Urban Water and Wastewater: An Overview Based on Circular Economy and Blue Economy Principles
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2023) | Viewed by 3867
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electro chemistry; wastewater treatment; desalination; membrane technology (ED, NO, UF, RO, MD, FO); renewable energy; awareness in field of water; advanced oxidation processes
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Interests: water and wastewater treatment, electrochemical treatment, adsorbent based water treatment, material synthesis and characterization
Interests: materials science; polymers; microparticles; modeling; rheology; photocatalysis; removal; adsorption; rheological and structural characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Strong mitigation potential lies in urban water and wastewater systems in line with the demand for drinking water and requirements for improved quality, the strict regulations for wastewater reuse, environmental awareness for water quality impacts, and the cross-cutting impact of climate change on water availability and quality. Urban water and wastewater have their own SDG, Goal 6, but in fact, water is concerned in nearly all of the goals, and unites them with success or failure in climate action. Even in a stable climate, countries would be facing an enormous challenge just to reach Goal 6—availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. The NDCs that countries have submitted reveal an awareness of the importance of water to the circular economy, blue economy principles and climate adaptation. According to a Global Water Partnership analysis of 80 NDCs, investing in water infrastructure, institutions or governance is a key priority in 89% of the surveyed countries, and practically all countries indicate that some kind of water action is necessary for adaptation. Taking into consideration that urban water at the confluence of circular economy and the blue economy principles has been largely discussed in the past in numerous journals (specialized and not), the proposed Special Issue will focus on collecting up-to-date information related to the following topics:
- Low-carbon water and wastewater utilities;
- Improving services to better support sustainable development (SDG6);
- Energy performance and carbon emission assessment and monitoring;
- Reducing water losses and recycling treated wastewater;
- Climate-smart urban water systems;
- Water as a sector for combined mitigation and adaptation action in the next round of NDCs;
- Optimization of energy, minerals, and chemicals use in operation of water systems;
- Utilization of sludge from the wastewater treatment to generate renewable energy;
- Impact of the freshwater withdrawal on the environment.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Nadjib Drouiche
Dr. Richa Soni
Dr. Seif El Islam Lebouachera
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban water
- wastewater SDGs
- climate change
- water reuse
- circular economy
- blue economy
- carbon footprint
- recycling
