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Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology Volume 41, 2011 - Issue 7
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Grey Water Treatment Systems: A Review

Lina Abu Ghunmi University of Jordan, Water and Environment Research and Study Center, Amman, Jordan; Wageningen University, Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Subdepartment of Environmental Technology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Grietje Zeeman Wageningen University, Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Subdepartment of Environmental Technology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Manar Fayyad University of Jordan, Water and Environment Research and Study Center, Amman, Jordan
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Jules B. van Lier Wageningen University, Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Subdepartment of Environmental Technology, Wageningen, The Netherlands; Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Water Management, Section Sanitary Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands
Pages 657-698 | Published online: 14 Mar 2011
 
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Abstract

This review aims to discern a treatment for grey water by examining grey water characteristics, reuse standards, technology performance and costs. The review reveals that the systems for treating grey water, whatever its quality, should consist of processes that are able to trap pollutants with a small particle size and convert organic matter to mineralized compounds. For efficient, simple and affordable treatment of grey water with safe effluent reuse, a combined anaerobic-aerobic process is recommended, with disinfection being an optional step. The removal and subsequent conversion of suspended and colloidal particles in the anaerobic process need further improvement. Furthermore, the reuse standards should be revised and classified considering the reuse options and requirements.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The research on which this paper has been based was funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nuffic).

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