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ZeroWasteWater: short-cycling of wastewater resources for sustainable cities of the future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Sewage treatment relies mainly on conventional activated sludge (CAS) systems, reaching sufficiently low pollutant effluent levels. Yet, CAS has a low cost-effectiveness and recovery potential and a high electricity demand and environmental footprint. By
Verstraete, Willy, Vlaeminck, Siegfried
core   +2 more sources

Sustainable recycling of compost products in plant production [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The project aims at improving the quality of composts made of municipal biowaste and sewage sludge and at developing the quality control of composts. The most important objective is to study and verify the effects of the use of biowaste and sewage sludge
Lehtonen, Keijo   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Enhanced anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge by thermal–alkali pretreatment: a pilot-scale study

open access: yesWater Science and Technology
The composition of waste-activated sludge (WAS) is complex, containing a large amount of harmful substances, which pose a threat to the environment and human health.
Biqing Li   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Water quality assessment of Mansbal Lake in Kashmir

open access: yesWater Science, 2022
Manasbal Lake is one of the hotspots of Kashmir tourism. Due to the negligence of concerned authorities and the greediness of humans residing proximate, the ecosystem of the lake is highly disturbed and compromised.
Daawar Bashir Ganaie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The current situation for the water sources in the Maltese Islands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This commentary addresses issues related to the scarcity of water in the Maltese Islands and its main causes. Some basic metrics related to the abstraction of freshwater, contamination of groundwater by nitrate and the limitations and challenges of ...
Scerri, Christian A.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Investigating the Structure–Function Relationships of Fluorinated Interfaces for PFAS Capture and Electrochemically‐Mediated Release

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study explores the use of fluorinated copolymers with varying fluorophilic side chain lengths to enhance PFAS affinity. The integration of electrochemical techniques demonstrates enhanced adsorbent regeneration, with molecular dynamics simulations providing insight into the molecular‐level interactions involved.
Anaira Román Santiago   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fractional Characteristics of Heavy Metals Pb, Zn, Cu, and Cd in Sewer Sediment from Areas in Central Beijing, China

open access: yesJournal of Chemistry, 2016
To identify the distribution of heavy metals in sewer sediments and assess their potential harmfulness to the environment and human health, the occurrence of Pb, Zn, Cu, and Cd in the sewer sediment of six functional areas and two streets in an inner ...
Haiyan Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Method for Assessment of Water Supply Diversification

open access: yesResources, 2020
The approaching prospect of obligatory implementation and pursuit of Water Safety Plans forces water companies to reflect on supplies in crisis situations that, for example, relate to the closure of a basic intake, or scarcity of water due to climates ...
Krzysztof Boryczko, Janusz Rak
doaj   +1 more source

Fate of conjugated natural and synthetic steroid estrogens in crude sewage and activated sludge batch studies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This document is the unedited author's version of a Submitted Work that was subsequently accepted for publication in Environmental Science & Technology, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review.
Alcock R. E.   +32 more
core   +1 more source

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