Dear Patron, Greetings from Water Today! I am working on the January 2017 issue and would like to invite you to contribute technical articles, case studies, research papers on “ Design, Build and O&M of WWTP ” 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 The water industry historically has taken far longer than other business sectors to develop and implement new technologies. However, many innovations are now under development with benefits that could be compelling enough to shorten the length of the technology life cycle in the water sector. Implementation of these technologies would radically alter wastewater treatment plants in the future. The wastewater industry faces many new challenges that complicate near- and long-term planning decisions, increasing energy costs, trace organic compounds, finite resources, water conservation, and inexorably more stringent regulations, must all be considered before investing in major facility improvements. While the future is never certain, inclusion of strategic exercises like scenario planning and future mapping during the planning process can help to define the boundaries of what the future might bring to treatment facilities. Wastewater treatment systems are generally capital-intensive and require expensive, specialised operators. Therefore, before selecting and investing in wastewater treatment technology it is always preferable to investigate whether pollution can be minimised or prevented. For any pollution control initiative an analysis of cost-effectiveness needs to be made and compared with all conceivable alternatives. Futurists indicate that the important trends in the future have their seeds in the present. On this basis, treatment technologies will evolve to address five major trends in wastewater treatment: 1) nutrient removal and recovery, 2) trace organic compounds, 3) energy conservation and production, 4) sustainability, and 5) community engagement. The current complexity involved in wastewater treatment plants is arising as the 21st century sets new challenges leading towards a more integrated plant design. The growing number of innovative technologies, stricter legislation and the development of new methodological approaches make it difficult to design appropriate flow schemes for new wastewater projects. Thus, new tools are needed for the wastewater treatment plant conceptual design using integrated assessment methods in order to include different types of objectives at the same time i.e. environmental, economical, technical, and legal. Our January will be focusing on innovative knowledge-based methodology that handles the conceptual design of WWTP process, satisfying a vast number of different criteria. 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 Design, Build and O&M of WWTP 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 December 10, 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. Wishing You and Your Family A Very Happy New Year Ahead! Best regards Water Today – Editorial Team editor@watertoday.org">editor@watertoday.org