AWWA-20682 Using Reclaimed Water to Augment Potable Water Resources
TThe ideal guidebook to help you understand all the water reuse issues–technical, economic, regulatory, and social–you should know to make an informed decision.
If your utility is considering indirect potable water reuse to
help ease water shortages or delay the development of new water supplies, Using Reclaimed Water to
Augment Potable Water Resources is the ideal guidebook to help you understand all the
issues–technical, economic, regulatory, and social–you should know to make an
informed decision.
Developed and peer-reviewed by American Water Works Association
(AWWA) and Water Environment Federation (WEF) committees, this book is a
valuable information resource on all aspects of indirect potable water reuse.
Coverage includes all this and more:
• What indirect potable water reuse is; its benefits and risks
• Public health issues and regulations governing use
• Surface water and aquifer storage of reclaimed water
• Planning, technical, treatment, and implementation issues
• Ensuring reliability
• Public perceptions of indirect potable water reuse
• Addressing misconceptions, questions, and concerns
• Involving consumers and public officials
• Successes and failures: case studies
The book will show you how to build public acceptance for indirect potable
water reuse. It tells you what common objections and misconceptions exist
regarding indirect potable reuse. It provides strategies for public involvement
and education about how indirect potable reuse can help ease water shortages
and avoid costly development of new water supplies, while providing economic,
environmental, and social benefits. It also includes actual case studies that
examine why projects succeeded or failed, so you can avoid mistakes others have
made.
ISBN: 9781572782501
Author: Kevin D. Conway, Guy Carpenter, Margaret H. Nellor, Joseph
Reichenberger, Andy Richardson, John Ruetten
Publisher: American Water Works Association, Water Environment Federation
Publication date: 2008
AWWA catalog no: 20682
Media Type: Softbound