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Water reclamation holds big potential
By DAR HADDIX
WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- The new water reclamation facility that began operating this week at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico presents just one example of how such efforts are increasing nationwide, though the technology's full potential remains untapped, experts told United Press International.
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Only a "tiny fraction" of the wastewater effluent produced every day in the United States is reclaimed, said G. Wade Miller, executive director of the WateReuse Association in Alexandria, Va.
Water reclamation removes or reduces organic matter, solids, nutrients, disease-causing organisms and other pollutants from wastewater before it is discharged into a river, stream or other body of water.
Miller estimated only about 2.6 billion gallons of wastewater are reclaimed per day out of the 38 billion gallons produced in the United States, even though treated wastewater is a good alternative to potable water in many applications -- including industrial uses, edible and non-edible crop irrigation, and watering of landscaping and golf courses...
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By DAR HADDIX
WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- The new water reclamation facility that began operating this week at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico presents just one example of how such efforts are increasing nationwide, though the technology's full potential remains untapped, experts told United Press International.
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Only a "tiny fraction" of the wastewater effluent produced every day in the United States is reclaimed, said G. Wade Miller, executive director of the WateReuse Association in Alexandria, Va.
Water reclamation removes or reduces organic matter, solids, nutrients, disease-causing organisms and other pollutants from wastewater before it is discharged into a river, stream or other body of water.
Miller estimated only about 2.6 billion gallons of wastewater are reclaimed per day out of the 38 billion gallons produced in the United States, even though treated wastewater is a good alternative to potable water in many applications -- including industrial uses, edible and non-edible crop irrigation, and watering of landscaping and golf courses...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20050506-07431800-bc-us-water.xml