Water reuse

In the framework of the international project “Integrated Concepts for Water Reuse” (Aquarec), an independent task-force composed by water and wastewater utilities professionals, consultants and researchers was assigned the task and produced a manual of management practices for water reuse schemes.

The dairy industry is among the most polluting of the food industries in volume in regard to its large water consumption. The present work was related to investigations about practices of water management of 11 dairy plants. Treatment of the process water produced in the starting, equilibrating, sto

Decision support software (DSS) for Water Treatment for Reuse with Network Distribution (WTRNet) has been developed within the AQUAREC project on “Integrated Concepts for Reuse of Upgraded Wastewater”, under the Fifth European Community Framework Programme. The overall objective of work conducted as

As water resources become more limited and waste discharge becomes increasingly problematic, the concept of water reuse is becoming important. Recently, use of greywater and rainwater as alternative water resources has drawn attention. However, lack of useful information on the combined use of greyw

Both the relationship between the flux and the fouling mechanism of ultrafiltration (UF) membrane and the effects of pretreatment before reverse osmosis (RO) process on the treatment of the effluent of industrial park wastewater treatment plant (IPWTP) were investigated to examine the application of

A bench scale submerged microfiltration system coupled with high concentration of PAC (powdered activated carbon) was applied in order to purify a river water containing secondary effluent. The system was operated with four different modes: Run-1, -2, -3 and -4. The PAC concentration was set at 0, 4

A combination of coagulation and ultrafiltration (UF) processes for textile wastewater reclamation was investigated using various types of coagulating chemicals such as polyamine, alum, polyaluminum chloride (PACl), and ferric salts. The potential of the combined system was evaluated to replace the

The main objective of this study is to investigate the reuse possibility of effluent from a vertical submerged membrane bioreactor (VSMBR) treating municipal wastewater. The average removal efficiencies of total chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (T-N), and total phosphorus (T-P) were 96,

Nowadays, water is deteriorating for several reasons, such as an increase in wastewater that flows into rivers and the limitation of water resources. Therefore, we have concentrated our plans on securing water resources by reusing wastewater treatment effluent. In this study the reuse system was org

Sustainability has various meanings in the context of water reclamation and reuse. In one sense it acknowledges that to sustain our water supplies we must develop technologies that can efficiently reclaim wastewater to augment natural supplies. Membrane technology is playing a vital role in this app