Water Recycling Revolution

William (Bill) M. Alley, PhD, is an internationally-recognized authority on groundwater and an environmental science writer. He was Chief, Office of Groundwater for the U.S. Geological Survey for almost two decades. Bill currently serves as director of science and technology for the National Ground Water Association.Rosemarie Alley is a freelance writer with extensive writing and public speaking experience. Bill and Rosemarie previously collaborated on Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste (2013), High and Dry: Meeting the Challenges of the World’s Growing Dependence on Groundwater (2017), and The War on the EPA: America's Endangered Environmental Protections (2020). The Alley’s divide their time between San Diego, California and Longmont, Colorado.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. America’s Finest City2. Early Days 3. Trailblazers4. Breakthrough: The Orange County Story5. From Toilet-to-Tap to Pure Water 6. Colorado’s Front Range7. Georgia and Virginia Have Water Reuse on Their Minds8. Florida: The Long Road from Purple Pipes to Potable Reuse9. Microbes and Natural Buffers10. Contaminants of Emerging Concern11. Achieving Acceptable Risk12. Serving it Straight Up 13. Small Can Be Beautiful 14. One Water BibliographyNotesIndexAbout the Authors

According to the UN World Health Organization, one-third of the world's human population lacks access to secure supplies of safe drinking water. This issue compelled the UN to establish Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one of which is to find universally feasible water reuse strategies, as described in this book. Authors William Alley and Rosemarie Alley persuasively explain the technical and social factors related to using sewage water as a direct source of potable water for human consumption. This book provides a comprehensive and unbiased assessment of wastewater recycling, supported by current references, and would be a welcome addition to any sustainable development collection.