Nature-Based Solutions for Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Wastewater
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 162
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multistage constructed wetland; wastewater reuse; horizontal subsurface flow; hydraulic characteristics; tracer test; clogging; semi-arid climate; evapotranspiration; biomass production
Interests: wastewater treatment and small scale natural wastewater treatment systems (especially constructed wetlands); wastewater reuse; sustainable water management; climate change and water scarcity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The world’s water resources are increasingly coming under pressure from overexploitation of aquifers, climate change, drought and pollution of freshwater resources. The agricultural and agro-industrial sectors require a large amount of water and can be particularly vulnerable to scarce or intermittent water resources. In addition, these sectors generate significant volumes of wastewater that can impact the quality of freshwater. It is desirable to reuse wastewater in order to increase the water resources available to the agricultural and agro-industrial sectors. Wastewater treatments can be expensive and require qualified personnel for O&M, which is not always possible especially in small agro-industrial realties. Nature-based solutions (NBS) can be an effective answer to the needs for wastewater treatment and climate adaptation, but they can also supply ecosystem services while requiring low O&M costs. There is an increasing need to improve the design of NBS to address various environmental and socioeconomic challenges. For example, additional studies on enhancing removal efficiencies and innovative substrates to be used in the NBS, on their hydraulic and hydrological properties, and on spatial analysis for land suitability are needed to reduce the environmental footprint, increasing the lifespan of NBS and identification of areas which may be considered suitable for NBS. This Special Issue requests papers that explore different aspects of NBS, from sustainable tools for wastewater management, to ecosystem services (ES) provided by NBS, identifying spatial criteria for NBS location, and the economic impact of NBS in the agricultural and agro-industrial economy.
Dr. Alessia Marzo
Dr. Stevo Lavrnić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- NBS design, hydraulic and hydrological performances
- wastewater treatment
- wastewater reuse
- ecosystem services (ES) of NBS
- economic, environmental and social issues of NBS
- water quality
- agricultural drainage
- spatial analysis
- site selection
