The Global Rise of Zero Liquid Discharge for Wastewater Management: Drivers, Technologies, and Future Directions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 6846-6855

  Tong, Tiezheng ^a   Elimelech, Menachem ^a,b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIQUIDS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA AND INDIA; CRITICAL REVIEW; EMERGING ECONOMIES; GLOBAL APPLICATIONS; MEMBRANE-BASED PROCESS; RESEARCH NEEDS; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT; ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGES;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; COST; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDIA; LIQUID; REVIEW; SOLID WASTE; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE WATER;

CHINA; INDIA; UNITED STATES;

WASTE WATER;

CHINA; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84979086841     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01000     Document Type: Review

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