Drawbacks, Limitations, Solutions and Perspectives of Water Reuse
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Use and Scarcity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2026 | Viewed by 5835
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Interests: wastewater; modelling; nitrogen cycle; nitrous oxide; process control; biological processes; environmental legislation
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Dear Colleagues,
Water reuse has become one of the prominent countermeasures to combat increased water scarcity around the world. Water reuse involves recovering water from various sources, including domestic and industrial wastewater, as well as rain and stormwater, to meet human and environmental needs. Water reuse can actively contribute to the circular economy by recovering not only water but also nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus. At the same time, depending on the source, treatment in light of water reuse could present various challenges, including those related to energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, applicability, investment, and operational costs, among others. Mathematical modelling and process control can help identify and overcome some of these issues. Furthermore, challenges may also arise when determining the optimal level of treatment to protect the environment and human health from the risks associated with disposing of reclaimed waters. Additional bottlenecks could arise from the transportation and storage of reclaimed water. Within this broad context, research activities are needed to explore, on one hand, measures to systematically boost the circular economy through water reuse, and, on the other hand, the challenges and solutions to ensure safe water reuse from various water sources while combating water scarcity.
Based on this premise, the present Special Issue is meant to collect both research and review articles dealing with:
- Characterization of domestic, industrial, and urban wastewaters as well as rain and storm waters in light of water reuse;
- Treatment of various types of waters (domestic, grey, urban, white, industrial) in light of water reuse;
- Identification of risks for human health linked to water reuse;
- Identification of risks for the environment linked to water reuse;
- Limitations and drawbacks linked to water reuse;
- Solutions overcoming challenges linked to water reuse;
- Mathematical modelling for water reuse;
- Control strategies for water reuse;
- Measures to boost the circular economy through water reuse;
- Decentralized water reuse case studies;
- Water reuse role in the water cycle;
- Techno-economic analyses of water reuse solutions;
- Carbon footprint and energy analyses of water reuse solutions;
- Resource recovery from water reuse;
- Policy and legislation on water reuse.
Dr. Riccardo Boiocchi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- water reuse
- wastewater
- rainwater
- stormwater
- resource recovery
- circular economy
- modelling for water reuse
- control for water reuse
- policy
- legislation
- health risk
- environmental protection
- treatment for water reuse
- water cycle
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