Brown water

Brown water referred to in the Urban Water Management that part of the waste water , which only faeces , flush water and toilet paper contains. It is created by separating urine with the help of "separation toilets" that separate urine and faeces. Due to the strong penetration of viruses , parasites and bacteria, it cannot be used for water treatment without further treatment .

See also

• Yellow water
• Gray water
• Novel sanitary systems
• Black water (sewage)

literature

• Jörg Lange and Ralf Otterpohl : Wastewater. Handbook for sustainable water management. 2nd Edition. Donaueschingen-Pfohren 2000, ISBN 3-9803502-1-5 .

Web links

Wiktionary: Braunwasser  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Herbst, Heinrich: Evaluation of central and decentralized wastewater infrastructure systems. Paderborn 2008. http://darwin.bth.rwth-aachen.de/opus3/volltexte/2008/2453/pdf/Herbst_Heinrich.pdf p. 47, last accessed February 8, 2011