PMID- 24121662
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140813
LR  - 20140109
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 470-471
DP  - 2014 Feb 1
TI  - Introduction and feasibility assessment of laundry use of recycled water in dual 
      reticulation systems in Australia.
PG  - 34-43
LID - S0048-9697(13)01083-8 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.045 [doi]
AB  - Laundry is a potential new end use of recycled water in dual reticulation 
      systems. Generally, the community is willing to accept this new end use if it can 
      meet the concerns on health issues, durability of washing machine, cloth quality 
      and aesthetic appearance. This study addresses all these major concerns thereby 
      assisting in the introduction and promotion of this new end use in the existing 
      and proposed dual reticulation systems. Five representative cloth materials were 
      selected for washing in tap water and in recycled water for up to 50 wash cycles 
      for comparative studies. The tearing/tensile strength tests were used for the 
      assessment of cloth durability. ANOVA one way test was applied for the 
      significance analysis (Tukey's test p<0.05) which indicated that there is no 
      significant change in the tensile/tearing strengths of washed cloth samples. 
      Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of the washed cloth samples found no 
      distinct change in surface morphology. Textile colour analysis (CIEDE2000) 
      analysed the variation in colour of the washed cloth samples and showed that the 
      change in colour ∆E ranges from 0-1 revealing no visible difference in colour of 
      cloth samples. Langelier Saturation Index (LSI) was used as the indicator for 
      predicting corrosive/scaling potential of recycled water. The LSI values ranged 
      from +0.5 to -0.5, indicating no corrosive or scaling potential of recycled 
      water. The microbiological study of the cloth samples washed in recycled water 
      indicated that there was no contamination with representative bacteria. As the 
      recycled water has similar effects like tap water on cloth and washing machine, 
      it is safe to use for laundry.
CI  - (c) 2013.
FAU - Mainali, Bandita
AU  - Mainali B
AD  - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental 
      Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
FAU - Pham, Thi Thu Nga
AU  - Pham TT
AD  - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental 
      Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
FAU - Ngo, Huu Hao
AU  - Ngo HH
AD  - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental 
      Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia. 
      Electronic address: h.ngo@uts.edu.au.
FAU - Guo, Wenshan
AU  - Guo W
AD  - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental 
      Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
FAU - Listowski, Andrzej
AU  - Listowski A
AD  - Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 2127, Australia.
FAU - O'Halloran, Kelly
AU  - O'Halloran K
AD  - Gold Coast Water, Gold Coast Mail Centre, Qld 9729, Australia.
FAU - Miechel, Clayton
AU  - Miechel C
AD  - Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, Port Macquarie, NSW 2444, Australia.
FAU - Muthukaruppan, Muthu
AU  - Muthukaruppan M
AD  - City West Water, Sunshine VIC 3020, Australia.
FAU - Johnston, Rosemary
AU  - Johnston R
AD  - Learning Cultures and Practices, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, NSW 
      2007, Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20131010
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
SB  - IM
MH  - Australia
MH  - Conservation of Natural Resources/*methods
MH  - Laundering/*methods
MH  - *Recycling
MH  - *Water Resources
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Dual reticulation system
OT  - Feasibility
OT  - Laundry
OT  - New end use
OT  - Recycled water
EDAT- 2013/10/15 06:00
MHDA- 2014/08/15 06:00
CRDT- 2013/10/15 06:00
PHST- 2013/08/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/09/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/09/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/10/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/10/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/08/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0048-9697(13)01083-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.045 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2014 Feb 1;470-471:34-43. doi: 
      10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.045. Epub 2013 Oct 10.