Raising discharge standards leads to environmental problem shifting in China

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2605-2612

  Zhu, Lingyun ^a   Liu, Beibei ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Bi, Jun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Discharge standards; Eutrophication; Greenhouse gas; Life cycle inventory

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; EUTROPHICATION POTENTIALS; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER QUALITY PROTECTION;

EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; WATER QUALITY;

STANDARDS;

FOSSIL FUEL; HEAVY METAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; EMISSION INVENTORY; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE; PARADIGM SHIFT; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA;

CHINA; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; RECYCLING; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84892722234     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.537     Document Type: Article

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