Caillaud shared with Water & Wastewater Asia that Asia-Pacific is faced with water quality issues and believed that the region has a substantial amount of work to be done. For instance, dealing with seasonal water and water scarcity and managing extreme weather events like flooding – these are critical topics which he identified surrounding the Asia-Pacific region.
To close the loop in water recycling, technologies are available to make water reusable for different applications. The agricultural and semiconductor sectors, for example, are among the industries that have incorporated some form of water reuse. However, Caillaud pointed out that using reused or reclaimed water for potable use might not necessarily appear as appealing due to social acceptance despite, from a quality point of view, today’s filtration and desalination technologies having the
ability to make reuse water safe for consumption.
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