Recent Advances in Wastewater Treatment Technology to Achieve Low Carbonization
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 738
Special Issue Editors
Interests: limnology; water quality; mangment of water resources; wastewater treatment systems; constructed wetlands
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global trends in population growth and urban concentration, the rapid decline in water reserves in different parts of the planet, and the need to decarbonize the economy to mitigate the effects of climate change force us to rethink the way wastewater is managed in terms of the energy consumption required for its treatment and reuse as a strategy for the conservation of water resources and the care of our ecosystems. In recent years, several initiatives have been launched to evaluate possible strategies to reduce energy consumption in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) while simultaneously improving the production of renewable energy within the facilities in order to achieve the carbon neutrality. The objectives of energy conservation and emissions reduction associated with achieving carbon neutrality and dual carbon present significant challenges to conventional sewage treatment practices. Consequently, there is an immediate necessity for low-carbon sewage treatment technologies that focus on energy efficiency, reduced energy consumption, and the reuse of treated water resources.
This Special Issue on “Recent Advances in Wastewater Treatment Technology to Achieve Low Carbonization” seeks high-quality papers focusing on innovative and competitive municipal, agricultural, and industrial wastewater treatment technologies that demonstrate the ability to achieve water quality standards at competitive treatment costs and recovery of installation and operating costs through potential reuse of treated wastewater. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Low-carbon design and operation of wastewater treatment plants;
- Renewable energy in wastewater treatment systems;
- Evaluation of energy efficiency in wastewater treatment facilities;
- Carbon-neutral technologies in urban sewage treatment plants;
- Circular economy in wastewater treatment plants.
Dr. José de Anda
Prof. Dr. Harvey Shear
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- low carbon
- wastewater
- energy recovery
- energy efficiency
- circular economy
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