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TREATMENT AND REUSE OF WASTEWATER

TREATMENT AND REUSE OF WASTEWATER. GROUP THREE WASAMED WORKSHOP CAIRO 9 TH DEC 2004. INTRODUCTION.

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TREATMENT AND REUSE OF WASTEWATER

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  1. TREATMENT AND REUSE OF WASTEWATER • GROUP THREE • WASAMED WORKSHOP • CAIRO 9TH DEC 2004

  2. INTRODUCTION • Scarcity of water resources and needs for protecting the environment and the natural resources are the main factors leading the Mediterranean countries to introduce TWW as additional water resources in the national plan of water resource management.

  3. Institutional, legal and political aspects • Several stakeholders are involved, so role and responsibilities need to be clearly defined. • Establish an active coordination between different institution by creating national and regional boards. • Participatory approach is needed at different phases in order to raise awareness between the end-users and the public. • Encourage the establishment of farmer association to be involved in the management of treated waste water. • At the national level, a well defined strategy and policy for comprehensive management and reuse is a pre-condition for success. • Policy should include public awareness, capacity building, and training programmes.

  4. ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, AND SOCIAL ASPECTS • The cost of treatment will vary depending on the treatment level • The cost of reuse should be compared to inaction, witch has environmental as well as sanitary repercussion, and which increase the cost of treating drinking water. • Cost should include storage, pumping, convoying, of treated WW to end-users • Cost of TWW sould be clirifid in the national strategy

  5. ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, AND SOCIAL ASPECTS • Cost recovery should be included in any treated ww project, • Cost of sanitation, and treatment should be introduced in the fee of the polluters, • Operational, and maintenance should be included in the price of the treated ww end-users

  6. ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, AND SOCIAL ASPECTS • Awareness programs should include polluters and end-users • Despite the psychological reserves, scarcity and value of water drive economic people to resort to TWW, • Encourage gender participation ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, AND SOCIAL ASPECTS

  7. TECHNICAL, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL Aspects • Integrated approach in the trilogy sanitation treatment and reuse should be applied at the national strategy • Develop low cost treatment techniques • Design treatment techniques according to anticipated uses • Adequate irrigation system • Regional guidelines • enhance the value of sluges

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