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The article discusses water reuse and applications for degraded water. It examines sources of degraded water, including water used in power generation and livestock operations. Issues surrounding water reuse are explored and include treatment methods, wastewater effluents, urban and agricultural runoff, and regulations regarding reuse. Reuse applications are presented and include industrial cooling, wetland creation, and recharging groundwater. Technical, environmental, and social challenges connected with wide-scale water reuse are also explored. INSET: WATER REUSE RESOURCES.

The article discusses the issue of reusing water. The limited fresh water supply has alarmed a lot of people as demands for such continues to increase. This phenomena stimulated the development of water reuse programs. Certain areas in the United States, specifically in the southwest, has already established water reuse programs. Although such programs still need complete public acceptance, some states already implemented the program. In 2003, California has recycled water and used a large percent of it for agricultural irrigation. Other areas also started to use recycled water for landscape irrigations such as in parks and ground schools. INSETS: FLORIDA'S REUSE ACTIVITIES;OUTLOOK. FOR RECYCLED WATER;EVOLUTION OF LAND TREATING WASTEWATER;$43.1 MILLION FOR RECYCLED WATER SOURCES IN FLORIDA

Deals with the revisions in the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Part 503 regulations package for biosolids management in 1993. Limits for the metal molybdenum; Date EPA deleted the limits for chromium; Fecal coliform density limit for Class B biosolids; List of the proposed revisions on Part 503.

Presents information on systems of applying treated wastewater to land. Multiple functions of land treatment systems; Benefit of the slow rate land treatment system; Case studies illustrating the variety and improvements to large operating land treatment systems. INSET: NATURAL SOLUTIONS FOR BIOSOLIDS AND WASTEWATER.