Coming to grips with on-site wastewater treatment

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The increasing use of the Septic systems, and the fact that environmental protection administration now regards them as permanent features of the wastewater infrastructure is described. The states are now starting to revise the way they regulate wastewater disposal for on-site system and new business opportunities are opening for more effective treatment options.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Evaluation, Laws, regulations and rules, Sewage, Sewage disposal, Sewage treatment

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Wastewater recycling advances

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Some water recycling programs to prevent severe crises that serve public needs for many different purposes, initiated by some of the cities like California and Florida are discussed. These programs can provide a cost-effective alternative for uses, that do not demand high quality drinking water, such as landscape irrigation, toilet flushing etc.

Water reuse

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New outlook for decentralized wastewater treatment

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An overview is presented on developments in water-supply engineering that improve the efficacy of on-site, or decentralized, wastewater treatment systems. Topics include public health concerns associated with outdated septic tanks, and the growing emphasis on water reuse rather than effluent disposal.

Research, Management, Water, Water treatment, Water treatment plants, Water-supply engineering, Water supply engineering

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