Water Management and Circular Economy

Approx.380 pages

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

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Miltiadis G. Zamparas

Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos