Decentralized Sanitation and Water Treatment Treatment in Cold Environments and Techno-Economic Aspects

PART I Decentralized treatment in cold environments

1.     Water and wastewater treatment in cold environments

Xiaolei Zhang, Zhuoyue Wang, Yan Song, RD Tyagi and Patrick Drogui

2.     Treatment of run-off water from de-icing salt for road safety in cold climate conditions

Song Yan, Patrick Drogui, R. D. Tyagi and Jonathan Wong 

3.     Mobile and portable technologies for water/wastewater treatment in cold environments

Song Yan, Patrick Drogui, R. D. Tyagi and Jonathan Wong 

4.     Potential decentralized anaerobic treatment of wastewater in cold environments

Song Yan, Patrick Drogui, R. D. Tyagi and Jonathan Wong 

5.     Strategic issues for wastewater reuse in extreme cold conditions

Song Yan, Patrick Drogui, R. D. Tyagi and Jonathan Wong

PART II Environmental and techno-economic aspects of decentralized systems

 6.     Environment and hygiene with decentralized treatment

Denisse Serrano-Palacios, Ana M. Rentería-Mexía, Lourdes M. Díaz-Tenorio, Edna R. Meza-Escalante, Luis H. Álvarez-Valencia, Pasiano Rivas-García, Gabriela Ulloa-Mercado, Pablo Gortáres-Moroyoqui and Luis A. Leyva-Soto

 7.     Social aspects and public acceptance of decentralized treatment

Chinthala Sumanth, Bhukya Gopal, Manojkumar Y and Sridhar Pilli

 8.     Life-cycle environmental assessment of decentralized sanitation systems

Pablo Gortáres-Moroyoqui, Luis Humberto Alvarez-Valencia, Ruth Gabriela Ulloa Mercado, Pasiano Rivas-García, Luis Alonso Leyva-Soto, Denisse Serrano Palacios, Ana María Rentería-Mexia, Edna Rosalba Meza-Escalante and Lourdes Mariana Díaz-Tenorio

9.     Feasibility and suitability of decentralized water systems

Manojkumar Y., K. Bella, Venkateswara Rao, Pilli Sridhar and R.D. Tyagi

10.  Decentralized wastewater treatment and reuse towards sustainability and circular economy

Bhoomika Yadav, Shraddha Chavan, R.D. Tyagi, Patrick Drogui and Jonathan Wong 

 11.  Challenges and Future Perspectives of Decentralized Water Treatment

Bhukya Gopal, Chinthala Sumanth, Sridhar Pilli and Manojkumar Y

Biography

Professor R. D. Tyagi is an internationally recognized Professor of Biochemical Engineering and Chief Scientific Officer of BOSK Bioproducts. He has served as Professor for 36 years and Senior Canada Research Chair on Value Added Products from Wastes for 18 years at the University of Quebec, Canada. His research on bioconversion and bioprocessing to bioproducts and activity of transfer of technology to the user’s sector has received many National and International Awards.

Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India and Distinguished Professor, Sustainability Cluster, University of Petroleum and Energy, Dehradun, India. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, etc.

Professor Patrick Drogui is Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique’s Centre Eau Terre Environnement in Canada. He is an internationally recognized expert in electrochemical and membrane technologies, and oxidative processes for different applications in water treatment from industrial wastewater to potable water. 

Dr Bhoomika Yadav completed her PhD from Institut national de la recherche scientifique’s Centre Eau Terre Environnement. She has strong research skills and works in multidisciplinary areas of biotechnology, microbiology and biochemical engineering. Her research interest includes waste to value transformation, bioflocculants, wastewater treatment, bioplastics and circular bioeconomy.

Dr Sridhar Pilli is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. He is an expert in Water and Wastewater Treatment, Anaerobic Digestion, and Waste to Energy. 

Professor Jonathan WC Wong is Distinguish Professor of the Research Center for Eco-environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, China. Formerly, he was Professor in Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. His major research interests are on bioconversion of organic wastes for energy and bioproducts.