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BENEFICIAL USE OF INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER RUNOFF: NONPOTABLE WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES
Citation:
Field*, R. BENEFICIAL USE OF INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER RUNOFF: NONPOTABLE WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES. Presented at Taiwan's 10th International Conference for Source Water Protection and Drinking Water Treatment, Taipei, TAIWAN, June 01 - 03, 2004.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public.
Description:
As population and industry grow, water demand increases, and water supply becomes more of a problem. While reclamation of municipal wastewater for industry, subpotable domestic usage, and groundwater recharge has been practiced in the United States over the past several decades on a limited basis, similar action needs to be taken for urban storm water runoff. Rainfall runoff becomes contaminated as it passes over urban land billions of gallons of water can be recovered for beneficial uses if urban stormwater is properly controlled and treated. The water quality of the treated storm runoff can meet the required standards for subpotable usage. This will enable wastewater reclamation to become a more significant means of augmenting water supply.
Discussed in this paper are current urban stormwater control and treatment technologies leading to the feasibility of reclaiming urban stormwater for various purposes. A hypothetical case study illustrating the cost-effectiveness of reclaiming urban stormwater for complete industrial supply is presented.