Assessment of the irrigation quality of the admixture of reverse osmosis permeate and tertiary effluent

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 60-66

  Abusam, Abdallah ^a   Al Rashidi, Hader ^b   Shahalam, Abulbasher ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b Ministry of Public Works Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Irrigation water; Reclamation; Reuse; RO permeate; Tertiary effluent; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025336420     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.691768     Document Type: Article

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