Assessment of Water Reuse as an Approach for Meeting Future Water Supply Needs

评估水回用作为满足未来供水需求的方法

• 批准号: 0924454
• 负责人: Stephen Parker
• 金额: $ 2.5万
• 依托单位: National Academy of Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-04-15 至 2011-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0924454&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Assessment; Water; Reuse; Approach; Meeting

0924454Parker The Water Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council (NRC) will undertake a comprehensive study of the potential for water reclamation and reuse of municipal wastewater to expand and enhance the nation's available water supply alternatives. This broad study will consider a wide range of uses, including drinking water, non-potable urban uses, irrigation, industrial process water, groundwater recharge, and water for environmental purposes. The study will consider technical, economic, institutional, and social challenges to increased adoption of water reuse, and it will provide guidance to decision makers evaluating their water supply alternatives. The NRC study will be carried out by a committee of approximately 14 volunteer experts, with support from NRC staff. The committee will hold approximately five meetings to receive briefings, gather information, deliberate critical issues, and write its report. As water demands and environmental needs grow, options for expanding traditional sources of water are diminishing. Conservation, water trading, desalination, and potable and non-potable water reuse are all being closely examined by communities facing water supply shortages. An improved understanding of the costs, environmental and human health risks, and benefits of various forms of water reuse are essential to water supply planning. The recent advances in technology and the past decade of research deserve a thorough review in the context of evaluating the human health risks, particularly for indirect potable water reuse, and the energy requirements relative to other alternatives. The study will also identify technical barriers and research needs. The results of the committee's work will be a published report that will consider technical, economic, institutional, and social challenges to increased adoption of water reuse and will provide practical guidance to decision makers evaluating their water supply alternatives. A short (~8 page) color brochure will also be produced based on the final report for broad dissemination of the report's findings. A broad assessment of water reuse options, available technologies and their performance, associated costs, and their acceptance by the public would provide useful information for utilities that are considering future water supply alternatives. Parts of most meetings of the committee will be held in open session with utilities, non-governmental organizations, relevant federal, state, and local agencies, and other experts, and other interested parties in order to engage a broad group of individuals from the water management and policy community.

0924454Parker 国家研究委员会 (NRC) 的水科学技术委员会将对水回收和城市废水再利用的潜力进行全面研究，以扩大和增强国家可用的供水替代方案。 这项广泛的研究将考虑广泛的用途，包括饮用水、非饮用水城市用途、灌溉、工业生产用水、地下水补给和环境用水。 该研究将考虑更多采用水回用所面临的技术、经济、体制和社会挑战，并将为决策者评估其供水替代方案提供指导。 NRC 研究将由大约 14 名志愿专家组成的委员会在 NRC 工作人员的支持下进行。 该委员会将举行大约五次会议，听取情况通报、收集信息、审议关键问题并撰写报告。随着用水需求和环境需求的增长，扩大传统水源的选择正在减少。 面临供水短缺的社区正在密切关注保护、水交易、海水淡化以及饮用水和非饮用水再利用。 更好地了解各种形式的水回用的成本、环境和人类健康风险以及效益对于供水规划至关重要。 在评估人类健康风险（特别是间接饮用水再利用）以及相对于其他替代品的能源需求方面，值得对最新的技术进步和过去十年的研究进行彻底审查。 该研究还将确定技术障碍和研究需求。 该委员会的工作结果将是一份已发表的报告，该报告将考虑更多采用水回用所面临的技术、经济、体制和社会挑战，并将为决策者评估其供水替代方案提供实用指导。 还将根据最终报告制作一份简短的（约 8 页）彩色手册，以广泛传播报告的调查结果。 对水回用方案、可用技术及其性能、相关成本以及公众接受度的广泛评估将为正在考虑未来供水替代方案的公用事业公司提供有用的信息。 该委员会的大多数会议的一部分将与公用事业公司、非政府组织、相关联邦、州和地方机构以及其他专家和其他利益相关方举行公开会议，以便吸引水管理和政策界的广泛个人参与。