Landfill__Main article: LandfillA landfill compaction vehicle in action.Spittelau incineration plant in ViennaDisposal of waste in a landfill involves burying the waste and this remains a common pract ...
Throughout most of history, the amount of waste generated by humans was insignificant due to low population density and low societal levels of the exploitation of natural resources. Common waste produ ...
Waste management is the "generation, prevention, characterization, monitoring, treatment, handling, reuse and residual disposition of solid wastes". There are various types of solid waste including mu ...
European Union__Main article: Directive on Urban Waste Water TreatmentCouncil Directive 91/271/EEC on Urban Wastewater Treatment was adopted on 21 May 1991, amended by the Commission Directive 98/15/E ...
Treated wastewater can be reused as drinking water, in industry (cooling towers), in artificial recharge of aquifers, in agriculture (70 percent of Israel's irrigated agriculture is based on highly pu ...
Further information: Sewage treatment, Agricultural wastewater treatment, and Industrial wastewater treatmentThere are numerous processes that can be used to clean up wastewaters depending on the type ...
In some urban areas, sewage is carried separately in sanitary sewers and runoff from streets is carried in storm drains. Access to either of these is typically through a manhole. During high precipita ...
Main article: Wastewater quality indicatorsAny oxidizable material present in a natural waterway or in an industrial wastewater will be oxidized both by biochemical (bacterial) or chemical processes. ...
The composition of wastewater varies widely. This is a partial list of what it may contain:Water (more than 95 percent), which is often added during flushing to carry waste down a drain;Pathogens such ...
Wastewater or sewage can come from (text in brackets indicates likely inclusions or contaminants):Human waste (f?ces, used toilet paper or wipes, urine, or other bodily fluids), also known as blackwa ...
Wastewater, also written as waste water, is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence. Municipal wastewater is usually conveyed in a combined sewer or sanitary s ...
Water supply and sanitation require a huge amount of capital investment in infrastructure such as pipe networks, pumping stations and water treatment works. It is estimated that Organisation for Econo ...
Main articles: Drinking water and Water securityFood and water are two basic human needs. However, global coverage figures from 2002 indicate that, of every 10 people:roughly 5 have a connection to a ...
The concept of water stress is relatively simple: According to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, it applies to situations where there is not enough water for all uses, whether ag ...
Agricultural__It is estimated that 70% of worldwide water use is for irrigation, with 15-35% of irrigation withdrawals being unsustainable. It takes around 2,000 - 3,000 litres of water to produce eno ...
