Water Management and Circular Economy

Miltiadis G. Zamparas, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780323952804
• eBook ISBN: 9780323952811
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Environmental Management
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Water Management and Circular Economy covers the role of water in the mainstream dimensions of society, economy, environment/ecology and technology. Along with the under conceptualization of the Circular Economy (CE), the book covers the role of recycling and reusing the otherwise lost sources of waste, gray or untapped water sources towards a second round of utility. This book bridges the gap between water inflows in nature with the wide spectrum of its potential applications in humanity. Sections cover direct and indirect entities conceptualized as "outflows, including water, 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. - Includes real-world applications and case studies to show how these policies can be adopted - Presents global coverage, with a diverse list of contributors – all of whom are experts in the field - Showcases a multidisciplinary approach, with editors from environmental and managerial backgrounds, thus helping to cross the bridge between social and science fields

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• Front Matter
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• About the editors
• Preface
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Part I : Introduction and Fundamentals
• Chapter 1 : Closing the loop in water management
• Chapter 2 : Selecting resource recovery technologies and assessment of impacts
• Chapter 3 : Circularity in wastewater allocation as a solution for increased water availability: A focus on optimization methods and applications
• 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
• Chapter 5 : Advanced wastewater oxidation processes and their role in water reuse for a circular economy
• Chapter 6 : Sustainable management of reused water by the implementation of photo-Fenton and floatation method in petroleum industries
• 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
• Chapter 8 : Water resources preservation through circular economy: The case of Romania
• Chapter 9 : Regenerate and reuse water in Spain: Facts and politics
• Chapter 10 : Circular economy and sustainable strategies: Theoretical framework, policies and regulation challenges, barriers, and enablers for water management
• 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
• Chapter 12 : Benefits from reclaimed wastewater and biosolid reuse in agriculture and in the environment
• Chapter 13 : Sewage sludge as a source of organic to be used as soil improvement
• 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
• Chapter 15 : On-going challenges, hazard identification, health risk assessment, and regulatory guidelines and standards of the water resource management
• Chapter 16 : Public health risks associated with the reuse of wastewater for irrigation
• Part VI : Conclusion and future research
• Chapter 17 : Fostering the transition to water reuse: The role of institutional arrangements in the European Union circular economy action plans
• Index
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