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APPLICATIONNOTE
Whatiswastewatertreatment
andwhyisitimportant?
TableofContents
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Whatiswastewater42%
andwhyisitimportant?ofhouseholdwastewateris
nottreatedproperly2andonly
11%
TheworldwidewatercrisisisoneofthetopWastewatertreatmentistheprocessofremovingYet,thepotentialforthewastewatertreatmentoftheestimatedtotalof
fiveriskstotheglobaleconomy.Freshwaterdebrisandchemicalsfromindustrialprocessesindustryismuchgreater.Ifweweretoreusethe
resourcesarebeingrapidlydepletedbygrowingandcontaminantsfromusedwatersoitcan380billioncubicmetersofmunicipalwastewaterdomesticandindustrial
populationsandacceleratingindustrialization,eitherbereusedorsafelyreturnedtothethataregeneratedgloballyeveryyear,wecouldwastewaterproducedis
resultinginasituationwhere,accordingtoUNenvironment.Whileitisalreadywidelypracticedsupplymorethantentimesthecurrentglobal
Water,2.3billion,oroneinfouroftheworld’sindevelopedregionssuchasEurope,Northdesalinationcapacity?,providingcleanwaterforcurrentlybeingreused.3
population,liveinwater-stressedcountries.1