29th webinar of the series and first 2021 webinar in the Hebd'Eau series entitled « Development of an innovative ERG electrochemical process for the treatment and recycling of grey water from construction camps ».
Invited speaker: Rimeh Daghrir, Researcher at the Centre for Water Technologies and Lecturer at the Cégep de Saint-Laurent, also a regular member of CentrEau and the comanager of the research axis Water Uses.
Langue : French, with slides in French
Slideshow: See the slides » (PDF, 1 905 Ko) [in French]
Summary: Currently in Canada, there are millions of isolated dwellings, including residences, campgrounds, work camps, etc., that are located in isolated areas. It has recently been reported that more than 150 billion liters of wastewater from these dwellings are inadequately treated or untreated and therefore discharged annually into the natural environment [1]. 1] Similarly, water consumption patterns, and therefore wastewater flows and their daily distribution, may be different from those commonly observed in conventional residences.
On-site treatment can provide management flexibility and is an economically viable approach for sparsely populated and remote communities and agglomerations. The objective of this research project is to develop a non-polluting and efficient electrochemical ERG process for the on-site treatment and recycling of grey water from construction camps. Preliminary results have shown that the ERG technology has met the requirements of NSF-350 in terms of treatment and recycling of grey water from work camps. This reuse of treated greywater could reduce water demand by up to 30% of total domestic water consumption [2; 3].
1] Environment Canada, 2016; [2] Ghaitidak D.M., Yadav K.D (2013) Environmental Science Pollution Research 20: 2795-2809; [3] Chaillou K., Gérente C., Andrès Y., Wolbert D (2011) Water Air Soil Pollut 215:31-42.
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