Lacks and needs of R&D on wastewater treatment in small populations

Water Practice and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Aragon C A ^a   Salas, J J ^a   Ortega, E ^b   Ferrer, Y ^b  

^a Foundation Centre for New Water Technologies (CENTA)   (Spain)

^b Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extensive technologies; Intensive technologies; R D; Small populations; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; EXTENSIVE TECHNOLOGIES; INTENSIVE TECHNOLOGIES; LARGE CITIES; RESEARCH GROUPS; SMALL COMMUNITY; SMALL POPULATION; SMALL TOWNS;

AGGLOMERATION; RECLAMATION; SANITATION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TECHNOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80054013004     PISSN: 1751231X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wpt.2011.030     Document Type: Article

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