Treating wastewater as an alternative resource in concrete manufacturing to address water shortage in construction: A review

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 379, 2026 2^nd International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Methodologies, Technologies & Applications in Engineering (ICS2MT-2026)


Article Number		01014
Number of page(s)		7
Section		Sustainable Concrete Materials and Construction Technologies
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202637901014
Published online		03 August 2026

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