Sustainable Wastewater Management and Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

Although the original goal of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) was to remove pollutants from human and industrial effluents to protect both human health and ecosystems, new challenges are under consideration today, oriented at assuring the sustainability of WWTPs in terms of both reducing their environmental impact and integrating them into the urban circular economy. For these reasons, on one hand, energy consumption and greenhouse gases emissions are among the aspects that should become key factors concerning the overall performance of WWTPs. On the other hand, wastewater should be considered a valuable resource from which energy, clean water, nutrients, and value-added products can be extracted or produced to close material cycles.

To achieve these future goals, not only the development of new technologies and processes is necessary, but also a paradigm shift in wastewater management. In this sense, separation of different domestic wastewater streams and decentralization of wastewater treatment are recognized as the most promising concepts to promote local recycling and reuse of resources contained in domestic wastewater.

This Special Issue of Sustainability aims to report the latest developments in sustainable wastewater management and treatment. For this reason, we invite authors to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will show the recent advances in this field.

Prof. Dr. José Luis Campos
Prof. Dr. Anuska Mosquera Corral
Prof. Dr. Ángeles Val del Río
Dr. Alba Pedrouso Fuentes
Guest Editors

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