Wastewater Reuse, Volume 1: Characteristics, Uses, Applications, Filtration and Disinfection of Water

Water issues are inextricably linked to sustainable development since water must meet the needs of present and future generations.

The reuse of wastewater is a socioeconomic challenge for the development of drinking water and wastewater services. It has the following advantages: it increases usable water resources, preserves natural resources and alleviates water shortages caused by climate change.

Wastewater Reuse 1 provides a comprehensive and educational overview of the many ways wastewater can be reused, the variety of treatments, their performance, their conditions of use and how to combine them to give wastewater a new lease on life. Droughts are already a concern in many parts of the world; however, we now have new technologies to rely on.

Kader Gaid is a professor at the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria. He specializes in Environmental Process Engineering and was an expert at the utilities company Veolia in France for over 25 years.