Resource Recovery from Water by Korneel Rabaey, Ilje Pikaar, ... - 9781789060317

IWA Publishing

Resource Recovery from WaterPrinciples and Application\nAuthor(s): Korneel Rabaey, Ilje Pikaar, Jeremy Guest, Olaf Kolk, Willy Verstraete, Cline Vaneeckhaute, John Trimmer, Ramone Ganigu, Paul Jensen, Thomas Seviour\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: IWA Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: IWA Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781789060317, 978-1789060317\nSynopsis\nThroughout history, the first and foremost role of urban water management has been the protection human health and the local aquatic environment. To this end, the practice of (waste-)water treatment has maintained a central focus on the removal of pollutants through dissipative pathways. Approaches like in case of wastewater treatment- the activated sludge process, which make hazardous things disappear, have benefitted our society tremendously by safeguarding human and environmental health. While conventional (waste-)water treatment is regarded as one of the greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century, these dissipative approa.