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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued on July 11th a document titled:
2017 Potable Reuse Compendium (“Compendium”)
The focus of the Compendium is the use of wastewater for drinking water.
The individual topics addressed include:
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Extent of potable water reuse in the United States/world
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Cost of potable water reuse
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Treatment processes used in potable water use
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Seven case studies on indirect and direct potable reuse facilities in the United States
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How and why facilities implement potable water reuse
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Safe Drinking Water Act/Clean Water Act issues
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Constituents and potable reuse water sources
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Rick Analysis
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Treatment technologies
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Alternative treatment trains for potable reuse
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Source control
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Environmental and engineered buffers
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Training
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Operating and Monitoring
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Epidemiological and related studies
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Public acceptance
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Research
A link to the EPA Compendium can be found here.