Symposium On Water Reclamation And Reuse: Korea Pursues Recycling

摘要

In December 2008, the Korean Ministry of Environment (MOE) convened a major Symposium on Water Reclamation and Reuse to raise water industry and related market interest in water reuse in Korea. The Symposium was organised by Dr. Eun Namkung (Professor, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Myongji Univ.) who currently is leading the Eco-STAR Project in Korea. The Eco-STAR Project is a national R&D program for Water Treatment Technology supported by the Ministry of Environment in Korea. Earlier Dr. Namkung was Director General of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Bureau in the Korean Ministry of the Environment which had assumed integrated responsibility for drinking water, wastewater, water reclamation and reuse and general waste management from 1994. Particular emphasis in the Symposium was to be on the needs and aims for recycling, such as cost saving and lack of water supply; basic plans and applied technologies; quality guidelines and how they should be established; related regulations and laws; demand (quantity) and how it is determined; capital costs and treatment costs, and the potential extent of governmental support for installation and operation of sewage/wastewater reuse facilities. Examples ofrncase studies were also sought.