Aggravated biofouling caused by chlorine disinfection in a pilot-scale reverse osmosis treatment system of municipal wastewater by Li-Wei Luo, Yin-Hu Wu, Yun-Hong Wang, Xin Tong, Yuan Bai, Gen-Qiang Chen, Hao-Bin Wang, Nozomu Ikuno, Hong-Ying Hu

“…The reverse osmosis (RO) system is widely applied to produce reclaimed water for high-standard industrial use. Chlorine disinfection is the main biofouling control method in the RO systems for wastewater reclamation. …”
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Crowdsourcing corporate water data : a validity test of a pilot survey instrument to map public water management related risk worldwide by Logg, Cristina Alene

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<i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> in Irrigation Water: An Assessment of Outbreaks, Sources, Prevalence, and Persistence by Samantha Gartley, Brienna Anderson-Coughlin, Manan Sharma, Kalmia E. Kniel

“…As more fresh fruits and vegetables are needed to meet the demands of a growing population, growers may need to start depending on more varied sources of water, including environmental, recycled, and reclaimed waters. Some of these sources might be susceptible to contamination with microbial pathogens, such as <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i>. …”
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Membrane Technologies in Wastewater Treatment: A Review by Elorm Obotey Ezugbe, Sudesh Rathilal

“…Membrane technology has emerged as a favorite choice for reclaiming water from different wastewater streams for re-use. …”
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The Removal of Selected Inorganics from Municipal Membrane Bioreactor Wastewater Using UF/NF/RO Membranes for Water Reuse Application: A Pilot-Scale Study by Mujahid Aziz, Godwill Kasongo

“…Membrane technology has advanced substantially as a preferred choice for the exclusion of widespread pollutants for reclaiming water from various treatment effluent. Currently, little information is available about Ultrafiltration (UF)/Nanofiltration (NF)/Reverse Osmosis (RO) performance at a pilot scale as a practical engineering application. …”
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Rapid photodecolorization of methyl orange and rhodamine B using zinc oxide nanoparticles mediated by pullulan at different calcination conditions by Mohamed Isa, Eleen Dayana, Shameli, Kamyar, Che Jusoh, Nurfatehah Wahyuny, Hazan, Roshasnorlyza

“…However, the presence of organic pollutants, such as dyes, in the reclaim water can cause adverse effect to human. The dyes can be removed through photocatalysis process where semiconductor materials such as zinc oxide (ZnO) is used as the catalyst. …”

A facile strategy for fabrication of nanocomposite ultrafiltration membrane: oily wastewater treatment and photocatalytic self-cleaning by Umair Baig, Abdul Waheed

“…Abstract Understanding the importance of reclaiming water from a huge oily wastewater stream generated during the drilling of oil in the petroleum industry and mitigating membrane fouling, a polymeric-inorganic nanocomposite membrane was fabricated with self-cleaning properties. …”
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Zero-Valent Iron Filtration Reduces Microbial Contaminants in Irrigation Water and Transfer to Raw Agricultural Commodities by Brienna L. Anderson-Coughlin, Pushpinder K. Litt, Seongyun Kim, Shani Craighead, Alyssa J. Kelly, Pei Chiu, Manan Sharma, Kalmia E. Kniel

“…Groundwater depletion is a critical agricultural irrigation issue, which can be mitigated by supplementation with water of higher microbiological risk, including surface and reclaimed waters, to support irrigation needs in the United States. …”
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Evaluation of performance and fouling resistance of sandwich ultrafiltration for treatment of final discharged palm oil mill effluent(no full stop in abstract) by Mazlan, Nurul Ain

“…Thus, this work is carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of ultrafiltration in reclaiming water from final discharged palm oil mill effluent (POME) as well as to investigate the fouling of membrane. …”
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A Survey of the Presence of Pharmaceutical Residues in Wastewaters. Evaluation of Their Removal using Conventional and Natural Treatment Procedures by R. Guedes-Alonso, S. Montesdeoca-Esponda, J. Pacheco-Juárez, Z. Sosa-Ferrera, J. J. Santana-Rodríguez

“…If this is ensured, reclaimed waters could be a valuable resource that produces very little environmental impact and risks to human health. …”
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Micropollutant removal and nutrient recovery for sustainable management of urban wastewater by Zhang, Jiefeng

“…This issue is extremely important for some metropolitans that rely on the renewable/reclaimable water resources such as Singapore. This study explores new approaches to improve the current wastewater management practice particularly in terms of nutrient recovery and micropollutant mitigation from both scientific and engineering perspectives. …”
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