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Original Articles

Impact of a real-time controlled wastewater subsurface drip disposal system on the selected chemical properties of a vertisol

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Pages 1341-1347 | Received 15 Aug 2012, Accepted 31 Oct 2012, Published online: 10 Jan 2013

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