Anaerobic digestion is the most common process used to reduce sewage sludge volume in the world. Digestion is a low-tech treatment process which has two high-volume byproducts which are relevant to ...

In wastewater treatment, monitoring organic loads, particularly Total Organic Carbon (TOC), has become critical to maintaining efficient and effective operations. This is especially true in industries ...

Until recently, most of the world’s energy supplies have come from coal, oil and gas. Scarcity of natural resources, surging energy prices and global warming had focused attention on renewable energy, ...

Lack of safe drinking water due to pollution is one of the gravest problems faced by humans today. According to an estimate by the World Health Organization, more than two billion people live in water ...

The anaerobic biodegradation of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) in wastewater treatment represents a critical pathway for mitigating the environmental impacts of one of the most extensively used ...

Reliable design and operation of biological wastewater treatment systems demand robust models of biological degradation processes. However, methods to directly measure key bacterial growth kinetics ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The potential of the expanded bed Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) anaerobic reactor in treating a municipal wastewater containing Resource ...

The need to tackle antibiotic resistance is becoming more urgent, posing threats to the health of all species, as antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) proliferate in the wider environment. Wastewater ...

The presence of emerging contaminants in organic wastes and derived products (compost or digestate) is one of the main ...