Highly treated wastewater that can be used in industrial processes, for irrigation in agriculture, urban parks and landscapes, and in the home for flushing toilets, car washing and watering gardens. It is not for drinking or personal use.
Wastewater that becomes suitable for a specific beneficial use as a result of treatment.
Domestic wastewater purified through primary, secondary and tertiary treatment. Recycled water is ideal for most non-drinking water purposes such as landscaping, irrigation and industrial uses.
Wastewater that has been cleaned so that it can be reused for most purposes except drinking.
Recycled/re-used water is water: that has been used at least once in a process within the operation or at another operation within the organisation; and that would otherwise be part of a waste stream; and if not re-used, would require the input of raw water.
Wastewater suitable for beneficial use as a result of appropriate treatment. Desalination is frequently one of the treatment processes. Synonymous with ‘reused water'.
water that is used more than one time before it passes back into the natural hydrologic system.
Treated wastewater that undergoes additional, advanced treatment to make it safe for non-potable uses such as landscape irrigation.
Used water that has had its quality sufficiently upgraded so that it can be used for another purpose or restored for the same purpose.
