Microbial Biotechnology for Water and Sludge Treatment
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2024 | Viewed by 93
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agro-industrial and municipal wastes valorization; anaerobic digestion, dark fermentation, and composting processes; biofuels and added-value products; circular economy model and zero waste strategies
Interests: mathematical modeling of biological processes; anaerobic digestion of liquid and solid waste; composting of solid waste; sustainability assessment of biological processes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In light of evolving lifestyles and rapid industrialization, the input of both organic and inorganic pollutants into the water bodies has been increased, posing a pressing environmental challenge. These pollutants, among emerging or micropollutants, exhibit high toxicity levels even at low concentrations, with the effects of certain contaminants' remaining elusive. Confronting such a concern, the effective treatment of wastewater derived from the agricultural, industrial, and food processing sectors emerges as crucial, targeting the output minimization of these pollutants into water bodies and sludge.
This Special Issue is devoted to exploring novel and robust pure or mixed cultures for the biological treatment of both wastewater and sludge. We invite submissions not only of original research papers but also of review articles and case studies covering, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Biological processes for wastewater and sludge management and valorization for their conversion to bioenergy and/or added-value products.
- Unraveling the fate and transport mechanisms of organic pollutants in water and sludge matrices.
- Mechanistic mathematical modeling of biological processes for application in wastewater treatment.
- Identification and characterization methods of pollutants of municipal, industrial, and agricultural wastewater and/or sludge.
- Sustainability analysis (techno-economic analysis and/or life cycle assessment) of applied biological methods for waste and wastewater management.
- Zero waste and circular economy approach on wastewater and sludge valorization, with emphasis on the application of biological methods.
Your valuable insights will significantly contribute to shaping effective solutions and advancing knowledge in the critical field of wastewater and sludge management through biological processes.
Dr. Konstantina Tsigkou
Guest Editor
Dr. Georgios Manthos
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- recalcitrant organic pollutants degradation
- anaerobic digestion, fermentation, and composting
- techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of wastewater valorization
- mathematical modeling of biological processes
- industrial, agricultural, municipal, and food processing wastewater and sludge characterization, management, and valorization
