Water Reuse - An International Survey of Current Practice, Issues and Needs

• Main Authors: Asano Takashi, Jiménez Blanca
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: IWA Publishing 2008
• Series: Scientific and technical report
• Subjects: Sustainable Energy & Development; Water Resources & Conservation; Water reuse

This book examines water reuse practices around the world from different perspectives. The objective is to show how differently wastewater reuse is conceived and practised around the world as well as to present the varied needs and possibilities for reusing wastewater. This book will be an invaluabl...

Table of Contents:

• Title Page Introduction Table of Contents 1. Water Reclamation and Reuse around the World 2. Water Reuse in Middle Eastern and North African Countries 3. Water Reuse in the Northern Mediterranean Region 4. Water Reuse in the United States and Canada 5. Water Reuse in Australia and New Zealand 6. Water Reuse in Central Europe 7. Water Reuse in Asia 8. Water Reuse in Central and Southern Regions of Africa 9. Water Reuse in Latin America and the Caribbean 10. Water Reuse Practices for Agriculture 11. Wastewater Irrigation in Urban Agriculture 12. Municipal Water Reuse 13. Current Practices of Water Reuse in Industry 14. Water Reuse via Aquifer Recharge: Intentional and Unintentional Practices 15. Ethical Dilemmas in Water Recycling 16. The Economic Dilemmas of Water Management and Reuse 17. Public Policy and Institutional Capacity Building: Opportunities for Innovation in Recycling 18. Public Acceptance of Water Reuse 19. Water Reuse Criteria: Environmental and Health Risk Based Standards and Guidelines 20. Water Reuse in Japan 21. Livelihoods from Wastewater: Water Reuse in Faisalabad, Pakistan 22. Indirect Water Reuse for Human Consumption in Germany: The Case of Berlin 23. Unplanned Reuse of Wastewater for Human Consumption: The Tula Valley, Mexico 24. Water Reuse in Windhoek, Namibia: 40 Years and Still the Only Case of Direct Water Reuse for Human Consumption 25. Industrial Water Resource Management and Recycling in Germany: Case Studies from the Food and Beverage Industry 26. A New Paradigm for Urban Water Management and How Industry is Coping with it 27. Israel as a Case Study 28. Economic Analysis of Wastewater Reuse Projects: A Methodology for Private Reuse and Public Reuse Cases 29. Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse in Spain 30. Trying to Set a Common Framework to Rule Water Reuse in the Mediterranean Region 31. Wastewater Use in High Rainfall Riverine Cities: Comparisons from Cameroon, Nepal and Vietnam 32. Case Studies in Middle Eastern and North African Countries Annexes Index