Water reuse, soil-based treatment, and other decentralized wastewater treatment methods offer low-cost, sustainable solutions for communities faced with water scarcity challenges. Jessica Barringer of Infiltrator Water Technologies explains how onsite systems can reduce local pollution and improve local water supply.
Much of the world still uses dilution as its primary form of wastewater treatment, including some of the most developed nations. Countless sewer systems have no treatment at their outfall or combined sewer overflow (CS) locations; many more provide only primary treatment (solids separation).