Life Cycle Assessment of Wastewater Treatment addresses in detail the required in-depth life cycle assessment of wastewater treatment. This is to meet the special demands placed upon wastewater treatment processes, due to both the limited quantity and often low quality of water supplies. Wastewater management clearly plays a central role in achieving future water security in a world where water stress is expected to increase. Life cycle assessment (LCA) can be used as a tool to evaluate the environmental impacts associated with wastewater treatment and potential improvement options. This unique volume will focus on the analysis of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), using a life cycle assessment (LCA) approach.
Key Features:
Preface
Editor
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Chapter 1 Environmental and Health Effects Due to the Usage of Wastewater
P. Senthil Kumar and G. Janet Joshiba
Chapter 2 Ecological Assessment: Use of Hydropower and Biogas Energy in Waste Water Treatment Plants
Serhat Kucukali, İrfan Ar, Mümtaz Ak, and Asiye Günal
Chapter 3 Life Cycle Assessment of Municipal Wastewater and Sewage Sludge Treatment
MT Moreira and G. Feijoo
Chapter 4 Life Cycle Assessment of Beneficial Reuse of Waste Streams for Energy in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
Dongyan Mu, Sarah Mack, Roger Ruan, and Min Addy
Chapter 5 A Life Cycle Evaluation of the Environmental Effects of a Hydrometallurgical Process for Alkaline Battery Waste Treatment: A Case Study
AD La Rosa
Chapter 6 Textile Wastewater Treatment by Advanced Oxidation Processes: A Comparative Study
M Gamallo, Y Moldes-Diz, R Taboada-Puig, JM Lema, G Feijoo, and MT Moreira
Chapter 7 A Biological Approach for the Removal of Pharmaceutical Pollutants from Wastewater
P. Senthil Kumar and A. Saravanan
Chapter 8 Fungal Treatment of Pharmaceuticals in Effluents: Current State, Perspectives, Limitations, and Opportunities
A. Jahandideh, S. Mardani, R. McDaniel, B. Bleakley, and G. Anderson
Chapter 9 Determination of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Sewage Sludge from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
I. Aparicio, J. Martín, J.L. Santos, and E. Alonso
Chapter 10 Green and Eco-Friendly Materials for the Removal of Phosphorus from Wastewater
S. Khamparia, D. Jaspal, and A. Malviya
Chapter 11 Technologies for the Treatment of Heavy Metal–Contaminated Groundwater
P. Senthil Kumar and A. Saravanan
Chapter 12 Life Cycle Assessment Applied to Support Sustainable Wastewater Treatment in Developing Countries
L. M. G. Coelho, H. M. G. Coelho, and L. C. Lange
Chapter 13 Life Cycle Analysis of Anaerobic Digestion of Wastewater Treatment Plants
R. Rodríguez, J.J. Espada, R. Molina, and D. Puyol
Index
Biography
Dr. Mu. Naushad is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University (KSU), Saudi Arabia. Prior to coming to King Saud University, he was the Assistant Professor at SRM University, India. He obtained his Ph.D Degree in Analytical Chemistry, from A.M.U. Aligarh, India in 2007. His research interests include Nanocomposite materials and wastewater treatment. He has over 200 refereed publications, with a Google Scholar H-Index of >33. He holds five US patents deriving from his research. He is the Editor/Editorial member of several reputed Journals like Scientific Report, Process Safety & Env. Protection and J. Water Process Eng. He is also the Associate Editor for Env. Chem. Letters Journal, Springer. He has been awarded by the Scientist of the year award-2015 from National Environmental Science Academy, India and Almarai Award-2017 from Saudi Arabia.
