Selecting the Treatment Technology for Wastewater Use in Agriculture Based on a Matrix Developed by the German Association for Water, Wastewater, and Waste

Knitschky, Roland and Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, "Selecting the Treatment Technology for Wastewater Use in Agriculture Based on a Matrix Developed by the German Association for Water, Wastewater, and Waste" in Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture: From Concept to Implementation ed. Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan and Ardakanian, Reza (Cham: Springer Nature, 2018), 37-74.

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  • Author Knitschky, Roland
    Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan
    Book Editor Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan
    Ardakanian, Reza
    Chapter Title Selecting the Treatment Technology for Wastewater Use in Agriculture Based on a Matrix Developed by the German Association for Water, Wastewater, and Waste
    Book Title Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture: From Concept to Implementation
    Publication Date 2018
    Place of Publication Cham
    Publisher Springer Nature
    Start page 37
    End page 74
    Language eng
    Abstract Treatment of wastewater for the purpose of reuse is a complex task. In addition to the national and international regulations and standards on water quality and treatment technology, there are many other constraints that need to be taken into account, such as the financial resources and the level of training of local operating personnel. In order to methodically simplify the selection process, an assessment tool was developed by the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) in 2008. This assessment tool is presented as a matrix (DWA Matrix, hereafter) that takes a variety of wastewater treatment processes into account. Within the DWA Matrix, each step in a process is assessed with regard to a diverse number of aspects, such as, discharge quality, costs, consumption of material and energy, expenses for preventative maintenance, and so forth. The assessment conducted on individual treatment methods allows them to be compared with each other and gives information about the risks of individual processes related to the water reuse. The objective of this chapter is to present background information on the process, and then to discuss how the DWA Matrix can be used for water reuse applications specifically in agriculture.
    UNBIS Thesaurus AGRICULTURE
    IRRIGATION
    WATER REUSE
    Keyword Assessment
    Selection criteria
    Treatment techniques
    Wastewater treatment
    Copyright Holder United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES)
    Copyright Year 2018
    Copyright type All rights reserved
    ISBN 9783319742670
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-74268-7_4
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