Barriers to Water Reuse

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• Compromised resilience, high failure and public health risk

  Centralized treatment plants have a large harm radius if attacked, or failure occurs. Non-potable w…

  341 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by unknown June 2020
• The prevailing water reuse is location/geography dependent

  Plants are large and require geographical considerations in construction. This may include the avai…

  58 views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by Thanku April 2020
• The cost of water is rising and centralized water reuse requires rigid upfront investment

  Cost of non-reused water is increasing due to higher contamination and poor wastewater management s…

  51 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by GREENLY March 2020
• Maintenance of centralized water treatment is cumbersome and costly

  Centralized wastewater treatment plants and water reuse plants run cumbersome operations 24/7 by hi…

  51 views 27 comments 0 points Most recent by NickOttens March 2020
• Water treatment is energy intensive, affecting sustainability efforts

  Water reuse treatment, and particularly to potable water quality, is energy- and water-intensive, c…

  61 views 23 comments 0 points Most recent by NickOttens March 2020
• Infrastructure is non existent or too expensive and hard to maintain

  Water and wastewater infrastructure is not universally available and further challenged by urbaniza…

  111 views 25 comments 0 points Most recent by [Deleted User] March 2020
• Infrastructure to balance floods and droughts

  In our changing climate we face an increasing challenge of floods and droughts - in the same place …

  11 views 3 comments 1 point Most recent by akb March 2020
• The widespread focus on non-potable reuse limits water reuse, increases costs and health risks

  Global water reuse leaders focus on non-potable water, which introduces an additional layer of safe…

  21 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by GREENLY March 2020
• Phyco-remediation of Wastewater

  Phyco-remediation of wastewater is the most sustainable and economical solution. Wastewater treatm…

  11 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Eti March 2020
• Lack of political will and restrictive regulation limits water reuse and public acceptance

  There appears to be a lack of political will to take on water reuse and public acceptance -- as wel…

  21 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by NickOttens March 2020
• Institutional framework incentives

  There is no structured institutional framework that encourages water reuse in most developing count…

  11 views 2 comments 3 points Most recent by TerryMulligan February 2020
• New technology innovations can unlock water reuse

  While theoretically less energy is typically required to return wastewater to fit-for-purpose water…

  31 views 5 comments 1 point Most recent by Caroline February 2020