Methods for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery

A special issue of Methods and Protocols (ISSN 2409-9279).

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Department of Environmental Resources Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, USA
Interests: anaerobic digestion; ammonia recovery; struvite recovery; constructed wetland; autotrophic nitrogen removal; low-oxygen activated sludge process; wastewater microbial ecology

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Dear Colleagues,

As substantial efforts are increasingly made by academia, practicing engineers, and the wastewater industry towards sustainable wastewater treatment and recovery of resources (energy, bio-based product, nutrient, and clean water) from liquid waste streams, MDPI's journal Methods and Protocols welcomes such contributions to a Special Issue on "Methods for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery". The paradigm shift from energy-intensive, pricy wastewater treatment towards energy-efficient, energy-positive, and ecosystem-based treatment, as well as resource recovery, has been achieved through a variety of creative methods and unit processes, innovative design and operation, and elucidation of treatment processes and kinetics. To promote industrial adoption of practical solutions and tackle grand challenges for sustainable wastewater treatment and resource recovery, this Special Issue encourages researchers and practitioners to submit review papers, original research articles, and novel case studies in, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • Recovery of energy, nutrients, bio-based products, and clean water from liquid and solid waste streams related to wastewater treatment systems;
  • Energy-efficient and natural wastewater treatment;
  • Analysis and optimization of sustainable treatment processes using advanced analytical technologies and data mining approaches;
  • Sustainability analysis of methods and systems.

Prof. Wendong Tao
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Keywords

  • Anaerobic digestion
  • Biorefinery
  • Bioelectrochemical system
  • Nutrient recovery
  • Bio-based products
  • Wastewater reclamation
  • Ecological and natural wastewater treatment
  • Constructed wetland and green infrastructure
  • Energy-efficient wastewater treatment
  • Life cycle analysis
  • Techno-economic assessment

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Sustainable Management of Organic Wastes in Sharjah, UAE through Co-Composting
by Md Maruf Mortula, Aqeel Ahmed, Kazi Parvez Fattah, Ghina Zannerni, Syed A. Shah and Ahmed M. Sharaby
Methods Protoc. 2020, 3(4), 76; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/mps3040076 - 05 Nov 2020
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Daily human activities and vast green areas produce substantial amounts of organic wastes that end up in landfills with minimal treatment. In addition to the problems associated with landfills, disposal through this method is unsustainable in the long run and does not allow [...] Read more.
Daily human activities and vast green areas produce substantial amounts of organic wastes that end up in landfills with minimal treatment. In addition to the problems associated with landfills, disposal through this method is unsustainable in the long run and does not allow recovering materials from the waste. This paper focuses on the co-composting of different organic wastes produced in The Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to optimize mixing proportions of three different kinds of wastes—sewage sludge (SS), green waste (GW), and food waste (FW). All three organic wastes were analyzed to determine their chemical composition and the mixing proportions. Ten different mixing proportions as a function of carbon:nitrogen (C:N ratios) were determined and mixed in a NatureMill composter. Compost samples were tested for pH, salinity, conductivity, moisture content, organic matter, organic carbon, phosphorus, total nitrogen, and final C:N ratio after 6 weeks. Results indicate that a period of 5–6 weeks is sufficient for the compost to stabilize. The varying mixing proportions produced a good-quality compost (C:N up to 20:1) with high nutrient content. The study reaffirms that co-composting can be a potential sustainable organic waste management option for the United Arab Emirates. Full article
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