Stephanie Buechler, Wilfrid Hertog and René van Veenhuizen

In: UA Magazine 8 - Wastewater Reuse in Urban Agriculture

Increasing volumes of domestic, hospital and industrial wastewater are being produced in rapidly growing cities around the world. Wastewater treatment is costly and even in those cities that are able to procure funding to build treatment plants, only a small percentage of the total wastewater volume is treated and the rest is left to flow into natural water bodies. Most of the water only receives primary treatment. Many treatment plants in cities in the South go into disuse after a short period of time due to insufficient funds for operation and maintenance.