By | Regina Thomas
Wastewater is water already used for other purposes. It contains debris from substances like soaps, food scraps, oil, human waste and different chemicals. Most of the house’s rooms use water, and wastewater comes from other areas in the house, including toilets, bathtubs, showers, dishwashers and washing machines. Businesses and many industries also have plenty of wastewater. This untreated water, if disposed of carelessly, can cause environmental pollution on land, air and soil. Some ways to avoid disruptions from wastewater include
Reuse for Agricultural Purposes
Businesses can use wastewater for agriculture depending on the level of contaminants in it. After using water, you can pour it on your lawns, fruit nurseries, fence, flowers and gardens. Proper monitoring is necessary to prevent animals and humans from consuming contaminated food. Monitoring is essential to prevent runoff of soil nutrients and salinity that inhibits the growth of plants. Irrigating your garden is necessary for plant growth; therefore, wastewater will go a long way.
Reusing Grey Wastewater
Greywater refers to water that has slightly been used, like water from washing machines, showers, tap water used domestically and bathtub water. The water must not be in contact with faeces and urine but with grease, soap, food and dirt. The method involves diverting all this used water to a greywater collecting system and later using it for general cleaning of the house, like washing the veranda and driveway, washing doormats and watering the grass.
Recycling Water
Recycling water is the most effective way of cleaning wastewater. It would help if you routinely cleaned fish tanks and aquariums to prevent the fish from suffocating from toxic waste. The toxic materials in aquariums are the top leading cause of fish deaths. Instead of disposing of the water, you could create a recycling method that regenerates the water back to the aquarium. After recycling, you can use the water for other purposes like garden irrigation and cleaning.
Recycled water is suitable for plants because it contains nutrients like nitrogen, potassium, phosphorous, and ammonium. They act as natural fertilizers. Avoid using salty water from aquariums for your plants. You can use a lift station alarm to track your water usage in and around your house.
Collect Rainwater
Rainwater is pure and can be used for businesses purposes, even for drinking. Plenty of water gets wasted when it rains, so trapping it could be incredibly beneficial. To collect rainwater, install gutters in your home and collect the water into a tank.
Use of Course Filtration
Course filtration removes large particles from the water like food, plastics, hair and grease. It is essential to filter greywater through the course filtration method to remove the coarse particles. Later the water can be used for outdoor cleaning, watering plants and washing the car.
Use of Fine Filtration
Fine filtration involves the removal of all the microbes in water to make the water consumable and usable for cooking and purposes in the industry. Fine filtration makes wastewater more useful, unlike coarse filtration. Wastewater needs to go through the coarse filtration method before going through fine filtration.
Reuse Water
Wastewater in businesses can cause service disruptions like blocking the sewerage system. Collecting used water from different points of the house and using it for other purposes helps a lot. Collecting shower water is a simple way of reusing water. When you shower in your bathtub, avoid draining the water; instead, collect it in a bucket and pour it on your lawn and flower bed. After doing your laundry, you can connect a longer hose pipe and pour the water on your veranda.
While warming up your shower, avoid wasting the water; instead, collect it in a basin or bucket and use it for other cleaning purposes around the house. Instead of throwing away unwanted ice, throw it in your garden and let it melt into a liquid. Water that has overstayed in storage containers can be harmful when you drink, but it is suitable for washing utensils or pouring them into your garden. Pet water that has overstayed can be used for your indoor plant pots. When washing your car, wash it close to the grass to absorb the water. Wash your vegetables and fruits inside a bowl or basin and pour the water into your garden.
Conclusion
Water conservation is everyone’s role. There are numerous ways wastewater can be reused hence preventing service disruptions. Therefore, people should avoid wasting water instead of using it for other purposes.
