Water Reuse and Recycling,Volume I:Evaluation of Needs and Potential.

摘要

Estimates of the potential for waste water reuse and recycling in the United States in 1985and 2000are presented. Information developed by the U.S. Water Resources Council (WRC) for the Second National Water Assessment was used to supply the basic data for water supply,water needs and availability,and waste water discharges. Existing and proposed waste water reuse facilities are reported for each WRC Region. Water quality requirements are described for the following potential reusers of reclaimed waste water:agricultural irrigation,landscape irrigation,steam electric cooling,industrial cooling,and other industrial uses. Although the Nation's water supplies are generally sufficient to meet the requirements for all beneficial purposes,there are major water supply problems in most of the 21regions and severe local problems in many of the 106subregions. The purpose of the study for Volume 1is to provide information on the potential for water reuse augmentation of future water supplies in the United States.