title: A mini-review on the impacts of climate change on wastewater reclamation and reuse.
abstract: To tackle current water insecurity concerns, wastewater reclamation and reuse have appeared as a promising candidate to conserve the valuable fresh water sources while increasing the efficiency of material utilization. Climate change, nevertheless, poses both opportunities and threats to the wastewater reclamation industry. Whereas it elevates the social perception on water-related issues and fosters an emerging water-reuse market, climate change simultaneously presents adverse impacts on the water reclamation scheme, either directly or indirectly. These effects were studied fragmentally in separate realms. Hence, this paper aims to link these studies for providing a thorough understanding about the consequences of the climate change on the wastewater reclamation and reuse. It initially summarizes contemporary treatment processes and their reuse purposes before carrying out a systematic analysis of available findings.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
authors.forename: Phuong
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tram Vo
authors.affiliation: Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia. Electronic address: h.ngo@uts.edu.au.
authors.forename: Huu Hao
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.affiliation: Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
authors.forename: Wenshan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Environment, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, 268 Ly Thuong Kiet, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
authors.forename: Phuoc Dan
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Sydney Olympic Park Authority, 7 Figtree Drive, Sydney, NSW 2127, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Listowski
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Northwest Water Resources, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China.
authors.forename: Xiaochang C
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D057231:Climate Change; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D062065:Wastewater / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D062065:Wastewater
keywords: Climate change; Impacts; Opportunities; Wastewater reclamation and reuse