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SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, 27-28 July 2010
Wastewater Management in the City of the Future
Wastewater and sustainable urban water management
SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, 27-28 July 2010
The Urban Water Cycle
The SWITCH approach to urban water management:
Integration = more sustainable
SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, 27-28 July 2010
Wastewater and the urban water cycle
Stormwater
WastewaterWater supply
Water quality
Potential resource
Sewer capacities
Water treatment standards
Potential resource
Wastewater volume
The Urban Water Cycle
SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, 27-28 July 2010
Links between urban wastewater management and other areas of the water sector
Stormwater management
Water supply
Water treatment
Water quality
SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, 27-28 July 2010
Links between wastewater management and other sectors of urban management
FarmingParks, gardens and recreation
Local economic development
Energy
Housing
Health
SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, 27-28 July 2010
Conventional approach to wastewater management
Wastewater network which collects and treats all wastewater streams
SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, 27-28 July 2010
Drawbacks of the conventional approach to wastewater management
Pollution risk
SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, 27-28 July 2010
Drawbacks of the conventional approach to wastewater management
Expensive technology and high energy use
SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, 27-28 July 2010
Drawbacks of the conventional approach to Wastewater management
Missed opportunities
SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, 27-28 July 2010
Increased urbanisation Deteriorating infrastructure
Increasing challenges
Population growthIncreasing energy costs Environmental
impacts
SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, 27-28 July 2010
Stormwater Management in the City of the Future
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