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Paradigm Shift in Domestic Wastewater Treatment: Toward Energy Minimization, Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction, and Resources Recovery

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Abstract

Water–Energy–Food (WEF) Nexus has gained a tremendous momentum to ensure optimal global use of water, energy, and food resources under changing climate conditions. Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development with 17 Goals (SDGs) together with Paris Agreement have caused a paradigm shift in the wastewater treatment concept. This new concept favors innovative technologies allowing to capture organic matter from wastewater, while handling nutrients with a minimum of energy and greenhouse gas emissions and achieving a maximum recovery of all value-added compounds. This chapter aims to describe the paradigm shift in wastewater management linked to WEF Nexus Perspective. First, the major milestones in wastewater treatment and WEF Nexus are described. Novel wastewater treatment technologies operating with a minimum energy requirement, low sludge production, and insignificant greenhouse gas emissions are discussed together with potentially recoverable compounds from these processes. The benefits of using molecular techniques under the new context of biological treatment is explained. Finally, integration of nanobiotechnology offering game changing breakthroughs in both treatment and recovery schemes is discussed.

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Alpaslan Kocamemi, B., Çelik, S., Senol, A.B., Kurt, H., Erken, E. (2023). Paradigm Shift in Domestic Wastewater Treatment: Toward Energy Minimization, Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction, and Resources Recovery. In: Debik, E., Bahadir, M., Haarstrick, A. (eds) Wastewater Management and Technologies. Water and Wastewater Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36298-9_15

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