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Format: 1 online resource (478 pages)

Edition: First edition.

ISBN: 0-323-95281-X

Content: Water Management and Circular Economy covers the role of water in the mainstream dimensions of society, economy, environment/ecology, and technology among both developed and fast emerging economies. Along with the under conceptualization of Circular Economy (CE) the book will cover the role of recycling and reusing the, otherwise (in linear economy terms), lost sources of waste, gray, or untapped water sources towards a second round of utility. Water Management and Circular Economy bridges the gap between the water inflows in Nature, with the whole wide spectrum of its potential applications in humanity. It covers the water inflows, the direct and indirect entities that are conceptualized as “outflows” including water (in a tapped and controlled manner), energy, products and services to urban, suburban, rural and insular contexts of analysis. As such, this content will be important reading for Water Scientists, Water Managers, and civil engineers.

Note: Front cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- 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 -- 1.4.1 Circular business models -- 1.4.2 Digital technologies enabling circular economy: reconnecting with water -- 1.4.3 Enabling circularity in the water sector through real-life experimentation -- 1.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Selecting resource recovery technologies and assessment of impacts -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Technology selection on a regional scale -- 2.2.1 Approach -- 2.2.2 Baseline modeling -- 2.2.3 Market potentials -- 2.2.4 Multi-criteria analysis -- 2.2.5 Quantifying improvements -- 2.2.6 UK wastewater example -- 2.2.7 Transferability -- 2.3 Circularity measurement and assessment to support decision-making -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 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 -- 3.3.1 Recovery -- 3.3.2 Reuse -- 3.4 Optimization methods and applications -- 3.4.1 Process integration -- 3.4.2 The water source diagram -- 3.4.3 The algebraic method -- 3.4.4 Other methods -- 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 -- 4.4.1 Wastewater treatment and reuse at a single household -- 4.4.2 Wastewater treatment and reuse at a university dormitory -- 4.4.3 Manufacturing industry wastewater treatment and reuse -- 4.4.4 Wastewater treatment and reuse in the oil industry -- 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 -- 5.3.1 Effect of the operative conditions on HC degradation efficiency -- 5.3.2 Experimental activity by using a lab-scale apparatus with a Venturi tube -- 5.3.3 Hybrid technologies for wastewater treatment based on hydrodynamic cavitation -- 5.3.4 Hybrid technologies for water reuse based on hydrodynamic cavitation -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 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 III 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 -- 7.3.1 Conceptual and analytical framework -- 7.3.2 Brief presentation of the WCE initiatives -- 7.4 Assessing the policy and planning set-ups on three southern European sites -- 7.5 Discussion -- 7.5.1 Data and method -- 7.5.2 The findings and the literature -- 7.6 Conclusion. , Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 8 Water resources preservation through circular economy: The case of Romania -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Water resources in Romania -- 8.2.1 Groundwater resources from Romania -- 8.2.2 Surface water resources in Romania -- 8.3 Linear economy, water resources depletion, and pollution -- 8.4 Circular economy and water management in Romania -- 8.4.1 Improvement of water supply, wastewater, and sludge management -- 8.4.2 Circular mechanisms through water reuse and sludge in agriculture -- 8.4.3 Circular mechanisms through water reuse in industry -- 8.4.4 Sustainable water consumption in households -- 8.5 Conclusion 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 Conclusion -- 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 -- 10.2.1 General methodological context -- 10.2.2 Life cycle assessment (LCA) and circular economy for water management -- 10.3 Discussion -- 10.3.1 Case study 1: Eutrophication and CE -- 10.3.2 Case study 2: Microplastics and CE -- 10.3.3 Case study 3: Agricultural sector and CE -- 10.3.4 Research synthesis -- 10.4 Conclusion -- 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 -- 11.3.1 Bioelectrochemical nitrification: contextualization, recent findings, and main factors influencing the process -- 11.3.2 Bioelectrochemical denitrification: contextualization, recent findings, and main factors influencing the process -- 11.3.3 Nitrogen recovery in BES: main processes and findings -- 11.4 Overview of circular economy in BES -- 11.4.1 Narrow -- 11.4.2 Regenerate -- 11.4.3 Close -- 11.4.4 Slow -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 12 Benefits from reclaimed wastewater and biosolid reuse in agriculture and in the environment -- Highlights -- 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 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13 Sewage sludge as a source of organic to be used as soil improvement -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.1.1 Total sewage sludge production and land application -- 13.1.2 Sewage sludge organic characteristic. , 13.1.3 Organics transformation during sewage sludge stabilization -- 13.1.4 Sewage sludge organics pathway after soil application -- 13.2 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- 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 -- 14.2.1 Historical development of wastewater irrigation -- 14.2.2 Characteristics of wastewater -- 14.3 Current developing scenario of the wastewater irrigation practice within the Mediterranean countries -- 14.3.1 North Africa region: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia -- 14.3.2 Middle East region: Cyprus, Israel, Turkey -- 14.3.3 European region: France, Greece, Italy, Spain -- 14.4 Specific features and unique wastewater irrigation management practice within the Mediterranean region -- 14.4.1 Policy and guidelines for wastewater irrigation -- 14.4.2 Key agricultural practices -- 14.5 Critical challenges and key implications -- 14.5.1 Agronomical aspect and environmental perspective -- 14.5.2 Public health -- 14.5.3 Socioeconomic aspect -- 14.6 Concluding remarks and future prospects -- References -- 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 -- 15.4.1 Hazard identification -- 15.4.2 Exposure assessment -- 15.4.3 Dose-response analysis and risk characterization -- 15.4.4 Water safety plans -- 15.4.5 Hazard analysis and critical control points. , 15.5 Safe drinking water guidelines and standards.

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780323952804

Language: English