Treatment and reuse of greywater in different settings of green walls

Istenič, Darja (author), Trošt Sedej, Tadeja (author), Griessler Bulc, Tjaša (author), Radinja, Matej (author), Atanasova, Nataša (author)

The climate crisis, phosphorous and water scarcity due to linear utilisation require the development and implementation of innovative concepts for resource management. Wastewater can be reused as an "endof-pipe" solution in centralised systems or as an on-site solution in decentralised systems, which can reduce investment in infrastructure, enable better control of the wastewater source and thus increase the feasibility of water and nutrient reuse. Greywater, defined as water from showers, sinks, laundries and kitchens, is a reliable and stable water source that can replace rainwater or potable water for certain purposes (e.g. toilet flushing, irrigation). The design and use of green walls for greywater treatment is receiving increasing attention in the scientific community, with a focus on hydraulic design, media, cobenefits, etc. (e.g. Masi et al. 2016; Galvão et al., 2022; Pucher et al., 2022). Green walls for greywater treatment thus represent an upgrade of the ornamental green walls with the functions of treatment and resource recovery. They function as vertically arranged treatment wetlands that produce treated water for further use.

• Language: English
• Keywords: treatment wetland, perlite, rock mineral wool
• Work type: Scientific work
• Typology: 1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
• Organization: ZF - Faculty of Health Sciences; BF - Biotechnical Faculty; FGG - Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 1 spletni vir (1 datoteka PDF (4 str.))
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-166076
• UDC: 628.161
• COBISS.SI-ID: 219852291
• Publication date in RUL: 19.12.2024

Record is a part of a monograph

• Title: 17th IWA Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems and the 9th IWA Conference on Resource-Oriented Sanitation : Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, 10–14 November 2024
• Editors: Andrej Kastelic, Tatja Kostnapfel
• Place of publishing: Curitiba
• Publisher: IWA
• Year: 2024
• ISBN: 978-65-990271-9-2
• COBISS.SI-ID: 219843843

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P3-0388-2022
• Name: Mehanizmi varovanja zdravja

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: L7-4495-2022
• Name: Zelene stene za trajnostne stavbe in mesta prihodnosti