Water reuse and recycle in the US steam-electric-generating industry - an assessment of current practice and potential for future applications

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5709105

Breitstein, L; Tucker, R C

The study assesses the current and future potential for wastewater reuse and recycle by the steam-electric-generating industry in the United States. Fifty-three power plants employing one or more of the following reuse/recycle measures were identified by a literature search and interviews with reuse/recycle experts--cascading higher-quality wastewaters to lower-quality uses, recirculating ash sluice water, using cooling tower makeup or sidestream softening, treating and reclaiming wastewaters, using dry-cooling systems, and using municipal effluents as plant-intake water. Detailed case studies were performed on eight of the 53 plants surveyed.

• Research Organization: Dames and Moore, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5709105
• Report Number(s): PB-86-167657/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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