Wastewater reuse planning in agriculture: The case of Aitoloakarnania, Western Greece

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 988-1004

  Kalavrouziotis, Ioannis K ^a   Arambatzis, Christos ^b   Kalfountzos, Dimitrios ^c   Varnavas, Soterios P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Environmental protection; Irrigation water demand; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SOILS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; IRRIGATION WATER REQUIREMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; POTENTIAL POLLUTIONS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 84900010273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w3040988     Document Type: Article

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