Direct reclamation of potable water at Windhoek's Goreangab reclamation plant

• Published in: Desalination Vol. 188; no. 1; pp. 79 - 88
• Main Author: du Pisani, Petrus L.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 08-02-2006; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Arid climate; Direct potable reclamation; Drinking water and swimming-pool water. Desalination; Exact sciences and technology; General purification processes; Pollution; Wastewaters; Water treatment and pollution; Arid climate; Direct potable reclamation; Drinking water; Reuse; Waste water
• ISSN: 0011-9164; 1873-4464
• DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2005.04.104

The Windhoek Goreangab reclamation plant has been a pioneer in direct potable reclamation and is still today, as far as known to the author, the only commercial-scale operation in existence. From a humble beginning in 1969 until the commissioning of a new high technology plant in 2002, Windhoek has managed to do applied research and the original plant had been upgraded on a number of occasions. In any discussion on water reclamation from wastewater, the name Windhoek and its Goreangab reclamation plant enjoy a fair amount of recognition. An article by I.B. Law, published in May 2003 in the publication Water of the Australian Water Association was titled, Advanced Re-use—from Windhoek to Singapore and Beyond. Windhoek in Namibia, was indeed the pioneer in direct potable reuse.