China's wastewater discharge standards in urbanization: Evolution, challenges and implications: Evolution, challenges and implications

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1422-1431

  Li, Wen Wei ^a   Sheng, Guo Ping ^a   Zeng, Raymond J ^a   Liu, Xian Wei ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China; Discharge standards; Evolution; Industrial; Urbanization; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUROPEAN UNION; FUTURE PROSPECT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; URBANIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POPULATION GROWTH; SEWAGE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POPULATION GROWTH; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84863191557     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0572-7     Document Type: Article

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