Abstract
Greenhouse gas emissions are having an increasing impact on water cycles. This interconnection is referred to as the carbon–water nexus (CWN). Especially, changing precipitation patterns, decreasing freshwater availability, rising sea levels, and mounting frequency of extreme weather events threaten the social structure, the infrastructure and the environment in many countries. Environmental engineers can help to combat this negative development by, e.g., implementing sophisticated water treatment technologies for water reclamation from industrial, commercial, and residential sources. However, these engineers have to overcome new challenges to do so. In comparison to surface water or groundwater, these still unconventional water sources show a more complex composition and a higher concentration of potentially hazardous substances. This gives rise to additional technical efforts and causes additional costs. Furthermore, when exploiting these unconventional sources, psychological issues of the customers as well as increasing health concerns due to prevalence of pathogens have to be addressed.
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Rögener, F. (2021). Upcoming Challenges of Water Reclamation from Unconventional Sources. In: Ribbe, L., Haarstrick, A., Babel, M., Dehnavi, S., Biesalski, H.K. (eds) Towards Water Secure Societies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50653-7_6
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