Scaling up water reuse: Why recycling our wastewater makes sense

Sep 4, 2021

Alessandro Terracciani, water quality chief for Acqualatina sewage works, looks on as workers collect samples of waste water to be sent to a laboratory for close examination to monitor the coronavirus in the water, at a sewage works in Anzio, near Rome, Italy, November 3, 2020. Picture taken November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi - RC2L1K95XMI4

Recycling wastewater could have benefits for people and planet. Image: REUTERS/Yara Nardi

Elleanor Robins

Investment Officer, Municipal & Environmental Infrastructure, IFC

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