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Revolutionizing Wastewater Management: Decentralized Systems for Sustainable Water Solutions

By Farah Kamaleddine and Sukru Esin While water resources, healthy soils and arable lands continue to degrade, population, industrialization and urbanization continue to expand, leading to unbalanced distribution of resources. The global increase in water scarcity and deterioration in its quality will not cease unless we take rapid action. Over than two billion people live in water stressed countries (UN-Water, 2021). Simultaneously, food consumption is expected to grow by 1.4% annually over the next ten years in low- to middle-income countries (WEF, 2023). Freshwater, being a finite resource, is not sufficient to meet the increasing global water and food demand. Hence, alternative non-conventional water resources need to be explored and validated. Treated wastewater (TWW) has gained momentum during the past years being abundant, readily available, and rich in nutrients and metals that can be recovered and reused in agricultural and/or industrial activities. While this is true, reuse of TWW has faced multiple barriers. To name a few, the unit price… Continued

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