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CDM Smith Selected to Update and Revise the EPA/USAID 2004 Guidelines for Water Reuse
Several CDM Smith Employees Will Serve as Project Managers, Authors, Reviewers and Editors
June 24, 2011
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have contracted with CDM Smith to update and revise the organizations’ Guidelines for Water Reuse. CDM Smith will provide leadership in development and production of the document as part of the firm’s Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with EPA.
A broad base of reuse experts, regulators and other stakeholders will facilitate the development of a technically robust and broadly acceptable document.
First developed by CDM Smith and EPA in 1980, and updated in 1992 and 2004, the Guidelines for Water Reuse document provides direction to water and wastewater utilities and regulatory agencies or ministries in the United States and globally. The guidelines document summarizes U.S. and international regulations and water reuse practices; includes case studies; and provides information on planning for future water reuse systems, as well as indirect potable reuse and industrial reuse. Disinfection and treatment technologies, emerging contaminants, and public involvement and acceptance are also covered.
The Guidelines for Water Reuse update will reflect the integrated water resource planning process now appropriate for water reclamation projects. It will build on the technical, regulatory and engineering knowledge currently established in the 2004 document, while supplementing it with recent experience and references to updated regulations. It will also serve as a manual to help planners and decision-makers consider water reuse as a part of the integrated water resources planning process. Total water management is a new paradigm in water resources planning that breaks down the dividing lines between wastewater, stormwater, raw water and reclaimed water, allowing these resources to be managed holistically to maximize their beneficial use.
CDM Smith is leading an extensive process to seek input from individuals recognized as the leading water reuse authorities in their respective fields. This broad base of reuse experts, regulators and other stakeholders will facilitate the development of a technically robust and broadly acceptable document—allowing the update to be used across a spectrum of geographies and types of water reuse planning and implementation projects. The updated Guidelines for Water Reuse is planned to be completed in fall 2012.
Opportunities to learn more about the guidelines, contribute to the document and volunteer to author chapters and/or sections are available at www.waterreuseguidelines.org. Or, for more information, contact:
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