Waste Water Reuse and Current Challenges

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Authors

  • Despo Fatta-Kassinos (Editor)
  • Dionysios D. Dionysiou
  • Klaus Kümmerer (Editor)
This volume discusses the current challenges related to the reuse of wastewater. It reviews the analytical methodologies for evaluating emerging contaminants and their transformation products, the sensitivity of various bioassays for assessing the biological effects of treated wastewater, and the bioavailability and uptake of organic contaminants during crop irrigation. It describes in detail the physicochemical and microbiological alterations in soil resulting from irrigation with treated urban wastewater, and discusses our current understanding of antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants and in downstream environments. The book also includes an analysis of the effect of wastewater entering drinking water sources and production, and provides updated information on wastewater reuse for irrigation in North Africa. It presents an important integration tool for water recovery, known as water pinch analysis, and finally showcases two other examples of reuse – one in the paper industry and one in landfill management. It is of interest to experts from various fields of research, including analytical and environmental chemistry, toxicology and environmental and sanitary engineering.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer Nature AG
Number of pages261
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-23891-3
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-23892-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Publication series

NameThe Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
No.1
Volume44
ISSN (Print)1867-979X
ISSN (Electronic)1616-864X

    Research areas

  • Sustainability Science
  • Chemistry - Reclaimed wastewater, Treated wastewater, Organic micropollutants, Irrigation, Wastewater treatment plants, Source water impairment, Water recovery