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Balancing environmental impacts and benefits of wastewater reuse Hamilton, Andrew J, Versace, Vincent L, Stagnitti, Frank, Li, Peijun, Yin, Wei, Maher, Peta, Hermon, Karen, Premier, Robert R and Ierodiaconou, Daniel 2006, Balancing environmental impacts and benefits of wastewater reuse, WSEAS transactions on environment and development, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 117-129. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads stagnitti-balancingenvironmental-2006.pdf Published version application/pdf 168.89KB 1204 Title Balancing environmental impacts and benefits of wastewater reuse Author(s) Hamilton, Andrew J Versace, Vincent L Stagnitti, Frank Li, Peijun Yin, Wei Maher, Peta Hermon, Karen Premier, Robert R Ierodiaconou, Daniel Journal name WSEAS transactions on environment and development Volume number 2 Issue number 2 Start page 117 End page 129 Publisher World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS) Place of publication Athens, Greece Publication date 2006-02 ISSN 1790-5079 Keyword(s) irrigation reclaimed water recycled water risk analysis salinity sodicity wetlands Summary Wastewater reuse is being widely promulgated to help address the global freshwater resource crisis. It can assist in reducing extraction of freshwater from the environment, and reuse of wastewater lessens the need for environmental discharge, which is clearly beneficial to receiving waters. But the practice itself also has the potential to be detrimental to natural and human environments: soil structure can become degraded, aquifers may be polluted, and human health may be threatened. The challenge facing natural resource managers is to identify the potential benefits and risks, and to achieve an appropriate balance. This paper describes environmental benefits and threats concomitant with the reuse of wastewater. We frequently draw upon examples from China and Australia-two countries that face particularly daunting water resource challenges-but the principles can be.extended far beyond these geographical bounds and are applicable to many parts of the world. Language eng Field of Research 050299 Environmental Science and Management not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003627 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 07 Nov 2008, 11:08:17 EST Fri, 17 Apr 2009, 15:32:43 EST Wed, 01 Jul 2009, 09:00:23 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 747 Abstract Views, 1204 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:58:34 EST

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