News tagged with reclaimed water

Reclaimed Riddle

(PhysOrg.com) -- It was the "yuck factor" of reclaimed water that got Karyna Rosario thinking. As communities increasingly turn to reclaimed water as a source for irrigation - and some communities consider ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Can bedding plants thrive with recyled water?

To conserve dwindling water resources, municipalities are encouraging the use of "recycled water", municipal wastewater that has been extensively treated and deemed safe to reuse for irrigation and other purposes. Using recycled ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 30, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Golf courses that reuse water irrigate too much

Irrigation is one of the most controversial aspects in the sustainable management of golf courses. Researchers from the Canary Islands have spent 25 years analysing the practices relating to reclaimed water ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Reuse of municipal wastewater has potential to augment future drinking water supplies

With recent advances in technology and design, treating municipal wastewater and reusing it for drinking water, irrigation, industry, and other applications could significantly increase the nation's total available water ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Direct drinking water recycling could prevent floods

The use of a more streamlined process to recycle wastewater could have saved Brisbane from severe flooding in 2011 and mitigated recent flood risks in New South Wales, a leading water expert says.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2