An Evaluation of Water Reuse for Municipal Supply,
Abstract
Reuse can be an alternative source of water for municipal water supply systems. while the demand for water continues to increase in the United States, especially in our burgeoning urban areas, the traditional alternatives for water supply planning, while useful in the past, are either inappropriate today or may no longer be practicable. Recycling renovated waste water has been shown, under specific qualifications, to be a socially acceptable and economically efficient alternative for municipal water supply planning. Two problems may be related to the low community adoption of water reuse: the unavailability of a methodology to access the relative value of reuse and the professional biases of consulting engineers and public health officials. In this report a simulation model for evaluating the economic efficiency of water reuse is formulated and applied to a single community and the nature and role of professional bias in the decision making process in water reuse planning is described.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA005053
Entities
People
- Daniel Dworkin
- Duanne D. Baumann
Organizations
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale