Decision Support Tool for Water Reclamation Beyond Technical Considerations—Egyptian, Moroccan, and Tunisian Case Studies

• Published in: Integrated environmental assessment and management Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 885 - 897
• Main Authors: Oertlé, Emmanuel, Mueller, Sandra Regina, Choukr‐Allah, Redouane, Jaouani, Atef
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Case studies; Conservation of Natural Resources; Costs; Decision analysis; Decision support systems; Decision support tool (DST); Drainage canals; Economics; Egypt; Environmental legislation; Food; Foods; Humans; Impaired water use; Industrial crops; Industrial wastes; Industrial wastewater; Irrigation; Irrigation water; Legal aspects; Legislation; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle costs; Market prices; Middle East and North Africa (MENA); Morocco; Multicriteria analysis (MCA); Multiple criterion; Municipal wastewater; Nonfood crops; Policies; Random Allocation; Reclaimed water; Security; Subsidies; Tunisia; Waste Disposal, Fluid; Waste Water; Wastewater; Wastewater renovation; Wastewater treatment; Water; Water management; Water Purification; Water reclamation; Water resources management (WRM); Water reuse; Water reuse (WR); Water security; Water Supply; Morocco; Tunisia; Egypt; Water reuse (WR); Decision support tool (DST); Multicriteria analysis (MCA); Water resources management (WRM); Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

ABSTRACT While the Middle East and North African (MENA) region is facing challenges to sustain water security, water reclamation has received increasing consideration as a favorable mitigating solution. Despite the availability of adequate technologies, economic, political, legal, social, and enviro...