Managing the Other Side of the Water Cycle: Making Wastewater an Asset

Abstract

"Accordingly, [this report] focuses on the management of the whole water/waste cycle at the city level within an integrated approach, outlining what it will take to put into practice a sustainable approach to water supply, sanitation and reuse. It looks at options for closing the loop between human settlement discharges and their surrounding watersheds based on an integrated approach to water resources management. Special attention is given to the full spectrum of technical, planning, management, institutional, economic and policy aspects. Managing the Other Side of the Water Cycle is thus an important contribution towards widening the debate on the management of the 'after use' part of the water and waste cycle."