Potential of natural treatment technologies for wastewater management in India

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 500-511

  Starkl, M ^a   Amerasinghe, P ^b   Essl, L ^a   Jampani, M ^b   Kumar, D ^c   Asolekar, S R ^c  

^a Centre of Environmental Management and Decision Support   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Duckweed ponds; Natural treatment ponds; Rapid sustainability assessment; Waste stabilization ponds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888791817     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2013.016     Document Type: Article

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