Reclaimed water: A safe irrigation water source?

Environmental Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-83

  Chen, Weiping ^a   Lu, Sidan ^a   Jiao, Wentao ^a   Wang, Meie ^a   Chang, Andrew C ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging contaminants; Heavy metal pollution; Nitrate leaching; Pathogens; Reclaimed water irrigation; Soil salinization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887615812     PISSN: 22114645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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