Wastewater reuse

Increased water demand from population and economic growth, environmental needs, change in rainfall, flood contamination of good quality water and over abstraction of groundwater are all factors that will continue to create water shortage problems. This paper considers alternative solutions, which c

Wastewater is considered a major resource of the water budget in many countries around the world. This has necessitated the expansion of the applications in the industrial sector. This paper presents a feasibility study for 10,000 m3/d wastewater and seawater desalination plants in the UAE. The desa

The increasing need for water in the arid areas of the world has resulted in the emergence of new water re-use technologies. The success of water re-use projects however, does not just depend on the effectiveness and suitability of the technology, but also on the presence of an institutional framewo

Water shortage problems are becoming more widespread and are encouraging users to treat difficult waters and to value the reuse of wastewater. Membrane processes such as reverse osmosis (RO) have been used to treat such waters as well as sea water (SWRO). The applications, particularly for wastewate

The wastewater reuse system of Limassol, the second largest urban area of Cyprus, with about 200,000 inhabitants, is in operation since 1995. The high quality effluent with an annual flow of about 3.5 million m³ is fully recycled and used for many purposes such as groundwater recharge, restricted ir

This study was conducted to evaluate the applicability of microfiltration in treating domestic wastewater for reuse. A hollow fiber microfiltration membrane was used in the pilot test. The pore size of the membrane was 0.1 m and effective surface area was 20 m2. The maximum capacity of the pilot pla