Water footprint, water recycling and food-industry supply chains

Handbook of Waste Management and Co-Product Recovery in Food Processing

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 134-168

  Klemes J J ^a   Varbanov, P S ^a   Lam, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

wastewater minimisation; water demand; water footprint; water recycling; water reuse; water supply chain

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FOOD PROCESSING; RECYCLING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS); WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DISTRIBUTED WATER; FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HIGH QUALITY WATER; MINIMISATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER REUSE;

WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 84941284985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845697051.2.134     Document Type: Chapter

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