Ecological Sanitation and nutrient recovery from human urine: How far have we come? A review

Sustainable Environment Research - Tập 27 Số 3 - Trang 107-116 - 2017
Prithvi Simha1,2, Mahesh Ganesapillai3
1Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Budapest 1051, Hungary
2School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
3School of Civil and Chemical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore 632 014, India

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