The growing interest in alternative water supplies is impelling societies, government bodies and industries throughout the world to conduct research and discuss the feasibility of reuse of treated wastewater. Treated wastewater has emerged as an affordable source of water supply worldwide. Designing of wastewater reuse systems involves consideration of multiple criteria such as technical, social, economic, environmental, legal as well as multiple stakeholders. The objective of the present study is to develop a multi‐criteria decision‐making (MCDM) approach using Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) for the selection of significant criteria and sub‐criteria governing the planning and execution of water reuse systems considering the local conditions and end users. The weightage of the individual parameters is obtained. The results indicate that the weightage of different criteria varies for different stakeholders. The analysis may help in developing a holistic approach for reuse of treated wastewater inducing improved decision‐making at authoritative levels.

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多标准分析以识别影响印度中水回用计划的因素

人们对替代水的兴趣日益增长，这促使世界各地的社会，政府机构和行业开展研究并讨论处理后废水回用的可行性。经处理的废水已成为世界范围内负担得起的水供应来源。废水回用系统的设计涉及多个标准的考虑，例如技术，社会，经济，环境，法律以及多个利益相关者。本研究的目的是使用分析层次过程（AHP）开发多准则决策（MCDM）方法，以选择重要准则和子准则，以考虑当地条件来控制水回用系统的规划和执行和最终用户。获得各个参数的权重。结果表明，不同利益相关者对不同标准的权重有所不同。该分析可能有助于开发一种整体方法来重复使用经处理的废水，从而在权威级别上改进决策。