Welcome article on Advanced Developments in Biological Wastewater Treatments - April 2016 issue Dear Patron, Greetings from Water Today! I am working on the April 2016 issue and would like to invite you to contribute technical articles, case studies, research papers on “ Advanced Developments in Biological Wastewater Treatments” and facilitate a comprehensive perspective on the same. Please find below the theme note and do let us know if you could send us your article. Theme Note Over the past few decades the awareness and understanding in the areas of wastewater treatments has witnessed evolutionary advancements. The industry has undergone a profound transformation from using empirically approaches to a first rudiment approach covering chemistry, microbiology, physical and bioprocess engineering. Most of these approaches have been encrypted into mathematical models for computers simulation. Thought the complexity and diversity of these new developments are deluging, wastewater treatment plants are constantly working towards introducing solutions to improve efficiency, lower costs and simplify operations, considering the stringent regulatory norms and escalating operational costs. As a result biological wastewater treatment emerged in the form of trickling filters, septic tanks and sedimentation tanks. In 20th century, the activated sludge process for treating wastewater was introduced and was considered as the most viable wastewater treatment development. Biological processes are the preferred way of wastewater treatment as they are cost effective in terms of energy consumption and chemical usage. While the conventional biological wastewater treatment process used techniques such as conventional activated sludge and trickling filters suitable discharge into nature water bodies. The treatment processes have transformed from designing treatment technologies to solving various health issues such as recycling wastewater, providing solutions to poor wastewater treatment and preventative measures for pollution. The reason for this evolution was: a) to perceive alternative treatment methods to create a return such as saving on energy costs within operation and b) in generating a technique that produce energy or be reused in other operations. Today various biological wastewater treatment technologies have been developed to treat wastewater; however the principal objective of wastewater treatment is to allow human and industrial effluents to be disposed of without danger to human health or unacceptable damage to the natural environment. An ideal technology will address the environmental health and safety concerns and produce waste that is suitable to dispose and recycle. Going forward, increasing access to safe and affordable drinking water to all will be one of our main challenges in the coming decades. The role of water operators, regulators, and other key stakeholders in addressing this challenge is pivotal in catalyzing the transformational change required to attain universal access. Our April 2016 issue will be focusing on the addressing these challenges and put forth the advance developments in the biological wastewater treatments in order to achieve improvements in the quality of the wastewater. We would like to invite you to share your experiences in the form of articles, technical papers and case studies with our readers. Please inform us of your intent to contribute at the earliest, so that we can evaluate the articles for the publication. Topic Advanced Developments in Biological Wastewater Treatments Length 2000-4000 words Inclusions Related graphs, tables and images (high-resolution) along with captions + short bio of the author/s (including author’s present designation, educational qualification/s and years of experience in the field) Article Deadline MARCH 18, 2016 You can also send in details about new product launches and press releases for inclusion in the magazine to editor@watertoday.org">editor@watertoday.org. Best regards Water Today – Editorial Team editor@watertoday.org">editor@watertoday.org
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- Treatment
- Wastewater Treatment