It has been demonstrated that existing technologies for advanced water treatment can successfully upgrade wastewater to drinking water quality in large scale. There are installation for water reuse/water reclaim in California that are treating municipal wastewater to drinking water quality in volumes over 70 MGD. These technologies employed include membrane filtration, RO, UV and ozone. […]
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Jamaica Considers Water Reclamation
Whenever there is a drought, Jamaican households go without water and crops yields are affected. There is also an increase in water-borne illnesses such as gastroenteritis. One method for overcoming the problems associated with occasions of drought in Jamaica is reclaiming water. Reclamation of water is the treatment or processing of wastewater to make it […]
Australian Floods May Have Been Prevented by Water Reuse Schemes
The long Australian drought increase interest in Australia for people to talk seriously about recycling our sewage to use as drinking water. It is possible that if recycling schemes had been in place, the massive floods that followed last year might not have happened. There are two kinds of recycled water: ‘Indirect potable reuse’ or […]
Orange County Reclamation Project a Model for the World
Water Factory 21 (WF21), Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD), was dedicated in a 1977 and transforms secondary municipal wastewater into water that exceeds drinking water standards. In 1991, the Orange County Water District (OCWD) was granted a California Department of Health Services permit to inject 100 percent reclaimed wastewater into a potable water aquifer without […]
Tokyo Wastewater Reclamation Process uses Ozone and Microfiltration
The Japan ozone Association in conjunction with the Water Re-Use Promotion Center, the Japan Water Works Association and the Japan Industrial Water Association held a seminar cover various issues related to ozone in water treatment with a focus on water reuse. A highlight of the meeting was a tour of a water reclamation projection where […]
El Paso Completes Expansion of Waste Water Relamation Plant
El Paso Water Utilities is finishing an expansion of its Fred Hervey Water Reclamation Plant. This upgrade adds 2 million gallons per day of capacity at the plant. The $16.2 million project took about two years and should be completed by the beginning of February. The plant treats waste water to drinking-quality water. About 44% […]
Safety of Reclaimed Water Discussed in Flagstaff, AZ
A panel was gathered at Northern Arizona University DuBois Center to answer questionsabout wastewater treatment techniques and the safety of using or drinking reclaimed water. Flagstaff plans to sell reclaimed water to an Arizona sledding facility for snow making. The panel included Shane Snyder of the U of Arizona, Chuck Graf of the Arizona DEQ […]
Marines to Recycle Wastewater in San Diego for Landscape Irrigation
The Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San diego is pioneering a type of on-site wastewater recycling system. It will divert 10,000 gallons of sewage at the base each day, treat it to state standards and pump it through irrigation lines to the roots of landscape plants. If all works according to plan, passers-by won’t notice […]
Advanced Oxidation Process Added to Wastewater Reclaimation System in Southern California
Parsons was selected by the Orange County Water District (OCWD) to provide construction management services for the $128 million Initial Expansion of the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) in Fountain Valley, CA. Scheduled for completion in 2014, this project will increase the treatment capacity of the GWRS by 31,000 acre-feet per year. GWRS, the largest advanced […]
West Basin to use Ozone Pretreatment for Water Reclamation
West Basin’s Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility in El Segundo, CA will be undergoing its fourth expansion since its original construction in 1995. The facility which currently produces 30 million gallons per day (MGD) is being expanded by an additional 16 MGD. Under the expansion, water purification facilities will be expanded to produce an […]