Biological Wastewater Treatment and Its Resource Recovery
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 1
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Interests: wastewater treatment; resource recovery; bioengineering; biofactories; enviromental microbiology; granular bioreactors
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Interests: microbiome; biological treatment; emerging contaminants; wastewater treatment; virome; granular technologies; biofilm technologies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Each year, 380 billion m3 of domestic wastewater is generated globally. Wastewater production is expected to increase by 24% by 2030 and 51% by 2050 with the growing population, improvements in water supply, enhanced living standards, and economic growth. However, as the common perception remains that wastewater is a source of pollution that must be treated and disposed of, it is viewed as a growing problem rather than as a valuable and sustainable source of water, energy, and nutrients. Fortunately, remediation strategies have evolved, and efforts are now focused on developing sustainable wastewater treatment facilities that recover valuable resources, such as metals, nutrients like ammonium, and energy. The increasing market value of these components, coupled with growing public awareness of the need to conserve non-renewable resources, has shifted the emphasis towards treating wastewater as a renewable resource with high value.
In this context, the traditional concept of a wastewater treatment plant is being modified towards the development of biofactories, where not only wastewater treatment takes place, but also, and significantly, the production of by-products that can support a new concept of circular economy and zero waste.
With this Special Issue ‘Biological Wastewater Treatment and Its Resource Recovery’, we aim to establish a framework for action to which new scientific contributions can be submitted in the form of articles and updated reviews that contribute to promoting knowledge of this new concept of wastewater treatment and the recovery of valuable nutrients and by-products. We therefore encourage researchers to submit their contributions and participate in this Special Issue of scientific and technical interest.
Prof. Dr. Jesus Gonzalez-Lopez
Dr. Bárbara Muñoz Palazón
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable wastewater treatment
- biofactories
- circular economy
- by-product from wastewaters
- bioengineering
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