Assessment of de facto wastewater reuse across the U.S.: Trends between 1980 and 2008

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 11099-11105

  Rice, Jacelyn ^a   Wutich, Amber ^b   Westerhoff, Paul ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER SOURCES; SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY; TREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; WASTEWATER REUSE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER SUPPLY SOURCES;

EFFLUENTS; STREAM FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

DRINKING WATER;

DISCHARGE; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; RECYCLING; STREAMFLOW; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

DRINKING WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECYCLING; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84885128868     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402792s     Document Type: Article

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