Water quality improvements through constructed wetlands: A case study in Mexico

Proceedings of the 3rd IASTED African Conference on Water Resource Management, AfricaWRM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 193-197

  Starkl, M ^a   Essl, L ^a   Martinez, J L ^b   Lopez, E ^b  

^a Centre for Environmental Management and Decision Support (CEMDS)   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Institutional aspects; Performance; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

LAKES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS; ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES; PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS;

WETLANDS;

EID: 84858645149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2316/p.2010.686-078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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