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Reliability of small scale greywater treatment systems and the impact of its effluent on soil properties
Abstract
The performance of seven small commercial greywater treatment systems installed in private gardens was tested and the effluent quality compared against current Israeli standards for irrigation in cities. Additionally, the potential environmental effects of irrigation with insufficiently treated greywater on soils and plants were evaluated in a pot study. The bulk of the small systems currently proposed for greywater treatment fall into one of two categories. Some are filtration systems that provide minimal treatment. The others are small‐scale domestic wastewater‐treatment systems. Neither system is designed to handle the differences in flow or composition that greywater presents. Both are thus unsuitable. Moreover, it was demonstrated that the use of insufficiently treated greywater for irrigation might have detrimental environmental effects. Proper standards, their enforcement and education are necessary to resolve the potential risks currently associated with greywater re‐use.
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“T-P was also reduced from 48 to 46 mg/L representing 25.8 and 4.2% respectively.”
From Greywater Characteristics, Treatment Systems, Reuse Strategies and User Perception—a Review (2018) · cites this paper as Gross 2008
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“Gross (2008) also investigated the performance of HFCW in greywater treatment and observed that the quality of effluent improved if there was a pretreatment of the greywater.”
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“electrical conductivity increased from 170 to 190 mS/m”
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“T-N was reduced from 31 to 23 mg/L”
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“In this study, the average retention time was about 30 h”
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- Authors
- Gross, A., Wiel‐Shafran, A., Bondarenko, N., & Ronen, Z.
- Affiliations
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Gross, A.
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Studies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-02
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 41-50
- ISSN
- 0020-7233 (ISSN-L)
- 1029-0400
- OpenAlex
- W2011789956
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Environmental Studies (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Texas Department of Agriculture
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- Keywords
- greywater treatment, greywater reuse, irrigation, soil properties, domestic wastewater treatment, filtration systems, effluent quality, plant effects, private gardens
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