Recycling and Reusing Water

Abstract

Water reuse is now recognized as a fundamental component of a wise and efficient management of an increasingly scarce, but essential, natural resource. While quality considerations and public acceptance may restrict certain uses of wastewater, its utilization for appropriate purposes may release higher-quality water for other ends, and this expands total water supply. Limits on the available water resources in certain parts of this country, have indeed suggested the need for a public policy for water reuse. California, for instance, has long been the leading state with respect to water reuse.