(How) Is Wastewater Reused?

Recharge & Reuse in Unsustainaville

To put it simply - Unsustainaville does not practice any reuse of treated wastewater. Treated wastewater is also not used to recharge groundwater sources. It is simply discharged into the river.

Problems with Recharge & Reuse in Unsustainaville

The fact that no reuse is practiced, leads to the following problems

• Wastewater is just discharged untreated. This leads to the pollution and eutrophication of water sources.
• Furthermore, the open discharge of wastewater leads to an increased infiltration of wastewater into groundwater resources, polluting the shallow wells of the population in the low-income areas.

Where do I find further information to tackle problems with recharge and reuse?

• See the recharge and reuse section of the implementation tools.
• To learn how you could start a change process, see planning and process tools.

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