City of San Diego potable reuse of reclaimed water: Final results

✍ Scribed by Ken Thompson; Robert C. Cooper; Adam W. Olivieri; Don Eisenberg; Lori A. Pettegrew; Richard E. Danielson

• Book ID: 103059576
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 666 KB
• Volume: 88
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0011-9164
• DOI: 10.1016/0011-9164(92)80114-o

✦ Synopsis

Water reclamation is becoming a common component of water resource planning. In the past the driving motivation for water reuse was to provide a means of avoiding effluent disposal into surface waters. With continued drought and increased water demand reclaimed wastewater is now considered an important water resource. Nonpotable and potable use of reclaimed water can enable communities to maximize and extend the use of limited water resources. This paper summarizes results from the Health Effects Study (HES) portion of the City of San Diego's Total Resource Recovery Project, which includes study and implementation of an advanced wastewater treatment system. The HES represents the product of a substantial research effort to estimate the potential health risk associated with the reclaimed water relative to an existing raw water supply to the City.