Solution
Treated wastewater reuse
Cleaning wastewater to a standard where it can be used again, for farms, industry or rivers.
The level of treatment depends on the use, from irrigation to topping up drinking-water sources.
Reusing water in an industrial park
Treating and sharing water between neighbouring sites so less is drawn from rivers.
Context
Factories close together can pass treated water from one process to another instead of each drawing fresh supply.
What the work involves.
Step 0101
Audit
Measure how much water each site uses, and at what quality.
Step 0202
Treat
Build shared treatment matched to what each process needs.
Step 0303
Share
Pipe treated water between sites and adjust as demand changes.
Considerations
What it has to weigh up.
- 01
Agreements on cost and responsibility between companies.
- 02
Water quality for sensitive processes.
- 03
Energy used by treatment.
At a glance
- Systems
- Water, Industry
- Solutions
- Treated wastewater reuse
- Steps
- Audit, Treat, Share
- Year
- 2025
How projects are sourced and reviewed is set out in our methodology.
Solutions and systems
What it connects.
System
Water
Securing, treating and reusing water as rainfall patterns shift and demand from cities, farms and industry grows.
Water security, treatment and desalination
System
Industry
The high-heat processes and materials, such as steel, cement and chemicals, that underpin almost everything else.
Manufacturing, steel, cement and chemicals
Your questions, answered.
Quick answers about the platform and its content.
The context, the work step by step, what it has to weigh up, and the solutions and systems it connects.
To show how approaches come together in practice across different systems, from restoring land to electrifying transport.
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