Ardakanian 2014). Instead of just looking at
individual components, the functioning, productivity and management of a complex system is
taken into consideration. The scope of the present
study included a pilot investigation of material
flow management by linking the wastewater
flows of different industries in a meaningful way
in order to save freshwater resources and to
reduce wastewater emissions. For the industrial
sector, approaches are needed to reduce water
consumption, reuse water within businesses and
develop new water sources. The scope of the
present paper was to identify wastewater reuse
potentials for industrial processes and the
implementation of industrial symbiosis according
to the ‘Eco-Industrial Park’ concept. The subject
of the investigations are in particular, to link the
mechanisms between companies at a representative pilot site, which is the model settlement of
Mourcheh Khort in the Zayandeh Rud
catchment.
2 Materials and Methods
2.1 Description of the Study Site
The model settlement of Mourcheh Khort is an
existing industrial park in the Zayandeh Rud
catchment and located about 50 km north of the
city of Isfahan (Mohajeri et al. 2016, 2018;
Mohajeri and Horlemann 2017a, b). A total of
approximately 500 companies are contracted, out
of which about 300 already work in the food,
Fig. 2 Impression of model settlement Mourcheh Khort and its industries (von Koerber and Raber, Site Visit
Mourcheh Khort, 31.07.2016)
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individual components, the functioning, productivity and management of a complex system is
taken into consideration. The scope of the present
study included a pilot investigation of material
flow management by linking the wastewater
flows of different industries in a meaningful way
in order to save freshwater resources and to
reduce wastewater emissions. For the industrial
sector, approaches are needed to reduce water
consumption, reuse water within businesses and
develop new water sources. The scope of the
present paper was to identify wastewater reuse
potentials for industrial processes and the
implementation of industrial symbiosis according
to the ‘Eco-Industrial Park’ concept. The subject
of the investigations are in particular, to link the
mechanisms between companies at a representative pilot site, which is the model settlement of
Mourcheh Khort in the Zayandeh Rud
catchment.
2 Materials and Methods
2.1 Description of the Study Site
The model settlement of Mourcheh Khort is an
existing industrial park in the Zayandeh Rud
catchment and located about 50 km north of the
city of Isfahan (Mohajeri et al. 2016, 2018;
Mohajeri and Horlemann 2017a, b). A total of
approximately 500 companies are contracted, out
of which about 300 already work in the food,
Fig. 2 Impression of model settlement Mourcheh Khort and its industries (von Koerber and Raber, Site Visit
Mourcheh Khort, 31.07.2016)
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