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Water Management and Circular Economy
- 1st Edition - August 7, 2023
- Editors: Miltiadis G. Zamparas, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 2 8 0 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 2 8 1 - 1
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- Includes real-world applications and case studies to show how these policies can be adopted
- Presents global coverage, with a diverse list of contributors – all of whom are experts in the field
- Showcases a multidisciplinary approach, with editors from environmental and managerial backgrounds, thus helping to cross the bridge between social and science fields
Water scientists and water managers. Academic Schools and Departments, including that of: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Environmental and Natural Resources, Chemical Engineering, Environment Economics, Economic and Regional Development
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyrights
- Contents
- Contributors
- About the editors
- Preface
- Part I Introduction and Fundamentals
- Chapter 1 Closing the loop in water management
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Methods
- 1.3 Strategies for circularity in the water sector
- 1.4 Enabling circularity in the water sector
- 1.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 2 Selecting resource recovery technologies and assessment of impacts
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Technology selection on a regional scale
- 2.3 Circularity measurement and assessment to support decision-making
- 2.4 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3 Circularity in wastewater allocation as a solution for increased water availability: A focus on optimization methods and applications
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Toward the reduction of wastewater treatment plants's emissions
- 3.3 Wastewater and circular economy
- 3.4 Optimization methods and applications
- 3.5 Limitations to circular economy frameworks
- 3.6 Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Part II Novel wastewater treatment techniques in terms of circular economy
- Chapter 4 The use of nature-based solutions for circular water management: International case studies and examples of ecological engineering
- 4.1 The transition to the circular economy
- 4.2 Water as a resource in the circular economy
- 4.3 Nature-based solutions for circular water management
- 4.4 NBS case studies
- 4.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5 Advanced wastewater oxidation processes and their role in water reuse for a circular economy
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Advanced oxidation processes
- 5.3 Hydrodynamic cavitation
- 5.4 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6 Sustainable management of reused water by the implementation of photo-Fenton and floatation method in petroleum industries
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Photo-Fenton and floatation method
- 6.3 Wastewater treatment in shale reservoirs
- References
- Part 3 Spatial policies, footprint estimations and regulation challenges of water management and circular economy
- Chapter 7 Assessing policy and planning contexts for the transition to water circular economy: Examples from Southern Europe
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Searching for policy and planning drivers and barriers
- 7.3 Research approach, method, and data
- 7.4 Assessing the policy and planning set-ups on three southern European sites
- 7.5 Discussion
- 7.6 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 8 Water resources preservation through circular economy: The case of Romania
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Water resources in Romania
- 8.3 Linear economy, water resources depletion, and pollution
- 8.4 Circular economy and water management in Romania
- 8.5 Conclusions and future perspectives
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 9 Regenerate and reuse water in Spain: Facts and politics
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Area of study
- 9.3 Legal framework and policy environment of water regeneration and reuse
- 9.4 Situation of regenerated and reuse water in Spain
- 9.5 Measures of the Government of Spain for the promotion of recycled water
- 9.6 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 10 Circular economy and sustainable strategies: Theoretical framework, policies and regulation challenges, barriers, and enablers for water management
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Methods and analyses
- 10.3 Discussion
- 10.4 Conclusions
- References
- Part IV Resource recovery and waste-to-energy from sewage and sludge in support of circular economy
- Chapter 11 Novel bioelectrochemical processes focused on nitrogen in wastewater: Energy generation and resource recovery
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Nitrogen in WWTPs: conventional approaches, current limitations, and opportunities
- 11.3 Bioelectrochemical systems: fundamentals and application for nitrogen conversions and recovery
- 11.4 Overview of circular economy in BES
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Highlights
- Chapter 12 Benefits from reclaimed wastewater and biosolid reuse in agriculture and in the environment
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Importance and characteristics of reclaimed wastewater
- 12.3 Agronomic and economic benefits of wastewater reuse in irrigation
- 12.4 Biosolids, their characteristics, and importance
- 12.5 The effect of reclaimed wastewater and biosolids on plants
- 12.6 Accumulation of heavy metals in soil by means of the interactions
- 12.7 The gains from the reclaimed wastewater and biosolids reuse
- 12.8 The credibility of the DSS estimated EPI pollution index
- 12.9 Evaluation of soil pollution
- 12.10 DSS: EPI evaluation and crop yields
- 12.11 DSS software: A tool for the wastewater and biosolids reuse in relation to rational crop fertilization
- 12.12 Rational fertilization of crops
- 12.13 The function of the DSS
- 12.14 Economic profit gained from the reuse of wastewater and biosolids in agriculture
- 12.15 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 13 Sewage sludge as a source of organic to be used as soil improvement
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Part V The challenges of reusing wastewater for irrigation purposes
- Chapter 14 A shared view on the current scenario of wastewater irrigation practice within the Mediterranean basin countries
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 The concept of wastewater irrigation practice
- 14.3 Current developing scenario of the wastewater irrigation practice within the Mediterranean countries
- 14.4 Specific features and unique wastewater irrigation management practice within the Mediterranean region
- 14.5 Critical challenges and key implications
- 14.6 Concluding remarks and future prospects
- References
- Nomenclatures
- Chapter 15 On-going challenges, hazard identification, health risk assessment, and regulatory guidelines and standards of the water resource management
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 On-going challenges for safe drinking water quality
- 15.3 Sources and pathways of contaminants of water resource
- 15.4 Risk assessment paradigm for human exposure to water contaminants
- 15.5 Safe drinking water guidelines and standards
- 15.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 16 Public health risks associated with the reuse of wastewater for irrigation
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Methods and analyses
- 16.3 Discussion
- 16.4 Conclusions
- References
- Part VI Conclusions and future research
- Chapter 17 Fostering the transition to water reuse: The role of institutional arrangements in the European Union circular economy action plans
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Method and data
- 17.3 Findings
- 17.4 Discussion
- 17.5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- No. of pages: 476
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 7, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323952804
- eBook ISBN: 9780323952811
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Miltiadis G. Zamparas
Dr. Miltiadis Zamparas (PhD) serves as a Teaching and Research Associate at the School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, Greece. Zamparas holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in environmental engineering from the University of Ioannina and University of Patras, Greece. He received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering in 2015 from University of Patras, School of Engineering, Department of Environmental and natural Resources Management. Zamparas has published his research in peer reviewed scientific journals and international conferences and has reviewed a number of scientific papers. His primary research activities focus on environmental analytical chemistry, environmental monitoring, materials science, characterization, as well as novel functional materials for water treatment. He has served at edited books and special issues.
Affiliations and expertise
Teaching and Research Associate, School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, GreeceGK
Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos
Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos is a Teaching and Research Associate at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. holds 2 PhDs, in Low Carbon Economy (DUTH, Greece) and in Chemical Engineering (NTUA, Greece). He (co)authored more than 100 papers at 50 journals, 20 invited book chapters, and 30 papers at conferences, all received more than 2500 citations. He is the reviewer of more than 5000 manuscripts at 350 journals. His research interests are engineering, environmental systems and remediation, energy, and renewable energy sources.
Affiliations and expertise
Teaching and Research Associate, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), GreeceRead Water Management and Circular Economy on ScienceDirect