Decentralized Water and Wastewater Reuse

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2. Special Reuse Workshop:

Decentralized Water/Wastewater Reuse for Clean, Green and Smart Rural and Urban Communities. One of the most critical barriers to decentralized water and wastewater reuse in North America seems to evidently be a lack of knowledge. As a result, NC State University and North Carolina Cooperative Extension worked collaboratively with a number of organizational partners, including non-profits, local health departments, state regulatory agencies and federal agencies such as the US EPA and the CDC along with many forward-looking private companies to develop and deliver a state-of-practice workshop about decentralized reuse. This enhanced knowledge throughout the U.S. and Canada by bringing together many of the "Who's Who" decentralized reuse experts from throughout the country and world. This three-day workshop specifically targeted understanding what is being done now on this subject and also explored what could possibly be done in the future to improve and enhance decentralized reuse systems as non-potable water supplies. The Decentralized Reuse Workshop held in Nags Head, North Carolina in late July, 2009 provided research and technology insights, environmental and public health perspectives, lessons learned from other locations throughout the world, specific case studies with both national and international examples and a field tour illustrating some of the current state-of-the-art efforts. The presentations, handouts and related documents are provided here in the workshop website including also a virtual field tour of decentralized reuse systems located in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

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