Life Cycle Assessment of Wastewater Treatment

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: Focuses on the analysis of wastewater treatment plants using a life cycle assessment (LCA) approach Discusses unconventional water sources such as recycled wastewater, brackish groundwater and desalinated seawater Explains life cycle assessment in detail, which has become one of the reference methods used to assess the environmental performance of processes over their complete life cycle, from raw material extraction, infrastructure construction and operation to final dismantling Explores a technique (LCA) that is becoming increasingly popular amongst researchers in the water treatment field nowadays because of its holistic approach Based on the real life experiences, the subject of wastewater is presented in simple terms and made accessible to anyone willing to learn and experiment

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, Irfan 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

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.