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Introduction to “Cost-efficient Wastewater Treatment Technologies: Natural Systems”

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Cost-efficient Wastewater Treatment Technologies

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Recently, the exponential increase in population number, industrialization, urbanization, and agricultural practices has been accompanied by the generation of huge volumes of wastewater. This wastewater contains various organic and inorganic pollutants that might cause severe human risks if disposed of in the environment without proper treatment. Hence, appropriate wastewater treatment technologies should be well defined, following strict and controlled national and international regulations. Wastewater treatment facilities could be designed, implemented, and operated by either natural- or engineered-based processes. This chapter highlights the basic concepts of the non-mechanical wastewater treatment facilities contained in the book volume “Cost-efficient Wastewater Treatment Technologies: Natural Systems.” These approaches cover information on waste stabilization ponds (WSPs), microalgae for phycoremediation, anaerobic treatment of sewage, adsorption technology in wastewater treatment, green nanomaterial for environmental remediation, deactivation of waterborne pathogens in natural eco-systems, treated wastewater reuse for irrigation, and agricultural drainage water (ADW) management. Some case studies supporting the concept of wastewater treatment by natural systems are presented.

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Acknowledgments

The editors who wrote this chapter would like to thank the authors of the chapters for their efforts during the different phases of the book including their inputs in this chapter. The first author acknowledges Nasr Academy for Sustainable Environment (NASE). The second author acknowledges the support of the Science, Technology, and Innovation Authority (STIFA) of Egypt in the framework of the grant no. 30771 for the project titled “A Novel Standalone Solar-driven Agriculture Greenhouse—Desalination System: That Grows its Energy and Irrigation Water” via the Newton-Mosharafa Funding Scheme Call 4.

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  1. Environmental Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Alexandria, Egypt

    Mahmoud Nasr

  2. Sanitary Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    Mahmoud Nasr

  3. Water and Water Structures Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

    Abdelazim M. Negm

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Nasr, M., Negm, A.M. (2022). Introduction to “Cost-efficient Wastewater Treatment Technologies: Natural Systems”. In: Nasr, M., Negm, A.M. (eds) Cost-efficient Wastewater Treatment Technologies. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 117. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2022_909

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