The full cost analysis of reclaimed water reuse: Qingdao city as an example

摘要

With the ever-increasing urban population and economic activities,water usage and demand are continuously increasing.Hence,finding adequate water supply and fully utilizing wastewater become important issues in sustainable urban development and environmental benign aspect.Developing wastewater reclamation and reuse system is of specific significance to exploit new water resource and save natural fresh water supplied.In view of water reuse cost is the main factor to promote the use of,Qingdao city as an example the full cost analysis of reclaimed water reuse is carried out combination of external theory,this preliminary studies can help to understand and increase knowledge in utilizing reclaimed water,to foresee the feasibility of developing new water resource,to estimate the cost-effectiveness of reclaimed water in metropolitan city.