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Water Reuse: The Second Time Around
Author(s) -
DeBoer Jon
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1985.tb05567.x
Subject(s) - reuse , sewage , commission , environmental science , wastewater , water resource management , environmental planning , environmental engineering , waste management , engineering , political science , law
Nineteenth‐century French novelist Victor Hugo noted in Les Miserables that the nutrient value of wastes should be applied to the land rather than allowed to flow to the sea. During the same time period, the English Royal Commission on Sewage Disposal recommended land application of wastewater to avoid water pollution. These forerunners of today's ideas have led the way to the technology necessary for beneficial reuse of water, but water reuse continues to be a controversial topic.