Using graywater and stormwater to enhance local water supplies : an assessment of risks, costs, and benefits /

"Chronic and episodic water shortages are becoming common in many regions of the United States, and population growth in water-scarce regions further compounds the challenges. Increasingly, alternative water sources such as graywater-untreated wastewater that does not include water from the toi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Beneficial Use of Graywater and Stormwater: an Assessment of Risks, Costs, and Benefits (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2016]
Temas:
Graywater (Domestic wastewater) > United States > Management.
Water reuse > United States > Management.
Runoff > United States > Management.
Eaux usées ménagères > États-Unis > Gestion.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > General.
Runoff > Management
Water reuse > Management
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Beneficial use options for graywater and stormwater
  • Quantities available for beneficial use and potential impacts on water demand
  • Quality of graywater and stormwater
  • Characterizing and mitigating human health environmental risks
  • State of design practice for stormwater and graywater
  • Costs and benefits
  • Legal and regulatory issues
  • Graywater and stormwater in the context of integrated water supply planning
  • Priorites for research
  • References
  • Appendix A: Calculating the benefits of rooftop runoff capture systems
  • Appendix B: Summary of state laws and regulations for graywater and stormwater
  • Appendix C: Water Science and Technology Board
  • Appendix D: Biographical sketches of committee members and staff.

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