Alternative water sources and reuse: what are the public  health issues?

Mitakakis, Teresa Z; Sinclair, Martha I; Leder, Karin

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05918.x

Topics

Environment and public health

National water-recycling guidelines will address both health and environmental risks

Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, and the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.

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