Low-Carbon/Novel Water-Treatment Technologies and Resource Recovery from Sludge
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 75
Special Issue Editors
Interests: theory and technology of biological phosphorus and nitrogen removal from wastewater; migration of pollutants in soil and groundwater environments; environmental microorganisms and soil microecology
Interests: new theories and technologies for low-carbon water treatment; biological wastewater treatment and resource recovery
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Interests: treatment and resource recovery of environmental waste; low-carbon electrochemical water treatment technologies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urban water infrastructure is at a tipping point: four billion people currently live in cities, and another two billion will arrive by 2030. Conventional wastewater treatment—characterized by high energy consumption, heavy chemical use, and a linear design—now consumes 1–3% of national electricity and generates up to 5% of urban greenhouse gas emissions. The challenge, therefore, is how to treat wastewater with drastically lower carbon and chemical inputs, while converting “waste” streams into circular water–energy–material factories compact enough to account for the density, land scarcity, and carbon-neutral pledges of future megacities.
In this Special Issue, both original research articles and reviews are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Process intensification: Mainstream anammox, partial denitrification/anammox, aerobic granules, advanced oxidation, and electrochemical techniques or membrane processes.
- Resource recovery: Struvite, alginate-like exopolymers, cellulose, dissolved methane, hydrogen, or metals from sludge.
- Disinfection and organic micropollutant degradation with minimal carbon collateral: UV-LED/free chlorine, peracetic acid, or green oxidants.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Shuai Wang
Dr. Qiulai He
Dr. Shaogang Hu
Dr. Fuyang Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biological wastewater treatment
- treatment and resource recovery of environmental waste
- advanced oxidation process
- electrochemical water treatment
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