, Wenshan ^a   Pham, Thi Thu Nga ^a   Johnston, Archie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

End use; SWOT analysis; Washing machine; Water recycling

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL ISSUES; END-USES; FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PUBLICS; OPTIMISATIONS; RECYCLED WATER; RECYCLING CAPACITY; RESEARCH TOOLS; RETICULATION SYSTEMS; SWOT ANALYSIS; TAP WATER; URBAN WATERS; WATER UTILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; WASHERS; WASHING; WASHING MACHINES; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RECYCLING;

RAIN; TAP WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80053467971     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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