Characteristics of water quality of municipal wastewater treatment plants in China: Implications for resources utilization and management

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 131, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-9

  Sun, Yan ^a   Chen, Zhuo ^a   Wu, Guangxue ^a,b   Wu, Qianyuan ^a,b   Zhang, Feng ^a   Niu, Zhangbin ^c   Hu, Hong Ying ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua Berkeley Shenzhen Institute   (China)

^c Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development   (China)

Author keywords

Provincial characteristics; Wastewater influent and effluent quality; Wastewater resources; Wastewater treatment plant; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENT QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; PROVINCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER REUSE;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 84975137995     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.068     Document Type: Article

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