Typology of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Technologies in Latin America

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 926-932

  Noyola, Adalberto ^a   Padilla Rivera, Alejandro ^a   Morgan Sagastume, Juan Manuel ^a   Güereca, Leonor Patricia ^a   Hernández Padilla, Flor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Operational costs; Small wastewater treatment plants; Wastewater characterization; Wastewater infrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84866519330     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100707     Document Type: Article

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