Advanced Wastewater Treatment Processes and Their Integration in Water Reuse Systems
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Energy and Environment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 May 2023) | Viewed by 16490
Special Issue Editor
Interests: filtration; electrocoagulation; membrane pretreatment; drinking water and effluents quality standards; water security; water policy; holistic water cycle
Special Issue Information
The world is facing a growing water shortage due to climate change and population growth. In many areas, natural water reservoirs cannot support the growing demand; some are suffering from recent drought events and years of groundwater over-pumping. In parallel to taking socioeconomic measures, such as combating climate change, birth control and water conservation, non-conventional water resource development is taking place for different urban, agricultural, industrial and ecological uses. Wastewater reclamation and reuse is an emerging water generation method for combating water stress. While wastewater quantities are basically endless, their reuse is limited mainly due to inadequate water quality and the energy needed for their treatment and transport. Once these impediments are removed, water and wastewater can truly become “one water”, forming a holistic, integrated water cycle which can be effectively managed in a sustainable manner. This Special Issue considers advanced wastewater treatment (AWWT) as a vital building block of the water reuse component in the evolving holistic water cycle. Authors are invited to present papers on new findings and developments in AWWT research, processes and technologies and, equally as important, on process hybridization and integration in water reuse systems and combined water schemes.
Topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to:
Effluent quality challenges of AWWT in water reuse
AWWT process mechanisms
AWWT process design
AWWT sludge processing and reuse
Energy use and reuse in AWWT processes
Economy of AWWT processes
Innovative AWWT technologies
Integration of AWWT systems in:
- Urban water schemes
- Rural water schemes
- Industrial water recycling systems
Prof. Dr. Avner Adin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- advanced wastewater treatment
- wastewater treatment technologies
- water reuse
- water recycling
- integrated water systems
- holistic water cycle
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