The standard wastewater treatment process in the U.S. comprises of primary, secondary, and tertiary treatments, each targeting different contaminants with the end goal to discharge into the environment. My project's goal was to design a wastewater treatment system for direct or indirect potable water reuse, utilizing reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. Direct potable reuse (DPR) and indirect potable reuse (IPR) both purify wastewater for beneficial use, with IPR using environmental buffers for further purification and DPR storing the treated water until it is transported to a water treatment plant (WTP). Our objectives were to evaluate technologies to remove contaminants (such as CECs, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and BOD), review state and federal water reuse guidelines, and develop a small-scale design.

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Creator

• Burns, Carley

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Water
• Well-Being
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042424-132703
• 121518

Mot-clé

• Wastewater Treatment
• PFAS Contaminates
• Potable Reuse

Advisor

• Bergendahl, John Andrew

Year

• 2024

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Date created

• 2024-04-24

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Environmental Engineering

Source

• E-project-042424-132703

Rights statement

• In Copyright