Embodied water accounting and renewability assessment for ecological wastewater treatment

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 4628-4635

  Shao, Ling ^a,b   Chen, G Q ^c,d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b China University of Geosciences Beijing)   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Embodied water; Interaction between natural circulation and human society; Renewability assessment; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RECLAMATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENTS; HUMAN SOCIETY; RENEWABILITY ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84959458950     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.096     Document Type: Article

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