Health Effects Associated with Wastewater Treatment, Reuse, and Disposal

Water Environ Res. 2015 Oct;87(10):1817-48. doi: 10.2175/106143015X14338845156623.

Abstract

A review of the literature published in 2014 on topics relating to public and environmental health risks associated with wastewater treatment, reuse, and disposal is presented. This review is divided into the following sections: wastewater management, microbial hazards, chemical hazards, wastewater reuse, wastewater treatment plants, wastewater disposal, and sludge and biosolids.