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Reuse of Regenerated Waters Under Water Scarcity

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Mediterranean countries face water supply challenges due to water scarcity. Water regeneration, recycling and reuse address these challenges by resolving water resource issues and creating new sources of high-quality water supplies. Among others, industrial activities worldwide account for about a quarter of all water consumption and there is hardly any industry that does not use large amounts of water. Water standards related to industrial activities may vary in a large range of parameters and limit values. In this context the future potential for regenerated treated water is enormous. This contribution reflects the potential of advanced technologies to produce regenerated water offering specific solutions to industrial reuse needs. A general example is illustrated by a case study representative of the ability of using WWTP effluents as regenerated water sources. Appropriate combination of advanced technologies allows the production of customized regenerated water according to the standards of the potential reuse industrial activities.

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Abbreviations

COD:

Chemical oxygen demand (mg l−1)

LSI:

Langelier saturation index

NTU:

Nephelometic turbidity units

SDI:

Silt density index

TDS:

Total dissolved solids (mg l−1)

TMP:

Transmembrane pressure (bar)

TOC:

Total organic carbon (mg l−1)

TSS:

Total suspended solids (mg l−1)

WWTP:

Wastewater treatment plant

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Acknowledgments

Financial support from projects Consolider CSD2006-44, and CTQ2008-00690/PPQ from Spanish Ministry of Science, and 062/SGTB/2007/3.1 from Spanish Ministry of Environment are gratefully acknowledged

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    I. Ortiz, R. Ibáñez & A. M. Urtiaga

  2. APRIA Systems S.L., Edificio CDTUC, Avda. de los Castros s/n, 39005, Santander, Spain

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Ortiz, I., Ibáñez, R., Urtiaga, A.M., Gómez, P. (2010). Reuse of Regenerated Waters Under Water Scarcity. In: Sabater, S., Barceló, D. (eds) Water Scarcity in the Mediterranean. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry(), vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2009_23

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