Current status in wastewater treatment, reuse and research in some mediterranean countries

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2015-2030

  Kalavrouziotis, Ioannis K ^a   Kokkinos, Petros ^b   Oron, Gideon ^c   Fatone, Francesco ^d,e   Bolzonella, David ^d,e   Vatyliotou, Margarita ^f   Fatta Kassinos, Despo ^f   Koukoulakis, Prodromos H ^g   Varnavas, Soterios P ^h  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e Interuniversity Consortium Chemistry for the Environment   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^g Soil Science Institute of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Irrigation; Mediterranean basin; Reuse; Wastewater; Water scarce region

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922822740     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.860632     Document Type: Article

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