Wastewater reuse

Recently, wastewater reuse is receiving a great deal of focus and interest among planners and decision makers in the West Bank, Palestine. This interest in wastewater reuse is motivated by the shortage in water resources accessibility due to the unstable political situation in the region. Much of th

The quality of effluent from urban wastewater destined for reuse was compared after treatment by a submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) and a conventional activated sludge system followed by ultrafiltration (CAS-U). The study was carried out at pilot scale, using an MBR module equipped with hollow-fi

The bio-stability of ultraviolet disinfected reused water from a tertiary biological wastewater treatment plant was investigated, using laboratory-scale simulated static water pipelines. UV disinfection was found not to be able to maintain its disinfection effect over a few days, such that the total

Textile industry processes (dyeing, bleaching, printing and finishing) require a high-water consumption generating high amounts of wastewater. According to the literature, typically 200 and 500 L of water are needed to produce 1 kg of finished product [1]. This fact in combination with the current w

The textile industry uses enormous quantities of water which in many cases are disposed to the environment with inadequate treatment. The effluent contains high salts and organics concentrations and they are therefore difficult to be treated. In this work the effluents from the cotton textile indust

Scientists working closely on issues of water reuse are far from having solved all concerns related to the practice. From the very beginning of a water reuse project, scenarios must be prepared from the ‘zero scenario’ (no reuse) through to more complex and expensive ones (e.g. reverse osmosis for p

One of the main problems in adopting extensive treatment for wastewater purification in hot climate countries, when also the effluent reuse is aimed, is the high evapotranspiration rate. This factor can play a key role in reducing the water output, a desirable effect in some cases but completely adv

The paper summarizes the current situation of urban wastewater treatment plants (UWWTP) in Turkey. Results of a detailed survey on the performance of four selected plants were given both in terms of influent and effluent quality and in comparison with the current legislation on discharge limits to r

GIS and expert knowledge are used as a decision support system to determine adequate potential soil aquifer treatment (SAT) sites for groundwater recharge of Hammamet–Nabeul aquifer located in ‘Cap Bon’ peninsula in North East of Tunisia. These sites are identified using a single-objective multi-cri

Given the fact of water shortage in the Mediterranean countries, the EMWater project (efficient management of wastewater, its treatment and reuse in the Mediterranean countries) aims to increase the security and safety of water supply through creation of public awareness and implementation of innova