Potable Reuse Treatment Trains Throughout the World

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Publication Title

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volume

62

Issue

6

First page number:

321

Last page number:

338

Abstract

Potable reuse is becoming an increasingly common strategy for bolstering water resource portfolios in water-scarce regions. Each application poses unique challenges, whether related to treatment goals, regulatory requirements, or political and public acceptance, and these issues have a significant impact on the final treatment train selection. This review describes the various potable reuse frameworks and illustrates the importance of environmental buffers as a treatment barrier and as a distinction between ‘indirect’ and ‘direct’ potable reuse applications. This review also highlights more than 20 potable reuse treatment trains currently in operation or under construction throughout the world. The unit processes in each train are identified and a brief summary of their advantages and limitations in relation to alternative processes is included.

Keywords

Advanced water treatment; Potable reuse; Treatment train; Water; Water—Purification; Water reuse; Water-supply

Disciplines

Civil and Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Sciences | Fresh Water Studies | Water Resource Management

Language

English

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