A multicriteria analysis application for evaluating the possibility of reusing wastewater for irrigation purposes in a Greek region

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 262-270

  Bakopoulou, Sophia ^a   Vasiloglou, Vasileios ^b   Kungolos, Athanassios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Integrated evaluation; Irrigation; Multicriteria analysis; Thessaly region; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025345164     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.669226     Document Type: Article

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