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The term "water reuse" is generally used interchangeably with terms such as wastewater reuse, water reclamation, and water recycling. A definition by the USEPA states: "Water reuse is the method of recycling treated wastewater for beneficial purposes, such as agricultural and landscape irrigation, industrial processes, toilet flushing, and groundwater replenishing (EPA, 2004)."
Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [ 1 ] However identity-first language, as in "autistic person" or "deaf person", is preferred by many people and organizations.
Subsequently, an experimental water reclamation treatment plant was built in 1974, but the operation was terminated after only one year due to costs and reliability issues. [2] In 1998, the Public Utilities Board (PUB) and the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) initiated the Singapore Water Reclamation Study (NEWater Study). [3]
Recent deaths in Warwick, Michigan and Texas show the importance of adult supervision for autistic children in water environments. Preventing drowning tragedies: First responders train for autism ...
Waste valorization, beneficial reuse, beneficial use, value recovery or waste reclamation [1] is the process of waste products or residues from an economic process being valorized (given economic value), by reuse or recycling in order to create economically useful materials.
The MWRD owns and runs seven water reclamation plants, 560 miles of sewers and mains and 23 pumping stations and also oversees the massive Deep Tunnel system. The district, serving a population of ...
Reclamation district, special-purpose districts which are responsible for reclaiming and maintaining threatened land; Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, a 1977 law in the US; Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act, a 2013 law in the US; RECLAIM Act, a proposed 2017 mining reclamation law in the US
Many American reclamation districts were established prior to 1900 when local land owners first started working to put new land into agricultural production. Much of the lands "reclaimed" by 19th century reclamation districts were natural wetlands. Since wetlands are subject to flooding, these lands often were adjacent to sources of water ...