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ReviewEnvironmental science & technology2024

The Future of Municipal Wastewater Reuse Concentrate Management: Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunities.

Casey T K Finnerty, Amy E Childress, Kevin M Hardy, Eric M V Hoek, Meagan S Mauter, Megan H Plumlee, Joan B Rose, Mark D Sobsey, Paul Westerhoff, Pedro J J Alvarez and 1 more

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Review in Environmental science & technology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Casey T K FinnertyDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0520-5430
Amy E ChildressAstani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7829-9861
Kevin M HardyNational Water Research Institute, Fountain Valley, California 92708, United States.
Eric M V HoekDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California 90095, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5748-6481
Meagan S MauterDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4932-890X
Megan H PlumleeOrange County Water District, Fountain Valley, California 92708, United States.
Joan B RoseDepartment of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States.
Mark D SobseyDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Paul WesterhoffSchool of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-3005, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9241-8759
Pedro J J AlvarezDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6725-7199
Menachem ElimelechDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4186-1563

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water reuse is rapidly becoming an integral feature of resilient water systems, where municipal wastewater undergoes advanced treatment, typically involving a sequence of ultrafiltration (UF), reverse osmosis (RO), and an advanced oxidation process (AOP). When RO is used, a concentrated waste stream is produced that is elevated in not only total dissolved solids but also metals, nutrients, and micropollutants that have passed through conventional wastewater treatment. Management of this RO concentrate─dubbed municipal wastewater reuse concentrate (MWRC)─will be critical to address, especially as water reuse practices become more widespread. Building on existing brine management practices, this review explores MWRC management options by identifying infrastructural needs and opportunities for multi-beneficial disposal. To safeguard environmental systems from the potential hazards of MWRC, disposal, monitoring, and regulatory techniques are discussed to promote the safety and affordability of implementing MWRC management. Furthermore, opportunities for resource recovery and valorization are differentiated, while economic techniques to revamp cost-benefit analysis for MWRC management are examined. The goal of this critical review is to create a common foundation for researchers, practitioners, and regulators by providing an interdisciplinary set of tools and frameworks to address the impending challenges and emerging opportunities of MWRC management.

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UltrafiltrationWastewaterEpichlorohydrinNutrientsWaterEpichlorohydrinNutrientsWastewaterWaterbrineconcentratecost-benefit analysisinfrastructuremanagementmunicipal wastewater reuseregulationsreverse osmosisvalorization

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PMID38193155
PMCPMC10785764

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