Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems and Sustainability /

"This handbook deals with natural treatment systems and the challenges the water industry faces in dealing with sustainability and the realisation of reaching Net Zero by 2030. Surface waters are all under threat, with freshwater ecosystems now facing unprecedented levels of contamination, even...

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Main Author: Gray, Nicholas F., author 370661
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Language:eng
Published: Hoboken : World Scientific, 2022
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description "This handbook deals with natural treatment systems and the challenges the water industry faces in dealing with sustainability and the realisation of reaching Net Zero by 2030. Surface waters are all under threat, with freshwater ecosystems now facing unprecedented levels of contamination, even after a century of ever stricter legislation and regulation. The increase in population and especially in urbanization without sufficient planning and investment to ensure adequate wastewater collection and treatment coupled with the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with wastewater treatment is leading to a crisis in wastewater treatment in many countries. Natural treatment systems which use plants and soil micro-organisms are very much nature-based solutions and wherever applicable might offer sustainable and low emissions options for a range of wastewater problems protecting surface waters as well as creating new habitats to support and enhance wildlife diversity. In terms of circularity, natural treatment systems have the potential to produce a staggering array of useful and valuable by-products, including high-value compounds for the pharmaceutical industry"--
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spelling KOHA-OAI-TEST:6000472022-08-22T03:50:32ZNatural Wastewater Treatment Systems and Sustainability / Gray, Nicholas F., author 370661 textHoboken : World Scientific,2022@2022eng"This handbook deals with natural treatment systems and the challenges the water industry faces in dealing with sustainability and the realisation of reaching Net Zero by 2030. Surface waters are all under threat, with freshwater ecosystems now facing unprecedented levels of contamination, even after a century of ever stricter legislation and regulation. The increase in population and especially in urbanization without sufficient planning and investment to ensure adequate wastewater collection and treatment coupled with the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with wastewater treatment is leading to a crisis in wastewater treatment in many countries. Natural treatment systems which use plants and soil micro-organisms are very much nature-based solutions and wherever applicable might offer sustainable and low emissions options for a range of wastewater problems protecting surface waters as well as creating new habitats to support and enhance wildlife diversity. In terms of circularity, natural treatment systems have the potential to produce a staggering array of useful and valuable by-products, including high-value compounds for the pharmaceutical industry"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Sustainability and water -- The circular economy -- Global warming and climate change -- Natural treatment systems -- The purification process -- Subsurface wastewater infiltration systems -- Slow-rate irrigation processes -- Rapid infiltration processes -- Overland flow -- The use of microalgae and macrophytes in wastewater treatment -- High-rate algal ponds and photobioreactors -- Wetlands -- Constructed wetlands incorporating emergent vegetation -- Introduction to waste stabilization ponds and lagoons -- Anaerobic lagoons -- Oxidation ponds -- Partially and completely mixed aerated ponds -- Sustainable wastewater treatment systems"This handbook deals with natural treatment systems and the challenges the water industry faces in dealing with sustainability and the realisation of reaching Net Zero by 2030. Surface waters are all under threat, with freshwater ecosystems now facing unprecedented levels of contamination, even after a century of ever stricter legislation and regulation. The increase in population and especially in urbanization without sufficient planning and investment to ensure adequate wastewater collection and treatment coupled with the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with wastewater treatment is leading to a crisis in wastewater treatment in many countries. Natural treatment systems which use plants and soil micro-organisms are very much nature-based solutions and wherever applicable might offer sustainable and low emissions options for a range of wastewater problems protecting surface waters as well as creating new habitats to support and enhance wildlife diversity. In terms of circularity, natural treatment systems have the potential to produce a staggering array of useful and valuable by-products, including high-value compounds for the pharmaceutical industry"--PSZJBLSewageLand treatment of wastewaterSewage lagoonsWaterURN:ISBN:9781800610835
spellingShingle Sewage
Land treatment of wastewater
Sewage lagoons
Water
Gray, Nicholas F., author 370661
Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems and Sustainability /
title Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems and Sustainability /
title_full Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems and Sustainability /
title_fullStr Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems and Sustainability /
title_full_unstemmed Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems and Sustainability /
title_short Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems and Sustainability /
title_sort natural wastewater treatment systems and sustainability
topic Sewage
Land treatment of wastewater
Sewage lagoons
Water
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