Domestic Wastewater Treatment as a Net Energy Producer–Can This be Achieved?

L. McCarty, Perry; Bae, Jaeho; Kim, Jeonghwan

doi:10.1021/es2014264

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Domestic Wastewater Treatment as a Net Energy Producer–Can This be Achieved?

Published in Environmental Science & Technology • Jul 12, 2011

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Perry L. McCarty

Jaeho Bae

Jeonghwan Kim

Abstract

In seeking greater sustainability in water resources management, wastewater is now being considered more as a resource than as a waste-a resource for water, for plant nutrients, and for energy. Energy, the primary focus of this article, can be obtained from wastewater's organic as well as from its t...

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Wastewater

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Waste management

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