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Responsible Consumption and Production

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Water recycling refers to reuse of the water through some process, thereby cleaning the water of its impurities and making it fit for human use or reuse. Water recycling is widely used in the case of urban use and industrial applications where the water once used in industrial use is reused after cleaning it again through filtration or other purposes.

Introduction

Researchers have identified that there is a threat to our planet in terms of shortage of drinking water. It has been observed that there is a shortage of freshwater and there is an urgent need to minimize the use of water to protect the freshwater, which is already in short supply. Recycling water refers to reuse of water so that the water is again and again used. Water recycling involves treating used water to make it reusable and reusing it. Water recycling involves recycling, chemical recycling to ensure that the water is reusable (Anderson 2003).

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Jain, T.K., Jain, N. (2019). Recycling Wastewater for Reuse. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Responsible Consumption and Production. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71062-4_88-1

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