Municipal wastewater treatment in Mexico: Current status and opportunities for employing ecological treatment systems

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1151-1158

  Zurita, Florentina ^a   Roy, Eric D ^b   White, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Ecological treatment systems; Mexico; Municipal wastewater; Waste stabilization ponds

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECOLOGY; LAKES; POPULATION STATISTICS; STABILIZATION; STABILIZATION PONDS; WASTE TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ECOLOGICAL TREATMENT; ME-XICO; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; MEXICO; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SEWAGE; URBAN POPULATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

ENTREPRENEURSHIP; MEXICO; RURAL POPULATION; SEWAGE; URBAN POPULATION; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84865833977     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.610364     Document Type: Article

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