Drink More Recycled Wastewater
Published on by Dr. Cecilia Tortajada, Professor in Practice, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, UK in Social
There is no room for squeamishness in the face of the world’s growing water shortage — three steps could vastly improve the image of reused water for drinking.
Drinkable water is becoming increasingly scarce. Population growth, pollution and climate change mean that more cities are being forced to search for unconventional water sources. In a growing number of places, drinking highly treated municipal wastewater, called ‘reused water’, has become the best option — and, in some cases, the only one. See our attached contribution.
Cecilia Tortajada and Pierre van Rensburg, 2020, “Drink More Recycled Wastewater”, Nature , Volume 577, pages 26-28. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-019-03913-6
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- Drinking Water Security
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- Industrial Water Reuse
- Reuse
- Drinking Water Managment