Beyond User Acceptance: A Legitimacy Framework for Potable Water Reuse in California

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 7552-7561

  Harris Lovett, Sasha R ^a,b   Binz, Christian ^a,c,e   Sedlak, David L ^a,d   Kiparsky, Michael ^a,b   Truffer, Bernhard ^a,c,f  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d Berkeley   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; MARKETING; PLANNING; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT;

ADVANCED TREATMENT; MARKETING STRATEGY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; POTABLE WATER REUSE; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; RESOURCE MANAGERS; USER ACCEPTANCE; WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; WASTE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; MARKETING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECYCLING; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TREATMENT;

REVIEW; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER CYCLE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; RECYCLING; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER;

CALIFORNIA; ORANGE COUNTY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DRINKING WATER; RECYCLING; WASTE WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84936792050     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00504     Document Type: Review

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