With rising stress within the U.S. to develop resilient, drought-resistant water provides — notably for the West — wastewater recycling for potable use is turning into extra vital than ever.

In a recent article from Wastewater Digest Tim Naughton explores rising applied sciences for wastewater recycling, for functions starting from potable reuse to meals processing, mineral extraction and agriculture.

Naughton is the co-founder and chief technical officer of a United Kingdom startup, Salinity Solutions. The group has developed an answer to cut back the vitality consumption of vitality in wastewater remedy, using batch-process reverse osmosis. Naughton co-developed Salinity’s batch-process reverse osmosis expertise whereas finding out for his mechanical engineering diploma.

Energy consumption for wastewater remedy could be vital, particularly the place potable reuse is worried.

“In California, for example, the energy cost of water is particularly expensive,” says Naughton within the article. “In an article in The American Journal of Public Health, the numbers are pretty clear: Pumping, treating, transporting and heating California’s water currently represents nearly 20% of the state’s energy use.”

Read the complete article “The Race to Recycle and Reuse Wastewater” on Wastewater Digest, an Endeavor Business Media Water Group associate model.