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From Wastewater to Water Security: Indirect Reuse as a Strategic Water Resource

11 AM EDT | August 4, 2026

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Utilities across the U.S. and U.K. are running out of easy answers to water scarcity. Indirect reuse turns treated wastewater into a local, reliable resource that reduces environmental discharge and strengthens long-term supply. This session walks through the engineering, the regulatory language on both sides of the Atlantic, and what a 90% recovery reuse plant actually looks like in operation.

 

What you’ll learn:

 

  • Why indirect potable reuse has moved from a niche upgrade to a strategic supply decision for utilities
  • The U.S. and U.K. terminology map, and what each label triggers in the regulatory process
  • The full treatment pathway, including municipal wastewater, biological treatment or MBR, and more
  • Where reuse process typically fail and the design decisions that hold up in operation
  • The chloramines and NDMA question in plain terms, plus how PFRO operation reduces the need to lean on chloramines
  • Real data from Cherokee Metro District, including 90% recovery
Tomer Efrat, CTO

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Why join

Your discharge permits are tightening and your surface water source is getting less reliable every year, but the board still wants a supply plan that survives the next drought

Public trust in reuse is fragile, and one NDMA headline can set a project back five years, so the treatment barrier design has to be defensible before the community meeting, not after

Capex on a mega-scale desalination plant is not available in every catchment, and reuse is often the only local option that scales without a new pipeline

Every reuse project pitched to you looks similar on the slide deck, so you need a working reference plant, real recovery numbers, and honest data on what breaks

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