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DOI | 10.3390/w11020191 |
Effluent Water Reuse Possibilities in Northern Cyprus | |
Elkiran, Gozen1; Aslanova, Fidan2; Hiziroglu, Salim3 | |
发表日期 | 2019 |
ISSN | 2073-4441 |
卷号 | 11期号:2 |
英文摘要 | Northern Cyprus (NC) is suffering from limited water resources and reiterated drought condition experiences due to global warming effects. Previous studies revealed that the water management policy in the country is not sustainable from the perspective of demand and balance. Apparently, the reuse of recycled water will be an alternative resource and can be utilized for some specific purposes to reduce water extraction from the ground. It is expected that treated wastewater will reach 20 million cubic meters (MCM) per year after the completion of the new sewage system for Lefkosa. Today, 20,000 m(3) of wastewater is treated at the Lefkosa Central Treatment Plant up to the secondary treatment level, in which the degree of treatment varies from 60% to 95% owing to the weather conditions in the country during the year. Effluent water reuse in NC was not accepted due to cultural belief. However, water scarcity was experienced in the country during the last decade, forcing the farmers to benefit from the recycled water. There is no regulatory framework available in the country for effluent water reuse. However, preparation studies are almost finalized after discussions among government and European Union (EU) agencies. Cyprus, as an EU country, has an obligation to treat the wastewater up to the secondary level before releasing it in an environmentally friendly nature, following the Directive 91/271/EEC. This paper analyzes the effluent water reuse possibilities as a component of integrated water resource management in Northern Cyprus considering laboratory experiment results. It appears that applying tertiary treatment in Northern Cyprus will allow 20 MCM of water contribution to the water budget and it will help protect the vulnerable environment. Also, since the cost of tertiary treatment will be 0.2 United States dollars (USD)/m(3), it would be reasonable to prefer this process to the desalination of water, which costs of 1 USD/m(3). |
WOS研究方向 | Water Resources |
来源期刊 | WATER
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/92641 |
作者单位 | 1.Near East Univ, Dept Civil Engn, Near East Blvd, TR-99138 Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, Turkey; 2.Near East Univ, Dept Environm Engn, Near East Blvd, TR-99138 Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, Turkey; 3.Oklahoma State Univ, Dept Nat Resource Ecol & Management, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Elkiran, Gozen,Aslanova, Fidan,Hiziroglu, Salim. Effluent Water Reuse Possibilities in Northern Cyprus[J],2019,11(2). |
APA | Elkiran, Gozen,Aslanova, Fidan,&Hiziroglu, Salim.(2019).Effluent Water Reuse Possibilities in Northern Cyprus.WATER,11(2). |
MLA | Elkiran, Gozen,et al."Effluent Water Reuse Possibilities in Northern Cyprus".WATER 11.2(2019). |
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