Wastewater
Frontiers | A system dynamics model integrating urine diversion and resource recovery for sustainable wastewater management
Using the pilot case of Gotland, Sweden, and the Visby wastewater treatment plant as a case study, the model simulates the dynamic interactions between wastewater loading, treatment performance, and source-separated urine recovery over time.
added Oct 18, 2026
Read article →Sewage sludge drying performance in solar greenhouse: environmental and parametric effects with numerical simulation - ScienceDirect
This study investigates the energy-efficient drying of sewage sludge (SS) using a small-scale solar greenhouse dryer under the continental climate of Astana region, Kazakhstan. The objective was to analyze the influence of solar intensity, air ...
added Oct 15, 2026
Read article →Case study Vacuum sewer | Smartrek
Vacuum Station: These collection points are seamlessly connected to a centralized vacuum station via a network of small-diameter pipes. The vacuum station diligently generates and upholds a gentle negative pressure within the sewer lines, ensuring ...
added Oct 13, 2026
Read article →MICROSAND BALLASTED FLOCCULATION AND CLARIFICATION FOR THE HIGH RATE TREATMENT OF STORM WATERS AND SEWER OVERFLOWS
This study aims at examining the ... overflows (CSOs) and the evaluation depends on the values obtained of routine wastewater parameters and on the contents of a large broad spectrum of pollutants....
added Oct 10, 2026
Read article →Design of Sewerage System and Wastewater Treatment in a Rural Sector: A Case Study | IIETA
It should be borne in mind that this type of operation and maintenance are critical to the efficiency of the process; they are routine tasks that are easy to carry out by trained operators. Despite the limitations for fieldwork due to the health crisis caused by COVID-19, this study lays the foundat…
added Oct 8, 2026
Read article →Hazen to Lead WRF Project 5107 "Understanding Pyrolysis for PFAS…
The inert residual, known as biochar, represents about 10 to15% of the solids input to the process as shown and the smallest amount of material produced when compared to other solids stabilization and processing. Panoramic photo of the full-scale drying/pyrolysis facility in Schenectady, NY. Weigh s…
added Oct 6, 2026
Read article →Side-stream enhanced biological phosphorus removal (S2EBPR) process improves system performance - A full-scale comparative study - ScienceDirect
Successful full-scale S2EBPR configurations have been demonstrated globally (Barnard et al., 2017; Lanham et al., 2013a; Mielczarek et al., 2013; Stokholm-Bjerregaard et al., 2017). Although comparison between S2EBPR and conventional EBPR plants seems to indicate improved performance (Lanham et al.,…
added Oct 3, 2026
Read article →Tackling fat, oil, and grease (FOG) build-up in sewers: Insights into deposit formation and sustainable in-sewer management techniques - ScienceDirect
These samples exhibited high concentrations of calcium and saturated fatty acids, particularly palmitic acid. This evidence suggested a possible saponification process involving the reaction between metallic ions and fatty acids, commonly referred to as the soap-forming reaction, contributed to the …
added Oct 1, 2026
Read article →Enhancing the low-carbon performance for municipal wastewater treatment through high-rate activated sludge-three-stage constructed wetland system: Water quality, energy recovery and carbon emissions reduction - ScienceDirect
In this study, three lab-scale HRAS formulas operating at different dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations were coupled with a three-stage CW (TCW) system, and the performances of these HRAS-TCW systems were investigated in terms of nutrient removal, ...
added Sep 26, 2026
Read article →Case Study: Using UV CIPP Lining to Rehab Sewer Pipe
Regardless of the presence of actively infiltrating water and the water’s temperature, the liner was able to cure and manifest into a strong, solid piece of fiberglass pipe. The system owner now has a 50-year lifespan for what is basically a new pipe in this section of their collection system.” ...
added Sep 23, 2026
Read article →Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor Treating Municipal Wastewater: Mainstream or Sidestream? | Environmental Science & Technology | ACS Publications
However, applying AnMBRs to municipal wastewater treatment in the mainstream faces several challenges. First, a significant portion of the produced CH4 (70–30%) dissolves in the permeate at 5–35 °C. (3) This represents a substantial loss of potential energy and contributes to the system’s carbon foo…
added Sep 21, 2026
Read article →Recent advances and prospects of constructed wetlands in cold climates: a review from 2013 to 2023 | Environmental Science and Pollution Research | Springer Nature Link
Xiao LW, Jiang H, Shen C, Li K and Hu L (2019) Role of different plants on nitrogen and phosphorus removal at low temperature in lab-scale constructed wetlands. E3S Web of Conferences 118:01023 · Wu H, Fan J, Zhang J, Ngo HH, Guo W, Hu Z, Liang S (2015a) Decentralized domestic wastewater treatment u…
added Sep 19, 2026
Read article →Recovering Ammonia as Ammonium Citrate and Ammonium Sulfate from Sludge Digestion Liquors Using Membrane Contactors in a Pilot Plant - PMC
Membrane contactors have proved to be effective for recovering ammonia from wastewater by absorbing it into a trapping solution. This study compares the performance of sulfuric acid and citric acid as trapping solutions in a pilot-scale plant for recovering ammonia from sludge digestion liquors ...
added Sep 17, 2026
Read article →Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: Sources, properties, removal efficiency, removal mechanisms, and interactions with pollutants | Water Science & Technology | IWA Publishing
HIGHLIGHTS. Millions of microplastics (MPs) are released into the environment through the effluent and sludge of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs).MPs re
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Read article →Relating microbial community composition to treatment performance in an ozone-biologically active carbon filtration potable reuse treatment train - ScienceDirect
... The approach demonstrated ... Treatment trains that couple ozone (O3) with biologically active carbon (BAC) filtration are of interest as a lower cost, more sustainable, membrane-free approach to water reuse...
added Sep 12, 2026
Read article →Real-time control of combined sewer systems: Risks associated with uncertainties - ScienceDirect
An MPC with the objective to reduce the total combined sewer overflow (CSO) volume was implemented in the case study of Eindhoven in the Netherlands where highly sensitive waterways receive the sewer overflows.
added Sep 10, 2026
Read article →A low-cost soft sensor for sewer flow monitoring — Learning from water level measurements in manholes - ScienceDirect
Soft Sensors for Monitoring and Control of Industrial Processes ... G. Fu, D. Butler, S.-T. Khu · Multiple objective optimal control of integrated urban wastewater systems · Environ. Model. Softw., 23 (2) (2008), pp. 225-234 ... J. Ge, J. Li, R. Qiu, T. Shi, C. Zhang, Z. Huang, Z. Yuan · A data-driv…
added Sep 8, 2026
Read article →Thermal use of urban wastewater: Some case studies - ScienceDirect
This study explores a dual application of wastewater heat recovery via heat pumps: (i) at WWTPs, using treated effluent to dry sewage sludge, and (ii) within urban sewer networks, recovering wastewater heat for building heating.
added Sep 6, 2026
Read article →Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Sludge for Biocrude Production and Synergistic Utilization of Byproducts in Anaerobic Digestion | ACS ES&T Water
Detailed experimental protocol for hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); detailed experimental protocol for anaerobic digestion; detailed characteristics of biocrude; GC–MS analysis results and FTIR spectra of biocrude samples; SEM images of cracks and pores on HC at 280 °C and HC at 280 °C; elemental an…
added Sep 4, 2026
Read article →Full-scale experiments to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions in wastewater treatment plants through optimizing aeration strategy - ScienceDirect
This study investigated N2O emissions from a WWTP through long-term, full-scale monitoring, linking the results to plant-specific operational conditions. Various measurement methods and devices, targeting both gas and liquid phases, were employed ...
added Sep 2, 2026
Read article →Digital Twins and AI in Water Treatment: What They Actually Do and Where They're Headed
The Stadtwerke Trier wastewater plant in Germany deployed Xylem Vue's AI-powered digital twin and cut aeration energy consumption by 20%, saving approximately 200,000 kWh per year while maintaining full compliance with effluent limits[4]. That ...
added Aug 31, 2026
Read article →Thermal hydrolysis on the edge of thermophilic anaerobic digestion: a pilot-scale operation experience | Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology | The Royal Society of Chemistry
This approach allows a 40–60% reduction in digester volume, improves sludge dewaterability, and supports energy-efficient operation, offering a scalable solution for wastewater treatment plants facing capacity, cost, and environmental constraints.
added Aug 29, 2026
Read article →Data Analysis, Integration, and Interpretation for Endemic Pathogens - Increasing the Utility of Wastewater-based Disease Surveillance for Public Health Action - NCBI Bookshelf
Groups therefore sought approaches ... in the measurements. Normalization is a process of adjusting the measured wastewater concentrations to account for some of the underlying variables that impact inter- and intra-sewershed comparisons....
added Aug 27, 2026
Read article →Membrane aerated biological reactors (MABRs) to enhance the biological treatment process at a WWTP - ScienceDirect
Microbial analysis also confirmed the stable biofilm-mediated nitrification–denitrification under carbon-limited conditions. Overall, the study provides quantitative insight into the energy–performance–environment nexus of hybrid MABR systems and establishes a framework for low-carbon operation and …
added Aug 25, 2026
Read article →Supercritical Water Oxidation as an Innovative Technology for PFAS Destruction - PMC
Each of the three SCWO systems achieved greater than 99% destruction efficiency of ΣPFAS from dilute AFFF, including 99% destruction of PFOS and PFOA in the liquid phase. The effluent concentrations were still higher than the EPA’s drinking water health advisory limit (i.e., 0.070 μg/L) ...
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Read article →Phosphorus recovery as struvite from digested sludge – experience from the full scale - ScienceDirect
The struvite plant started as a pilot plant in 2013, and is now a fully functional full scale plant that recovers 5% of the incoming phosphorus to the WWTP. The struvite process improves dewaterability.
added Aug 21, 2026
Read article →Full-scale aerobic granular sludge for municipal wastewater treatment – granule formation, microbial succession, and process performance - Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D2EW00653G
Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) is ... small footprint, and low energy usage.1,2 For example, full-scale AGS plants have been reported to have 25–75% reduced footprints and 20–50% reduced energy usage compared to similarly loaded conventional activated sludge (CAS) plants.2,3 ...
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Read article →Toward Mainstream Anammox by Integrating Sidestream Treatment | Environmental Science & Technology
Deammonification (partial nitritation-anammox) process is a favorable and innovative process, for treatment of nitrogen-rich wastewater due to decreased oxygen and carbon requirements at very high nitrogen loadings.
added Aug 17, 2026
Read article →DESIGN MANUAL: ODOR AND CORROSION CONTROL IN SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEMS AND TREATMENT PLANTS | Science Inventory | US EPA
Yet there are wastewater treatment facilities that are free from this stigma and techniques to prevent odor nuisances are available to those committed to construct odor-free treatment works. A major cause of odors in wastewater treatment systems is hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a gas detectable in ...
added Aug 16, 2026
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