Anaerobic Treatment Of Domestic Wastewat

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Anaerobic Treatment of Domestic Wastewaterpresent status and potentialities\nAuthor(s): Maria Concetta Tomei, Juan Manuel Garrido\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: IWA Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: IWA Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781789063462, 978-1789063462\nSynopsis\nThe main challenge in wastewater treatment is changing the perception of wastewater as a waste product to be treated or disposed of, and instead seeing it as a source of energy and other valuable byproducts. This approach is in line with the basic principles of a circular economy, which replaces the end-of-life concept with reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering materials in production, distribution and consumption processes. The anaerobic treatment of wastewater aligns with these goals: energy, safe water and nutrients can all be recovered in the process. As a result, the anaerobic process could represent the best mainstream treatment option for domestic wastewater. The development of powerful technologies such as.