Abstract
Greywater utilisation post-treatment is an essential strategy for the conservation of freshwater. It comprises different water pollutants, including organics and nutrients, originates from several household water-usage activities such as hand washing, bathing, cleaning clothes, utensils, etc. The discharge of greywater directly into the ecosystem and soil can drastically affect the aquatic species in the lake due to eutrophication and negative effects in the soil properties, respectively. Due to this reason, several conventional treatment methods were studied, such as filtration unit using ceramic wastes (Mohamed et al., 2018), and slanted soil system (Ushijima et al., 2013) to remove total suspended solids and organics from greywater. These systems are prone to clogging issues and can have high installation and maintenance costs.
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Priyanka, K., Remya, N., Behera, M. (2022). Solar Photocatalysis using N-doped TiO2 for Greywater Treatment: Optimisation of Operational Parameters. In: Haq, I., Kalamdhad, A.S., Dash, S. (eds) Environmental Degradation: Monitoring, Assessment and Treatment Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94148-2_13
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