Description: The Nutrient Roadmap
List of figures
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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List of tables
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Description: The Nutrient Roadmap
Nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) are found in agricultural and home fertilizers as well as in livestock, industrial, and municipal wastes. Population growth, urbanization, and improved quality of life have increased the demand for fertilizers and the combustion of fossil fuels. Though nutrients are essential to life, when present in excess, they are harmful water pollutants. It has been...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: The Nutrient Roadmap
The Nutrient Roadmap was written to guide decision-makers towards fully sustainable wastewater treatment by providing opportunities for phosphorus and nitrogen recovery and reuse, rather than simply removal. The publication does not set out a singular path; instead, it provides decision-makers with various routes to consider while offering alternative destinations from which to choose.
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: The Nutrient Roadmap
Introduction
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: The Nutrient Roadmap
Setting the Stage for Nutrient Management
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Description: The Nutrient Roadmap
Understanding the Environment
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Description: The Nutrient Roadmap
Resource Recovery
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Description: The Nutrient Roadmap
Alternatives Evaluation
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Description: The Nutrient Roadmap
Identifying and Managing Risks
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Case Studies
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: The Nutrient Roadmap
The wastewater treatment industry currently faces a significant challenge. While many utilities are struggling to achieve adequate removal of organic and solid pollutants and nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, to achieve regulatory mandates, society is recognizing the need to conserve energy and recover nutrients, which are in scarce supply or are causing widespread primary and secondary environmental damage. This implies a collective change in thinking from a mindset of nutrient removal to one of resource recovery and reuse. Because wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are expensive, long-term investments, utilities are reluctant to abandon facilities that no longer serve these new societal goals.
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: The Nutrient Roadmap
TOPIC 1 Supporting Nutrient Management
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: The Nutrient Roadmap
Index A - W
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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The Nutrient Roadmap