Industry needs "early communications" with public for water recycling plan

Water treatment specialist, Xylem UK, has warned that the growth in wastewater recycling indicated in draft water resource management plans (WRMPs) demands “early, effective communications to assure customers that water recycling provides a safe source of drinking water.”

Head of water resources business development at Xylem UK, Beatrice Martin, said “Most water professionals understand the urgency of funding and delivering reuse projects, but the public still may not.”

According to Martin, existing draft WRMPs contain proposals for 11 new water recycling schemes in catchments expected to be the worst affected by water scarcity. Xylem, she says, has supported many overseas projects with the technology to convert wastewater into reusable water.