Religious, philosophical and environmentalist perspectives on potable wastewater reuse in Durban, South Africa

Desalination

Volumn 228, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Wilson, Zoë ^a   Pfaff, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b eThekwini Municipality   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Recycling; South Africa; Wastewater disposal

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; DIESEL ENGINES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PLANNING; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RECYCLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REUSABILITY; SALVAGING; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RECYCLING;

CURRENT SYSTEMS; DURBAN , SOUTH AFRICA; ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOCUS GROUPS; IF THERE ARE; INTENSE (CO); INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; POTABLE WATER REUSE; PROJECT OBJECTIVES; PUBLIC CONCERNS; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS; REUSE OF WASTEWATER; SOUTH AFRICA (SA); TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES; WASTEWATER RE-USE; WASTEWATER RECYCLING; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER RE-USE; WATER SCARCITY;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; PHILOSOPHY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RECYCLING; RELIGION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AFRICA; DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 47249106093     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.07.022     Document Type: Article

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12. Concern was raised about whether it can be shown that in recycled water all of the components of urine and feces are gone. This is not straightforward, as basic components of these substances are also present in a wide variety of compounds, the basic components of which may be natural and healthy elements in clean water.
13. Focus group members were not a 'representative' sample of the demographics of the area.
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