Water management is an important element of an economy, due to many industries depending on water, and limited access to clean water resources can limit both production capacity and profits. Water issues are a significant part of a circular economy (CE), which assumes more sustainable management of ...

Scientists have been grappling with the challenge of effectively disposing of wastewater for several decades. The rapid growth of waste effluent discharge and the cost- and energy-intensive, eco-unfriendly nature of conventional wastewater disposal methods have only made matters worse. However, the ...

Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs), including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and poly and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), have been frequently detected at high concentrations in discharged wastewater effluents and biosolids. This study invest...

The urban wastewater treatment plants can be an important part of circular sustainability due to integration of energy production and resource recovery during clean water production. Currently the main drivers for developing wastewater industry are global nutrient needs and water and energy recovery...

Water shortage, due both to economic development and to greater urbanization and climatic variability, increasingly pushes societies to reduce the pressure on water resources. This can mainly be done by reducing the demand for water. However, this practice alone is not enough. In this context the wa...