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Wastewater can have several meanings, depending on the industry or application.

Blow down from cooling towers is considered wastewater; leachate recovery water in greenhouses contaminated with pathogens can be considered wastewater; and water processed in sewage plants is definitively considered wastewater. Finding alternative methods to disinfect water before it is introduced back into the ecosystem or to disinfect reclaimed water, has always been a challenge. Environmental concerns have driven researchers, operation managers and maintenance employees to look at alternative or innovative methods to achieve bacterial reduction or elimination.

some of the alternative methods of disinfectionozone, UV, copper ionization and filtration

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