title: Wastewater reuse potential analysis: implications for China's water resources management.
abstract: It has been recognized that wastewater reuse or reclamation serves as an efficient and valuable way to cope with the scarcity of water resources and severity of water pollution. This paper presents the systematic framework of wastewater reuse potential estimation. Based on the regional disparities in China, a linear programming optimization model is developed to explore the potential wastewater reuse quantities, under physical and economic constraints. Sensitivity analysis and Robust Counterpart (RC) optimization are performed to discuss the influences of key parameters and the reuse quantity's decision making under uncertainty. Based on the model, effectiveness of different policy scenarios of water price changes are simulated and evaluated, providing information regarding China's water and wastewater management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, PR China.
authors.forename: Junying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Jining
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004777:Environment; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011050:Policy Making; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014873:Water Pollutants; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D014873:Water Pollutants