Municipal wastewater reuse: Is it a competitive alternative to seawater desalination?

Social Sciences

• Wastewater reuse 100%
• Wastewater treatment 44%
• water 40%
• Water scarcity 30%
• Water resources 24%
• Water flows 17%
• Water sources 15%
• alternative technology 15%
• demand 14%
• production costs 14%
• water management 11%
• methodology 10%
• Chile 9%
• economics 8%
• scenario 7%
• costs 5%
• resources 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• desalination 55%
• seawater 37%
• wastewater 34%
• city 16%
• water scarcity 16%
• wastewater treatment plant 13%
• water 11%
• water resource 11%
• alternative technology 10%
• primary treatment 9%
• production cost 8%
• economics 8%
• methodology 8%
• used water 8%
• water demand 7%
• water flow 6%
• wastewater treatment 6%
• water supply 5%
• demand 4%
• world 4%
• resource 4%
• cost 3%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Desalination 60%
• Seawater 57%
• Wastewater 55%
• Water 28%
• Wastewater treatment 20%
• Outfalls 18%
• Water resources 14%
• Economics 7%
• Water supply 6%
• Costs 4%