Demonstrated Technology and Research Needs for Reuse of Municipal Wastewater

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National Environmental Research Center, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1975 - Municipal water supply - 321 pages
 

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Page ii - This report has been reviewed by the Environmental Protection Agency and approved for publication. Approval does not signify that the contents necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use...
Page 321 - No. 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered 15.
Page 151 - ... Public Health Service, Cincinnati (November 1963). Geyer, JC, "Reuse of sewage effluents for industrial water supply," in Proceedings of the Sixth Southern Municipal and Industrial Waste Conference, April 1957, at North Carolina State College, Raleigh. Gloyna, E., J. Wolff, J. Geyer, and A. Wolman, "A report upon present and prospective means for improved re-use of water,
Page 94 - EPA recognizes and supports the potential for wastewater reuse in agriculture, industrial, municipal, recreational and groundwater recharge applications. "3. EPA does not currently support the direct interconnection of wastewater reclamation plants with municipal water treatment plants. The potable use of renovated wastewaters blended with other acceptable supplies in reservoirs may be employed once research and demonstration has shown that it can be done without hazard to health. EPA believes that...
Page 105 - Threshold concentration is value that normally might not be deleterious to fish life. Waters that do not exceed these values should be suitable habitats for mixed fauna and flora. tValues not to be exceeded more than 20 percent of any 20 consecutive samples, nor in any 3 consecutive samples. Other values should never be exceeded. Frequency of sampling should be specified. £ Dissolved oxygen concentrations should not fall below 5.0 mg/liter more than 20 percent of the time and never below 2.0 mg/liter....
Page 154 - ... Chromatography of Trace Components, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 44, 3, pp. 636651 (March, 1952). 4. Hiester, NK, and T. Vermeulen. Saturation Performance of IonExchange and Adsorption Columns, Chemical Engineering Progress, 48, 10, pp. 505-516 (October, 1952). 5. Krone, RB, PH McGauhey, and HB Gotaas. Direct Recharge of Ground Water with Sewage Effluents, Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division.
Page 102 - Process Selection and Cost of Advanced Wastewater Treatment in Relation to the Quality of Secondary Effluents and Quality Requirements for Various Uses.
Page 125 - Therefore, 1 . EPA supports and encourages the continued development and practice of successive wastewater reclamation, reuse, recycling, and recharge as a major element in water resource management, providing the reclamation systems are designed and operated so as to avoid health hazards to the people or damage to the environment. 2. In particular, EPA recognizes and supports the potential for wastewater reuse in agriculture, industrial, municipal, recreational and groundwater recharge applications....
Page 161 - Smith, Robert, A Compilation of Cost Information for Conventional and Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant and Processes , Federal Water Quality Administration (Oct.
Page 17 - Lower concentrations are of little or no concern. tLimiting concentrations based on interim criteria. South Africa. Animals in lactation or production might show definite adverse reactions. \ Total magnesium compounds plus sodium sulfate should not exceed 50 percent of the total dissolved solids.

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