Assessing environmental risks of laundry detergents in greywater used for irrigation

Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 61-77

  Stevens, Daryl ^a   Dillon, Peter ^b   Page, Declan ^b   Warne, Michael ^b,c   Ying, Guang Guo ^b,d  

^a Atura Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research ^*  (Australia)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Detergent; Environment; Greywater; Groundwater protection; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890561560     PISSN: 22201319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2011.027     Document Type: Article

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