Microbial ecology is pivotal in wastewater treatment, where microorganisms play a vital role in breaking down organic matter and ultimately reduce the levels of contaminants in treated water, making it safe for reuse in agriculture, industry, and other applications. The book, Microbial Nexus for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Resources, Efficiency, and Reuse, ventures into the dynamic world of microbial ecosystems, unveiling their pivotal role in reshaping wastewater treatment technologies. This book addresses novel microbial techniques related to sustainable, efficient technologies of wastewater treatment and wastewater reuse as well as obtaining high-quality effluents from treatment plants.
Features:
- Unveils the potential of high-throughput microbial biotechnology for transforming wastewater management.
- Describes the microbial nexus involved in the biodegradation of pharmaceutical micropollutants.
- Highlights the valuable materials recoverable from wastewater, associated challenges, and diverse opportunities arising from effective wastewater management.
- Covers advanced bioremediation technologies designed to handle emerging pollutants. Demonstrates the integration of nanotechnology with bioaugmentation, exploring potential advantages and disadvantages that shape the future of wastewater treatment.
- Provides insights into adopting a circular economy model aligning with sustainable development goals for resource extraction.
This book is tailored for graduate students and researchers in wastewater treatment, waste valorization, environmental engineering, and hazardous waste management.
Table of Contents:
1. Enhancing microbial cooperation within the microbial nexus-based system
2. Microbes in membrane technologies: Prospects for sustainable wastewater treatment
3. Strategies for tuning microbial community from anaerobic digestion to remove emerging pollutants
4. Energy-water-waste nexus for sustainable wastewater and development
5. Recent advances in conventional and modern waste treatment approaches
6. Contributions of biodegradation and biotransformation by microbial nexus in advanced pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
7. Recovery of value-added materials from wastewater: Developments, challenges, and opportunities in the developing countries
8. The intervention of microbial enzymes in wastewater management: An update
9. Microbial nexus in effluent treatment plant: Trends and perspectives
10. Microbial nexus for circular economy and climate change: Recent advancement in bioelectrochemical systems and future opportunities
11. Microbial technologies: Effectiveness and feasibility viewpoint
12. Linear to circular economy for sustainable wastewater treatment
13. New trends in wastewater recycling, treatment, management
14. Decrease the contaminant load of compounds present in whey by using microorganisms capable of generating microbial cellulose
15. Unveiling the prospects of high throughput microbial biotechnology in the effective management of wastewater
16. Strategies for emerging compounds removal through microbial niche tuning
17. Use of microbial nexus system high Andean areas: Effectiveness and feasibility for wastewater treatment
