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An overview of reclaimed water reuse in China
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China is facing severe water problems including scarcity and pollution which are now becoming key factors restricting developments and its experience can benefit the development of water reuse in other regions.Abstract:
China is facing severe water problems including scarcity and pollution which are now becoming key factors restricting developments. Creating an alternative water resource and reducing effluent discharges, water reuse has been recognized as an integral part of water and wastewater management scheme in China. The government has launched nationwide efforts to optimize the benefits of utilizing reclaimed water. This article reviewed the water reuse activities in China, including: (1) application history and current status; (2) potentials of reclaimed water reuse; (3) laws, policies and regulations governing reclaimed water reuse; (4) risks associated with reclaimed water reuse; (5) issues in reclaimed water reuse. Reclaimed water in Beijing and Tianjin were given as examples. Suggestions for improving the efficiencies of reusing urban wastewater were advanced. Being the largest user of reclaimed wastewater in the world, China's experience can benefit the development of water reuse in other regions.read more
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Wastewater reuse in irrigation: a microbiological perspective on implications in soil fertility and human and environmental health.
Cristina Becerra-Castro,Ana R. Lopes,Ivone Vaz-Moreira,Elisabete Silva,Célia M. Manaia,Olga C. Nunes +5 more
TL;DR: The maintenance of a rich and diversified autochthonous soil microbiota and the use of treated wastewater with minimal levels of potential soil contaminants are proposed as sine qua non conditions to achieve a sustainable wastewater reuse for irrigation.
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Current state of sewage treatment in China.
TL;DR: In this article, the current state of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in urban China from the aspects of scale, treatment processes, sludge handling, geographical distribution, and discharge standards was reported and analyzed.
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Wastewater reclamation and reuse in China: Opportunities and challenges.
TL;DR: There are many significant challenges to expand wastewater reuse in China including slow pace in adopting urban wastewater reuse programs, the establishment of integrated water resources management framework and guidelines for wastewater reuse Programs, incoherent water quality requirements, the limited commercial development of reclaimed water and the strengthening of public awareness and cooperation among stakeholders.
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A critical review of resource recovery from municipal wastewater treatment plants – market supply potentials, technologies and bottlenecks
Philipp Kehrein,Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht,Patricia Osseweijer,Marianna Garfí,Jo Dewulf,John A. Posada +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the potential of 11 resources recoverable from municipal wastewater treatment plants to supply national resource consumption is investigated in academia and nine non-technical bottlenecks are identified in literature that have to be overcome to successfully implement these technologies into wastewater treatment process designs.
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Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistances in soils from wastewater irrigation areas in Beijing and Tianjin, China.
TL;DR: The concentrations of antibiotics and abundances of resistance genes were significantly greater in irrigated soils, indicating that agricultural activities enhanced the occurrence of antibiotic and resistance genes in the soils.
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Public perception and participation in water reuse
TL;DR: The Water Environment Research Foundation in the United States funded an interdisciplinary and integrative social science study on public perception and participation in water reuse within the US as discussed by the authors, which employed a three-phase research protocol consisting of 1) literature review and three comprehensive case studies, including interpretive white papers from five different social science disciplines and public health and environmental engineering scientists, 2) a multi-stakeholder workshop to promote integrative, interdisciplinary analysis of the literature and case study findings, and 3) peer-review among twenty-one social science and water resource management experts.
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Impact of long-term reclaimed wastewater irrigation on agricultural soils: a preliminary assessment.
TL;DR: It showed that long-term effluent irrigation could be of agricultural interest due mainly to its organic matter concentrations and nutrients input, however, trace contaminants such as heavy metals in the upper horizons may be accumulated, which may eventually lead to deterioration of soil and groundwater quality and affect the sustainability of land-based disposal of effluent.
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Wastewater reuse potential analysis: implications for China's water resources management
TL;DR: A linear programming optimization model is developed to explore the potential wastewater reuse quantities, under physical and economic constraints and effectiveness of different policy scenarios of water price changes are simulated and evaluated, providing information regarding China's water and wastewater management.
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Analysis of wastewater reuse potential in Beijing
Hong Yang,Karim C. Abbaspour +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a linear programming model was used to analyse different reuse scenarios concerning alternative wastewater charges and reuse prices, and the results indicated that the wastewater reuse potential is high at competitive prices.
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The effect of information on public acceptance – The case of water from alternative sources
TL;DR: Results indicate that - both for desalinated and recycled water - the stated likelihood of use increases significantly if people are provided with information about the production process.