Maximizing the Benefits of Reclaimed Water for Irrigating the Landscape and Protecting the Environment

EDIS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
George Hochmuth ◽  
Laurie Trenholm ◽  
Don Rainey ◽  
Esen Momol ◽  
Claire Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Water Reuse ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
Water Efficiency ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
National Leader ◽  
Soil And Water

Reclaimed water is water that has been treated in municipal wastewater facilities and is safe to use for designated purposes, including residential landscape irrigation. “Water reuse” is the term used to describe the beneficial application of reclaimed water. Approximately 663 million gallons of reclaimed water are used daily in Florida. Florida is a national leader in using reclaimed water, and in 2006 Florida’s reuse program received the first U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Water Efficiency Leader Award. Using reclaimed water in Florida meets a state objective for conserving freshwater supplies, and preserves the water quality of rivers, streams, lakes, and aquifers. This publication discusses the benefits of using reclaimed water to irrigate the landscape and explains how using reclaimed water helps to protect the environment. This 4-page fact sheet was written by George Hochmuth, Laurie Trenholm, Don Rainey, Esen Momol, Claire Lewis, and Brian Niemann, and published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Science, November 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ss587

Reclaimed municipal wastewater - a potential water resource in China

2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 51-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
He Pinjing ◽  
L. Phan ◽  
Gu Guowei ◽  
G. Hervouet
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Reuse ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Wastewater Reuse ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Industrial Use ◽  
Resource Shortage

Due to water resource shortage and socio-economic development within twenty years, China faces serious problems of water supply and water pollution. Several criteria and suitable reclamation processes related to water reuse have been created in China, which are helpful to improve the situation of water scarcity. In the future, reclaimed municipal wastewater reuse will mainly be developed for urban and industrial use. Potential supply quantity of reclaimed water, quality of reclaimed water, and reclamation cost are favorable to potential reuses. Based on further public environmental education, on a relevant development of national and local standards for reclaimed water quality, and on an increase of sanitary rate, more and more planned reclaimed water reuse projects would be expected in China.

scholarly journals Impacts of Cassava Mill Effluents in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvester Chibueze Izah ◽  
Sunday Etim Bassey ◽  
Elijah Ige Ohimain
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
Toxicological Effects ◽  
Need For Treatment ◽  
Microbial Characteristics ◽  
Soil And Water

Cassava is the fourth largest staple food after rice, wheat and maize. Cassava is produced in the tropical and sub-tropical countries. Currently, the global production of cassava is about 215,436,496 tons. Out of these, Nigeria accounts for 20.3%, being the largest producing nation. During processing of cassava flour (Gari), three main wastes are generated including cassava mill effluents (CME), solid and gaseous emission. This paper reviews the impacts of CME in Nigeria. The study found that CME’s physicochemical quality often exceeds the limit for effluents discharge onto land and surface water as recommended by Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA), Nigeria. CME alters the quality of soil and water with regard to physicochemical, heavy metal and microbial characteristics. CME can induce toxicological effects on the environments and its biota including humans, fisheries, flora and fauna. The impacts are mostly associated with physicochemical (viz: odour, cyanide, acidic, dissolved oxygen, biological and chemical oxygen demand, conductivity) and heavy metals characteristics. Therefore, there is the need for treatment and sustainable management strategies of CME through biotechnological advancement.

Water reuse criteria in the United States

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Crook ◽  
R.Y. Surampalli
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Water Reuse ◽  
Potable Water ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
State Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
The Us ◽  
Public Health Protection

Water reuse is well established in the United States, with uses ranging from pasture irrigation using reclaimed water that has received a low level of treatment, to augmentation of potable water supplies with highly treated reclaimed water. There are no federal regulations governing water reuse and criteria are developed at the state level. Criteria differ between states that have adopted regulations or guidelines, but criteria among states where water reuse is prevalent are similar and tend to be conservative, with public health protection being the most important consideration. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published guidelines for water reuse that include recommended criteria for various reclaimed water applications.

Water quality of reclaimed water from treated urban wastewater in Chaobai River Basin, North China

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yilei Yu ◽  
Xianfang Song ◽  
Yinghua Zhang ◽  
Fandong Zheng ◽  
Licai Liu
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
River Basin ◽  
North China ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
Urban Wastewater

scholarly journals Assessment of soil and water quality of Barapukuria coal mining site, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-73
Author(s):  
Rowshon Shad Fardushe ◽  
Md Mahbubul Hoque ◽  
Shimul Roy
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Drainage Water ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Color Temperature ◽  
Mining Site ◽  
The Status ◽  
Land Water ◽  
Soil And Water

From the field observation it is apparent that the color of coal leached drainage water and the agricultural land water are blackish and slightly blackish respectively, which pollutes surface water and the agricultural land. The study showed the present status of the water quality through analyzing different parameters including color, temperature, pH, EC, DO, TDS, BOD, COD, Cl-, Cu, Zn and Fe as well as the status of soil quality where pH, OC, PO4 -, Cu, Cr and Zn were analyzed. All the water quality parameters (e.g. temperature, pH, EC, TDS, DO, and BOD) were within normal levels but the value of COD was higher, which affects the aquatic environment. The concentration of heavy metals in water varied with Zn > Cu > Cr and in soil the concentration varied with Cu > Cr > Zn.Bangladesh J. Sci. Res. 27(1): 63-73, June-2014

Source water impact model (SWIM) - a watershed guided approach as a new planing tool for indirect potable water reuse

2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 267-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Drewes ◽  
P. Fox
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Reuse ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
Water Sources ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Source Water ◽  
Impact Model ◽  
Water Impact ◽  
Potable Reuse ◽  
The Impact

The scope of this study was to develop a model to assess the impact of source water quality on reclaimed water used for indirect potable reuse. The source water impact model (SWIM) considered source water qualities, water supply distribution data, water use and the impact of wastewater treatment to calculate reclaimed water quality. It was applied for sulfate, chloride, and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) at four water reuse sites in Arizona and California. SWIM was able to differentiate between the amount of salts derived by drinking water sources and the amount added by consumers. At all sites, the magnitude of organic residuals in reclaimed water was strongly effected by the concentration of organics in corresponding water sources and effluent-derived organic matter. SWIM can be used as a tool to predict reclaimed water quality in existing or planned water reuse systems.

scholarly journals Water Quality Assessment of Cimanuk River in West Java Using Pollution Index

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 04009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihya Sulthonuddin ◽  
Djoko Mulyo Hartono ◽  
Suyud Warno Utomo
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Pollution Index ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
World Health ◽  
West Java ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Water Quality Standard

Cimanuk river is one of the seven rivers in West Java. Cimanuk river pollution is indicated to have suffered as a result of the activity of domestic waste, industrial and agricultural uncontrolled in the riparian area of Cimanuk river. This research aims to analize water quality of Cimanuk river based on water quality standard on Government Regulation of Republic of Indonesia (IDN), Regulation of the Governor of West Java (WJ), World Health Organization (WHO), Enviromental Standard of United Kingdom (UK), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Enviromental Quality Standard (EQS), and Department of Environment (DOE). This research used pollution index method. The result is water quality of Cimanuk river not meet water quality standard where the TSS (94.85±84,60 mg/L), BOD (9.61±3.16 mg/L), COD (37.69±14.01 mg/L), DO (5.12±1.22 mg/L), NH3N (0.25±0.24 mg/L). Degradation of water quality of Cimanuk river from upstream to downstream marked by increased pollution index value annually. Pollution index of Cimanuk river ranging from 1.25 to 20.31. Water quality status of Cimanuk river has been from lightly polluted to heavilypolluted.

Problems Associated with Particulate Matter in Water Reuse for Agricultural Irrigation and Their Prevention

1986 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 185-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Adin
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Drip Irrigation ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Water Reuse ◽  
Sprinkler Irrigation ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Chemical Precipitation ◽  
Surface Irrigation ◽  
Irrigation Systems

Methods of irrigation are reviewed, including surface irrigation, sprinkler irrigation and drip irrigation, and the problems of these systems with regard to the quality of the water used are described. Surface irrigation does not suffer much from water quality problems, but both sprinkler irrigation and drip irrigation systems are more affected, the main problem being clogging of pumps, pipes and orifices. Clogging is usually due to a combination of suspended matter, chemical precipitation and biological growth. Current solutions through water treatment, and associated problems with this, are described, with examples given of typical strainers and filters. The key to the solution of clogging problems is a proper match between water quality of the source and within the distribution system, and the type ot treatment to be used, therefore, proper water quality monitoring is recommended. Direct granular filtration is the most preferaDle treatment process for drip irrigation systems.

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