Download or read book Sustainability assessment of water resource recovery facilities written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Small Nebraska Mechanical Water Resource Recovery Facilities written by Sussan Moussavi and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many small, rural communities struggle with aging or inadequate water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs), and face challenges in constructing and operating such systems. Although existing literature has provided insight into the environmental sustainability of large systems including both the construction and operational phases, these studies have not examined small systems in adequate depth or breadth. The environmental impacts associated with construction may be notable for small WRRFs since the initial construction can be a larger share of the total life cycle environmental impact. The goal of this work is to provide the environmental sustainability profiles of 12 mechanical WRRFs in Nebraska using life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. A detailed inventory of the construction and operational data was developed. Foreground data was collected from site visits, regulators, consulting engineers, and online databases. Background data was collected via the Ecoinvent database. The environmental profiles were created using SimaPro and the TRACI impact assessment method. Both the construction and the operational phases should be considered when evaluating the environmental sustainability of a small WRRF. For a majority of the impact categories, the individual contribution of the construction phase and operational phase to the overall environmental burden is higher than 5%. Variability among the 12 profiles was observed. Key factors influencing this variability include operational energy, construction materials, and overdesign of a facility. It was found that high operating energy impacts are associated with operational issues at a facility, and high construction impacts are associated with auxiliary materials. WRRFs that are overdesigned typically possess high environmental impacts due to high operational energy usage and/or overdesigned infrastructure. Three scenario sensitivity analyses were performed to evaluate factors that influence the environmental sustainability profile of a plant. These analyses evaluated design life, alternative energy sources, and end-of-life impacts. The results of this study have been compiled into a summary table, which may be especially useful for key stakeholders during the initial planning and design phase of small WRRFs.

Download or read book Water Recycling and Resource Recovery in Industry written by Piet Lens and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2002-03-31 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water Recycling and Resource Recovery in Industry: Analysis, Technologies and Implementation provides a definitive and in-depth discussion of the current state-of-the-art tools and technologies enabling the industrial recycling and reuse of water and other resources. The book also presents in detail how these technologies can be implemented in order to maximize resource recycling in industrial practice, and to integrate water and resource recycling in ongoing industrial production processes. Special attention is given to non-process engineering aspects such as systems analysis, software tools, health, regulations, life-cycle analysis, economic impact and public participation. Case studies illustrate the huge potential of environmental technology to optimise resource utilisation in industry. The large number of figures, tables and case studies, together with the book's multidisciplinary approach, makes Water Recycling and Resource Recovery in Industry: Analysis, Technologies and Implementation the perfect reference work for academics, professionals and consultants dealing with industrial water resources recovery. Contents Part I: Industrial reuse for environmental protection Part II: System analysis to assist in closing industrial resource cycles Part III: Characterisation of process water quality Part IV: Technological aspects of closing industrial cycles Part V: Examples of closed water cycles in industrial processes Part VI: Resource protection policies in industry

Download or read book Sustainability Assessment of a Municipal Utility Complex written by Tarek Fahmy and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a municipal utility complex is built with synergistic opportunities for integration of processes of a wastewater treatment plant, a resource recovery facility (aka waste-to-energy (WTE) or incineration facility), a material recycling facility (MRF), and a landfill; engineers tend to use the traditional sustainability assessment methods only to assess the life cycle (LCA) of each system's process over time. They might not necessarily incorporate an assessment based on system dynamics of the functional, economic, environmental, and social/cultural systems. Data from a case study is utilized in this dissertation based on the municipal utility complex in Pasco County in the western region of the State of Florida, USA.

Download or read book Moving Toward Resource Recovery Facilities written by Water Environment Federation and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource recovery is an emerging societal need around the globe. Due to the ever-increasing pressures on increasingly limited environmental resources, it is critical that recovery of resources (water, nutrients, and energy) from waste streams be implemented. Moving Toward Resource Recovery Facilities is about moving away from waste streams and moving toward values streams. First providing an overview of the fundamental drivers for resource recovery from wastewater and presenting the basic case for resource recovery, the text provides an overview of state-of-the-art technological approaches to resources recovery and provides general guidance on the applicability of recovery technologies for the cross section of facility types. This allows facilities to take steps towards recycling a greater number of otherwise lost resources.

Download or read book Resource Recovery from Wastewater Treatment written by Giorgio Mannina and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sustainability and Energy Management for Water Resource Recovery Facilities written by Water Environment Federation and published by Manual of Practice. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WEF MOP 38 / ASCE MOP 137 describes the best practices for evaluating and improving the energy management and sustainability of water resource recovery facilities

Download or read book Resource Recovery from Wastewater written by Veera Gnaneswar Gude and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative volume provides comprehensive knowledge on various aspects of wastewater resource management from the point of process sustainability and resource recovery. This authoritative compendium is crucial for developing resource-efficient and sustainable wastewater treatment technologies and management strategies for both small (decentralized) and large (centralized) communities. Traditional wastewater systems have become increasingly energy-consuming and cost-intensive while also not meeting the increasing standards for nutrient removal and sustainable development. This book incorporates the latest developments in pollutant removal and resource recovery schemes in wastewater treatment. It highlights advances that have been made in microbiological processes; design of treatment methods; process configurations; energy conservation and efficiency improvement schemes; nutrient removal; recovery, reclamation, and recycling; beneficial uses of wastewater; and bioenergy and biochemical production from wastewater and sludge streams. Waste-to-energy technologies, especially wastewater treatment as a potential biofuel energy alternative through bioelectrochemical and other processes, are also discussed in this book.

Download or read book Resource Recovery from Water written by Ilje Pikaar and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, the first and foremost role of urban water management has been the protection of 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 the case of wastewater treatment - the activated sludge process, which makes '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 approaches will not suffice in the 21st century as we enter the era of the circular economy. A key challenge for the future of urban water management is the need to re-envision the role of water infrastructure, still holding paramount the safeguard of human and environmental health while also becoming a more proactive force for sustainable development through the recovery of resources embedded in urban water. This book aims (i) to explain the basic principles governing resource recovery from water (how much is there, really); (ii) to provide a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the established and emerging technologies for resource recovery from water; and (iii) to put resource recovery from water in a legal, economic (including the economy of scale of recovered products), social (consumer's point of view), and environmental sustainability framework. This book serves as a powerful teaching tool at the graduate entry master level with an aim to help develop the next generation of engineers and experts and is also highly relevant for seasoned water professionals and practicing engineers.

Download or read book Sustainability written by Rao Y. Surampalli and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive resource to sustainability and its application to the environmental, industrial, agricultural and food security sectors Sustainability fills a gap in the literature in order to provide an important guide to the fundamental knowledge and practical applications of sustainability in a wide variety of areas. The authors – noted experts who represent a number of sustainability fields – bring together in one comprehensive volume the broad range of topics including basic concepts, impact assessment, environmental and the socio-economic aspects of sustainability. In addition, the book covers applications of sustainability in environmental, industrial, agricultural and food security, as well as carbon cycle and infrastructural aspects. Sustainability addresses the challenges the global community is facing due to population growth, depletion of non-renewable resources of energy, environmental degradation, poverty, excessive generation of wastes and more. Throughout the book the authors discuss the economics, ecological, social, technological and systems perspectives of sustainability. This important resource: • Explores the fundamentals as well as the key concepts of sustainability; • Covers basic concepts, impact assessment, environmental and socio-economic aspects, applications of sustainability in environmental, industrial, agricultural and food security, carbon cycle and infrastructural aspects; • Argues the essentiality of sustainability in ensuring the propitious future of earth systems; and • Authored by experts from a range of various fields related to sustainability. Written for researchers and scientists, students and academics, Sustainability: Fundamentals and Applications is a comprehensive book that covers the basic knowledge of the topic combined with practical applications.

Download or read book Clean Energy and Resource Recovery written by Vinay Kumar Tyagi and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clean Energy and Resource Recovery: Wastewater Treatment Plants as Bio-refineries, Volume 2, summarizes the fundamentals of various treatment modes applied to the recovery of energy and value-added products from wastewater treatment plants. The book addresses the production of biofuel, heat, and electricity, chemicals, feed, and other products from municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater, and sludge. It intends to provide the readers an account of up-to-date information on the recovery of biofuels and other value-added products using conventional and advanced technological developments. The book starts with identifying the key problems of the sectors and then provides solutions to them with step-by-step guidance on the implementation of processes and procedures. Titles compiled in this book further explore related issues like the safe disposal of leftovers, from a local to global scale. Finally, the book sheds light on how wastewater treatment facilities reduce stress on energy systems, decrease air and water pollution, build resiliency, and drive local economic activity.As a compliment to Volume 1: Biomass Waste Based Biorefineries, Clean Energy and Resource Recovery, Volume 2: Wastewater Treatment Plants as Bio-refineries is a comprehensive reference on all aspects of energy and resource recovery from wastewater. The book is going to be a handy reference tool for energy researchers, environmental scientists, and civil, chemical, and municipal engineers interested in waste-to-energy. Offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamental treatments and methods used in the recovery of energy and value-added products from wastewater Identifies solutions to key problems related to wastewater to energy/resource recovery through conventional and advanced technologies and explore the alternatives Provides step-by-step guidance on procedures and calculations from practical field data Includes successful case studies from both developing and developed countries

Download or read book Sustainability Assessment for Water Treatment Chemical Products written by NSF International (Organization). Joint Commitee on Water Sustainability- Chemicals and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Moving Toward Resource Recovery Facilities written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Assessment of the Impact of Resource Recovery on the Environment written by Judith G. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Energy Consumption Chemical Use and Carbon Footprints of Wastewater Treatment Alternatives written by Xu Wang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis focuses on the energy, chemical and carbon implications of diverse wastewater treatment alternatives, and offers effective solutions for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to achieve sustainability goals. The author first uses the life cycle philosophy to explore the environmental performance of several representative wastewater treatment systems, and then proposes a refined assessment framework, accompanying analytical toolkit and case study for further quantifying the environmental sustainability of various wastewater management scenarios. Allowing readers to gain a better understanding of the existing wastewater treatment technologies from a sustainability perspective, this book helps decision makers identify promising approaches to the environmentally friendly operation of WWTPs and make infrastructure investments that are appropriate for future changing conditions.

Download or read book Resource Recovery in Drinking Water Treatment written by Mika Sillanpaa and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-07-20 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource Recovery in Drinking Water Treatment concentrates on techniques and methods for water purification. The book develops a new approach—resource recovery—toward drinking water, including the role of methods (adsorption, membrane, ion – exchange, biosorption, coagulation, etc.) and nanocomposites (such as biochar, sludge-based composites, chitosan, polymer, magnetic particles, etc.) in water resource recovery. It provides an in-depth overview on emerging water treatment techniques and the resource recovery of materials during the treatment process. Finally, the book aims to introduce polluted waters as new and sustainable sources rather than seeing wastewaters only a source of hazardous organic and inorganic matters. This book is part of a three-volume set that stresses the importance of contaminated water remediation, including surface waters, municipal or industrial wastewaters, and waters as a new source of nutrients, minerals and energy. Presents novel approaches to recover materials from water during treatment Discusses fundamentals and principals of water treatment to figure out current status and need for new development Includes applications of various composites and particles in water treatment and water recovery