Most cities treat their wastewater and discharge back to the environment so that the water can be abstracted downstream by others following dilution with the natural flow. Coastal and estuarial cities do not as they are the last to abstract from the river. The missing piece of infrastructure to correct this is a pump station and pipeline to take the treated water back upstream of the abstraction point.
Published by Peter Styles, Independent - Consultant (retired)
Most cities treat their wastewater and discharge back to the environment so that the water can be abstracted downstream by others following dilution with the natural flow. Coastal and estuarial cities do not as they are the last to abstract from the river. The missing piece of infrastructure to correct this is a pump station and pipeline to take the treated water back upstream of the abstraction point.
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I agree the water crises and limited natural dilution for coastal cities. However, water recycling would be the good option for them rather pumping back to the upstream. Points made by Dr Modak are valid
Published by Muthukrishna vellaisamy Kumarasamy, Employee at University of KwaZulu-Natal