Assessment of the Viability of Reuse of Secondary Effluent from STP

civil engineering

Population growth, urbanization, water resources pollution, environmental awareness, uneven distribution of water resources and water scarcity these factors have resulted in reuse of water especially from sewage treatment in water scare countries. In this work secondary effluent from Shirdi STP were collected and analyzed for physical, chemical and biological characteristics to assess the viability of water reuse. Available water reuse criteria for different reuse options were used to characterize the WWTPs secondary effluent for agricultural reuse. Some of the water quality parameters of the effluents from this plant were non-compliant to the requirements for maybe reuse for industries. However, the use of advance treatment technologies as part of the treatment train would address the water quality issues. From the analysis it is stated that the water is suitable for agriculture use as all its parameters are within the limit.

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