SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, July 2010 Wastewater Management in the City of the Future Wastewater and sustainable urban water management

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, July 2010 The Urban Water Cycle The SWITCH approach to urban water management: Integration = more sustainable

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, July 2010 Wastewater and the urban water cycle Stormwater WastewaterWater supply  Water quality  Potential resource  Sewer capacities  Water treatment standards  Potential resource  Wastewater volume The Urban Water Cycle

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, July 2010 Links between urban wastewater management and other areas of the water sector Stormwater management Water supply Water treatment Water quality

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, July 2010 Links between wastewater management and other sectors of urban management Farming Parks, gardens and recreation Local economic development Energy Housing Health

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, July 2010 Conventional approach to wastewater management Wastewater network which collects and treats all wastewater streams

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, July 2010 Drawbacks of the conventional approach to wastewater management Pollution risk

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, July 2010 Drawbacks of the conventional approach to wastewater management Expensive technology and high energy use

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, July 2010 Drawbacks of the conventional approach to Wastewater management Missed opportunities

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, July 2010 Increased urbanisation Deteriorating infrastructure Increasing challenges Population growth Increasing energy costsEnvironmental impacts

SWITCH Training Kit: Pilot Training, Muñoz, July 2010 Stormwater Management in the City of the Future Any questions?