Decentralized Sanitation and Water Treatment Concept and Technologies PDF

This book provides up-to-date information on the concepts and technologies in decentralized sanitation for wastewater treatment and management. It addresses the knowledge gap that exists between the understanding of centralized and decentralized wastewater treatment approaches. Decentralized Sanitation and Water Treatment: Concept and Technologies covers the sustainability principles and technologies involved, and common decentralized treatment and disposal methods. It includes topics like septage as a resource, resource recovery, anaerobic treatment of domestic sewage, and decentralized sanitation in various countries.

Features

Provides case studies from all around the world to explain the traditional and advanced technologies in decentralized sanitation and wastewater treatment

Discusses real examples and cases from rural, urban, and peri-urban areas

Focuses on interdisciplinary approaches of sustainability and circular economies

Covers topics like water recycling, resource recovery, and use of sustainable energy sources

Reviews common treatments and disposal methods of decentralized sanitation

The book is meant for professionals and researchers working on wastewater treatment, environmental engineering, and ecology.

Authors: Rajeshwar D Tyagi, Ashok Pandey, Patrick Drogui, Bhoomika Yadav, Sridhar Pilli, Jonathan W. C. Wong