Fog water as an alternative and sustainable water resource

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-249

  Domen, Jeremy K ^a   Stringfellow, William T ^a,b   Camarillo, Mary Kay ^a   Gulati, Shelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fog water harvesting; Reforestation; Sustainable water resource

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; FOG; HARVESTING; HYDROLOGY; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION; WIND;

ALTERNATIVE WATER RESOURCE; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; ECOSYSTEM RECOVERIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FOG WATER; HOUSEHOLD WATER; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 84899071214     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-013-0645-z     Document Type: Review

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