European Union__Main article: Directive on Urban Waste Water TreatmentCouncil Directive 91/271/EEC on Urban Wastewater Treatment was adopted on 21 May 1991, amended by the Commission Directive 98/15/E ...
Treated wastewater can be reused as drinking water, in industry (cooling towers), in artificial recharge of aquifers, in agriculture (70 percent of Israel's irrigated agriculture is based on highly pu ...
Further information: Sewage treatment, Agricultural wastewater treatment, and Industrial wastewater treatmentThere are numerous processes that can be used to clean up wastewaters depending on the type ...
In some urban areas, sewage is carried separately in sanitary sewers and runoff from streets is carried in storm drains. Access to either of these is typically through a manhole. During high precipita ...
Main article: Wastewater quality indicatorsAny oxidizable material present in a natural waterway or in an industrial wastewater will be oxidized both by biochemical (bacterial) or chemical processes. ...
The composition of wastewater varies widely. This is a partial list of what it may contain:Water (more than 95 percent), which is often added during flushing to carry waste down a drain;Pathogens such ...
Wastewater or sewage can come from (text in brackets indicates likely inclusions or contaminants):Human waste (f?ces, used toilet paper or wipes, urine, or other bodily fluids), also known as blackwa ...
Wastewater, also written as waste water, is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence. Municipal wastewater is usually conveyed in a combined sewer or sanitary s ...
