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Treating waste water for safe reuse

Context

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends the treatment and safe reuse of domestic and industrial waste waters in urban and rural areas.

Broader

Treating wastes
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Recycling industrial wastes
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Purifying community water supply
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Preparing environmental guidelines for safe discharge of waste
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Adopting sustainable sanitation policy
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Narrower

Preventing water related disease transmission from waste water irrigation
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Disinfecting
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Facilitates

Reducing amount of impurities in waste water
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Value

Wastage
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Unsafe
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water and SanitationSustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean EnergySustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(E) Emanations of other strategies
Subject
  • Hydrology » Water
  • Societal problems » Safety
  • Societal problems » Waste
    • Content quality
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    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J5083
    DOCID
    12050830
    D7NID
    195327
    Editing link
    Official link
    https://encyclopedia.uia.org/strategy/treating-waste-water-safe-reuse
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024