Development of analysis tools for social, economic and ecological effects of water reuse

Decision support in disinfection technologies for treated wastewater reuse

“…But socio-economic and environmental aspects should not be isolated and taken into account for a better acceptance of the disinfection treatment used. As previously stated by different authors [19][20][21], public acceptability is a prerequisite for society to establish and promote water reuse projects. The four criteria chosen in our study were subdivided into different subcriteria, with the following optimisation tendency:…”

“…On this aspect and associated to the reutilisation of the water, we find the works of Panebianco and Pahl-Wostl [19] who evaluated habits and prejudices from different agents when new wastewater treatment techniques are introduced in Germany, Menegaki et al [20] who investigated the social acceptability and the evaluation of recycled water use in Crete, and Urkiaga et al [21], who affirm the need for social and environmental implementation in this type of decisions.…”

Cation and anion monitoring in a wastewater treatment pilot project

“…For more than 20 years, scientists have been seeking ways to avoid the shortage of water resources and control the rising cost of drinking water [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

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2.7 billion people, and the volume of water will have to increase 41% to meet the needs of the population [7]. In poor countries, the problems are more alarming in relation to untreated wastewater [10].

Even though most of the farm households are aware of the environmental and health consequences related to the crop irrigation with wastewater, they still use it because of its cost advantages.

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“…2.7 billion people, and the volume of water will have to increase 41% to meet the needs of the population [7]. In poor countries, the problems are more alarming in relation to untreated wastewater [10].…”