A source for toilet flushing and for cooling, sewage treatment benefits, and phosphorus recovery

“Seawater is already used as a source for desalination, but it can also be used to flush toilets and as a heat sink, and form the basis for alternative approaches to sewage treatment. MARK VAN LOOSDRECHT, DAMIR BRDJANOVIC, SAMUEL CHUI and GUANGHAO CHEN discuss the development of three new technologies which show the benefits of using seawater in an age of rapid urbanisation.”

(Citaat: Loosdrecht, M., Brdjanovic, D., et al. – A source for toilet flushing and for cooling, sewage treatment benefits, and phosphorus recovery: direct use of seawater in an age of rapid urbanisation – Water21 (2012) oktober, p.17-19)