Potable Water
Reuse Report

The ReWater Center, in collaboration with Trussell Technologies, Inc., published the first issue of the Potable Water Reuse Report in spring 2024, with future issues being published quarterly. The publication is intended to connect the potable water reuse community – including practitioners, regulators, and academics – to keep them up-to-date with the industry’s rapidly evolving developments.

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Series 2: Pathogen Reduction Crediting

Issue 4

Pathogen Reduction Crediting: It’s not what you can remove, it’s what you can prove

December 17, 2024

This issue introduces pathogen reduction crediting frameworks initially developed for surface water treatment. Because it is not possible to conduct real-time monitoring for pathogens, treatment processes receive log-reduction credits through experimental testing.

Series 1: Direct Potable Reuse Regulations

Issue 1

Direct Potable Reuse Regulations and the Importance of Adaptability in a Rapidly Evolving World:
A California Case Study

March 8, 2024

This issue reflects on California’s experience developing direct potable reuse (DPR) regulations and compares the process to developing indirect potable reuse regulations to inform other DPR regulation development processes.

Issue 2

The Factors Shaping DPR Regulations in the United States

June 14, 2024

This issue looks at DPR regulations (or the lack of) throughout the United States. While there was substantial variability in the individual requirements in states’ regulations, there was consistency in the public health requirements. This issue identified non-public health factors influencing DPR regulations.

Issue 3

Direct Potable Reuse at the Global Scale: Regulations or Bust?

September 13, 2024

This issue looked at DPR regulations at the global scale and found that their development is not being prioritized. Those reasons are discussed as well as how public health is being protected in the absence of regulation.