3-Wastewater Reuse - Problems & Prospects.

Abstract

The need for waste water reuse has been recognised for many years as crucial to our developmental aspirations but till recently very mearge systematic endeavour has been made except for traditional use of sewage for sewage farming in and or semi-arid areas and the use of reclaimed waste water for industrial cooling purposes. The R and D activities in India have demonstrated that waste water is a misplaced resource and its management through innovative indegenous technology, fidly exploiting the advantages that nature has bestowed on the country, could result in productive propositions, Cost effective technology is available today for the reuse of municipal and industrial waste water for industrial and agricultural requirements. A few such cave studies have been presented in this paper.