Urban wastewater and agricultural reuse challenges in India

IWMI Research Report

Volumn 147, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-28

  Amerasinghe, Priyanie ^a   Bhardwaj, Rajendra Mohan ^b   Scott, Christopher ^c   Jella, Kiran ^d   Marshall, Fiona ^e  

^a International Water Management Institute IWMI   (India)

^b CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Hyderabad Office of IWMI   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84876011201     PISSN: 10260862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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