Groundwater aquifer recharge with treated wastewater in Egypt: Technical, environmental, economical and regulatory considerations

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 266-278

  El Arabi, Nahed E ^a   Dawoud, Mohamed A ^a  

^a National Water Research Center Building   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Artificial recharge; ASR; Egypt; Groundwater; Infiltration; Recharge; TSE; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866437190     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.696405     Document Type: Article

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