consideration and demonstration of the technical feasibility of the reuse of municipal wastewater as potable water has occurred in south africa (kfir & slabbrt,1991) and several US cities (Rogers & Lauer,1991). the safety and public health issues involved have been widely discussed, but generally pipe-to-pipe potable reuse is not favoured and most schemes in use involve a natural intermediate step (i.e. underground aquifer, reservoir). there are no reports of technology development or trials for the rehabilitation of treated wastewater from slaughterhouses for potable reuse.