Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Emerging Issues in Urban Wastewater Treatment Following EU’s Wastewater Treatment Directive Recast
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2026 | Viewed by 4
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Interests: sustainable development; energy and materials recovery; innovative water and wastewater treatment; groundwater contamination; bioelectrochemical systems
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Interests: emerging contaminants removal; advanced oxidation process; water treatment and reuse
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive Recast (Dir. EU/2024/3019), came into effect on 1 January 2025. The Directive introduces several amendments to the previous UWWT Directive, including a lower agglomeration limit to introduce secondary treatment (from 2000 to 1000 PE); extended obligations for tertiary treatment, with more restrictive effluent standards; the obligation of quaternary treatment for micropollutants; the enhancement of water reuse, recycle and energy/resources recovery; mandatory treatment facilities’ energy neutrality; mandatory energy audits; extended sewage and effluent monitoring; and an increased responsibility for producers of certain substances likely to pollute waters.
In addition to the increased compliance burden and likely increased customer costs, the new Directive’s implications for the EU’s current wastewater treatment approach are vast and far-reaching; not just for EU member states, but for the entire global wastewater community. Original research papers and case studies dealing with any of the above issues are welcome in the Special Issue. A limited number of carefully selected and highly relevant review papers may also be accepted.
Prof. Dr. Andrea G. Capodaglio
Prof. Dr. Jiangyong Hu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban wastewater treatment
- sanitation in small communities
- nutrients and emerging pollutants treatment
- water reuse and recycle
- energy and resources recovery: energy neutrality and audits in WWTPs
- sewage and effluents monitoring
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