Concepts towards a novel integrated assessment methodology of urban water reuse

Listowski, A; Ngo, HH; Guo, WS; Vigneswaran, S; Palmer, CG

Concepts towards a novel integrated assessment methodology of urban water reuse

Listowski, A Ngo, HH

Guo, WS

Vigneswaran, S

Palmer, CG

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Citation:: Desalination and Water Treatment, 2009, 11 (1-3), pp. 81 - 92
Issue Date:: 2009-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Listowski, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ngo, HH https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0296-2866	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Guo, WS https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5542-2858	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Vigneswaran, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8117-4322	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Palmer, CG https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7349-1304	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Desalination and Water Treatment, 2009, 11 (1-3), pp. 81 - 92	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1944-3994	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/9289
dc.description.abstract	Traditional supplies of large volumes of water and wastewater disposal technologies have offered a linear solution, thus intensifying environmental stress. In addition, provision of urban infrastructure especially any major augmentations are often the impractical or economically prohibitive. Urban water cycle should be viewed as an interactive and coordinated approach involving: • Available water resources, • Appropriate treatment technology producing fit for purpose water quality, and • Ascertaining long term balance between environmental, social and economic issues. Implementation of integrated water reuse scheme requires major paradigm shift within a number of technical (science, technology and knowledge) and non-technical (socio-cultural, economic, environment) dimensions. There are number of questions that arise from this scenario: • How to make decisions regarding selection, design, implementation and operation of any recycling scheme? • What knowledge is necessary to improve decision-making process? • How to assess and compare performance of the scheme? • What are the parameters for uniform evaluation process? The aim of this paper is to introduce a new concept for integrated assessment methodology that can be applied for urban water reuse schemes. The conceptual assessment methodology relies on decision that treatment technology represents a leading theme and is supported by selection of socio-economic and environmental factors, thus enabling holistic evaluation and quantification of the outcomes. © 2009 Desalination Publications.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Desalination and Water Treatment	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.5004/dwt.2009.846	en_US
dc.title	Concepts towards a novel integrated assessment methodology of urban water reuse	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1-3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	11	en_US
utslib.for	0905 Civil Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0904 Chemical Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0907 Environmental Engineering	en_US
dc.location.activity	Townsville, AUSTRALIA
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CTWW - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	1-3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	11	en_US

Abstract:

Traditional supplies of large volumes of water and wastewater disposal technologies have offered a linear solution, thus intensifying environmental stress. In addition, provision of urban infrastructure especially any major augmentations are often the impractical or economically prohibitive. Urban water cycle should be viewed as an interactive and coordinated approach involving: • Available water resources, • Appropriate treatment technology producing fit for purpose water quality, and • Ascertaining long term balance between environmental, social and economic issues. Implementation of integrated water reuse scheme requires major paradigm shift within a number of technical (science, technology and knowledge) and non-technical (socio-cultural, economic, environment) dimensions. There are number of questions that arise from this scenario: • How to make decisions regarding selection, design, implementation and operation of any recycling scheme? • What knowledge is necessary to improve decision-making process? • How to assess and compare performance of the scheme? • What are the parameters for uniform evaluation process? The aim of this paper is to introduce a new concept for integrated assessment methodology that can be applied for urban water reuse schemes. The conceptual assessment methodology relies on decision that treatment technology represents a leading theme and is supported by selection of socio-economic and environmental factors, thus enabling holistic evaluation and quantification of the outcomes. © 2009 Desalination Publications.

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