What Is the Future of Water Reuse?

摘要

As demands on existing water supplies increase and discharge standards become stricter, more people will become interested in reusing reclaimed water.rnIn the United States, total maximum daily load negotiations associated with protecting high-quality receiving waters or effluent-dominated reaches likely will lead to more restrictive discharge standards. Once nutrient or metal limits for discharged effluent become more restrictive than those for drinking water, people will begin asking: "Why discharge reusable-quality effluent when it is a cost-effective alternative water supply?"