Mining Carbon Neutrality Potential in Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery from Wastewater

Dear Colleagues,

Water pollution is still a global environmental issue, especially in developing countries. In the past decades, a series of environmental protection strategies have been adopted worldwide, attempting to achieve effective treatment for water pollution. Contaminated water is always eventually funneled to wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), in which water quality of effluent is always a critical indictor for wastewater treatment. However, the global goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 put forward higher requirements for wastewater treatment. Currently, it is necessary to mine the carbon neutrality potential in wastewater treatment processes and resource recovery from wastewater. Therefore, the Special Issue aims to present results of the most innovative research on carbon neutrality assessment in WWTPs and resource recovery from wastewater. Research papers, reviews, and short communications will be preferentially delivered to the following MDPI journals: Sustainability, Energies, Water, Toxics and Environments. We hope that you will be able to accept this invitation and join to the ongoing success of this outstanding Topic. Potential topics for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Process optimization based on historical data in WWTPs such as reducing energy consumption;
• Wastewater treatment efficiency enhancement in WWTPs with machine learning techniques;
• Resource recovery from wastewater such as phosphorus;
• Pollutants removal with eco-friendly adsorbents such as biochar;
• Municipal sludge reduction and recycling;
• Other related topics.

Dr. Xinzhe Zhu
Dr. Ruohong Li
Prof. Dr. Lianpeng Sun
Topic Editors