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Design and assessment of urban drainage and water reuse systems for the reconstruction of formerly industrial areas: a case in Beijing
The Shougang Group is an industrial steel enterprise occupying 800 ha in Beijing that will cease production by 2010. The area will be converted to a new financial and commercial zone. The rebuilding of the water infrastructure in this area should address water shortages in Beijing and retain the industrial landmark of a large cooling water tank. A design framework and an assessment system with ...
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How Can Schools Reduce Their Water Footprints?
Decentralized treatment of wastewater on-site can mean huge reductions in water use and wastewater discharge As people become more aware of water shortages around the world, educational institutions of all sizes are starting to pay more attention to their water footprints. There are many ways to achieve water efficiency. For example, we’re seeing some schools adopt low-flow fixtures to ...
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Integration of seawater and grey water reuse to maximize alternative water resource for coastal areas: the case of the Hong Kong International Airport
Development, population growth and climate change have pressurized water stress in the world. Being an urbanized coastal city, Hong Kong has adopted a dual water supply system since the 1950s for seawater toilet flushing for 80% of its 7 million inhabitants. Despite its success in saving 750,000 m3/day of freshwater, the saline sewage (consisting of about 20–30% of seawater) appears to have ...
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Ideal for onsite chlorine applications
Water treatment could be applied to various fields, our anodes are currently used for Sodium Hypochlorite and Electrolysis of water. Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) is a compound that can be effectively used for water purification. It is used on a large scale for surface purification, bleaching, odor removal and water disinfection. It can be also applied in sanitary wastewater and industrial ...
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Self build in Surrey Incorporates Grey water system
Grey isn't such a grey area It's an environmental and economic no-brainer Designing environmental criteria into home building projects is not as difficult or as expensive as it may appear, as discovered by web and graphic designer Keiran Wynyard. Keiran was determined that his self-build extension to his home in Tadworth, Surrey would meet some important environmental touchstones. One of those ...
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The Greyter Home featured in Toronto Sun
The monthly water bill is being quickly reduced for the owners of seven homes who are now part of the first Canadian residential community to use the Greyter HOME(TM) water recycling system. The properties represent Phase One of Edgewood, an exclusive west Pickering neighbourhood by home builder Geranium that eventually will consist of a residential enclave of 21 detached homes on 40-and-50-foot ...
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The Greyter Home featured in the Post
The monthly water bill is being quickly reduced for the owners of seven homes who are now part of the first Canadian residential community to use the Greyter HOME(TM) water recycling system. The properties represent Phase One of Edgewood, an exclusive west Pickering neighbourhood by home builder Geranium that eventually will consist of a residential enclave of 21 detached homes on 40-and-50-foot ...
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What Are the Benefits of Grey Water Recycling?
Learning about the benefits of grey water recycling can help your business save money and preserve the environment. On average, each American household uses 400 gallons of water per day, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. A large part of people’s daily usage — washing their hands or flushing the toilet — may take place at your commercial property. You would not ...
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Fire Brigades around the country to use water recycling systems
Rainwater and Grey Water Harvesting / Recycling for the Fire Brigade around the country. Several sites have been identified for the inclusion of water recycling systems. Aquaco have successfully supplied, tested and commissioned rain and grey water recycling and harvesting systems for a range of applications within the Fire Stations. The applications have been search and rescue, toilet ...
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Aquacell G5 - Birrigai Outdoor School ACT case study
Location: Tidbinbilla Road, Birrigai, ACT Client: Birrigai Outdoor School Capacity: 5,000L/day Source: Greywater from showers and hand basins Recycled Use: Toilet flushing Commissioned: September 2006 Re-building a school with the help of Aquacell After devastating Canberra bushfires all but destroyed Birrigai Outdoor School, a mission to rebuild was developed. Architects, Collard ...
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Who Says Charity has to Cost Money?
It is a rare and delightful occurrence when altruistic motives and the quest for profit coincide in such a way that following one begets the other. The reuse and recycling of waste water is just such a project, especially in industrial applications replacing municipal potable drinking water supplies. When one considers the fact that more than a billion people in the world are without adequate ...
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Grey water recycling for Taylor Wimpey
Taylor Wimpey opt for Grey Water recycling The national developer and household name Taylor Wimpey has opted to include the "Aquawiser" grey water recycling system at a large housing development in Kent. The scheme will be offering a mix of houses and apartments Aquaco's grey water system. Grey Water Systems involve the collection of bath water and shower water which is then filtered, ...
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Aquacell G10 - K2 Apartments, Victoria case study
Location: Five kilometres from Melbourne CBD in Windsor Client: Department of Human Services,Victoria Capacity: 10 kL/day Source: Greywater from the showers and hand basins of 96 residential apartments Recycled Use: Toilet flushing and garden irrigation Aquacell prominent in award-winning sustainable design project In 2001, Aquacell became a key part of the now internationally recognised ...
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Grey water recycling system for midlands library
Midlands Library Grey Water Recycling System Aquaco has won and is delivering an important contract for a grey water recycling system for a public library in the Midlands. Aquaco feels that a main strength of its business is in grey water recycling which collects bath, basin and shower water, filters and disinfects, and then recycles the water for use in toilet flushing. The Midlands system ...
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Eco home in Brighton uses Greywater system
Award winning eco home saves 100litres of water a day Having attended a self-build course, Jackie and Alan employed DRP, a firm of Brighton architects which produced a design that specified a whole range of eco technologies and materials including a grey water recycling system provided by Aquaco. Their new home achieved an 'Ecohomes' excellent standard thanks, in part, to water conservation ...
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Constructed wetlands for urban grey water recycling
Three differently configured constructed wetlands: a Horizontal Flow Reed Bed (HFRB), Vertical Flow Reed Bed (VFRB) and a novel constructed wetland (the Green Roof Water Recycling System (GROW) patent number GB 2375761) were compared for treatment of weak organic strength domestic grey water for reuse over a period of nine months. Influent and effluent were characterized in terms of standard ...
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Grey water recycling system for home office building
Home Office declares Aquaco grey water recycling system a success! Says Head of Corporate Services Katharine Thompson”: If anyone had an issue with the facilities here, I would be the first to know”. “In fact I had almost forgotten that there is a grey water system supplying the toilets here, it appears to be just as mains water would be,” says Katherine. 1,100 people ...
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Greywater recycling system installed at Canary Wharf
First combined Rainwater Harvesting/Grey Water Recycling System to be installed at Canary Wharf in London E14A multi-storey office at Canary Wharf will be installing the first combined Grey,Rain and AC Blow down water recycling system in Canary Wharf. The reclaimed/recycled water will be used for toilet flushing feeding WC's at 9000 litres per hour. The rain and grey water will be collected in a ...
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The Greyter Home featured in the Star
Fill eight drinking glasses with water from your tap. Now dump them down the toilet. That may seem wasteful, but that’s typically what happens every time we flush and wash 4.2 litres of drinking water into the sanitary sewer or septic tank. But 21 new homes at Geranium Homes’ Edgewood community, in Pickering, will allow each new owner to save approximately 30,000 litres of water a ...
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Grey water recycling for Internationally Renowned Merchant Bank
New Nomura building water recycling system passes the test of time. One Angel Lane, the iconic new European headquarters of Nomura in the City of London, has a comprehensive grey water and rainwater water combined system providing 100% of water for toilet flushing on the first five floors of this eleven floor building. Installed by Aquaco in June 2008, the system is working to the full ...
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