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Total Authors: 3
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| Affiliation: | [1] Stockholm Environm Inst, Linnegatan 87D, S-10451 Stockholm - Sweden
[2] IWMI, 127 Sunil Mawatha, Battaramulla, Colombo - Sri Lanka
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Arts Sci & Humanities, Arlindo Bettio 1000, BR-03828000 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
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| Document type: | Review article |
| Source: | WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; v. 77, n. 4, p. 855-858, FEB 2018. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 7 |
| Abstract | |
Globally, more than 60% of the human population live without safely managed sanitation services or even lack access to basic sanitation facilities. In addition, most of the wastewater produced in the world is discharged without proper treatment. Integrated approaches are needed to address these issues and curb the resulting adverse impacts on public health and the environment, and associated societal economic losses. The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides an important framework towards more sustainable sanitation development, in terms of both safe sanitation access and wastewater management. Innovative solutions that treat and enable productive safe use of water, and facilitate recovery of nutrients and organic matter from waste resources are booming. Some examples of trends are decentralized solutions, separation of waste flows, low-or no-flushing toilets, and converting faecal sludge to energy. These alternative technologies show huge potential to address many development challenges, contributing to multiple sustainable development goals but achieving upscaling has proved to be a major challenge. A paradigm shift to `treatment for reuse' instead of `treatment for disposal' is already taking place in the wastewater sector. Nevertheless, a better understanding of driving forces and enabling environments, new organizational models based on more service-oriented sanitation provision, and highlighting potential multiple societal benefits to attract investments from new sectors are identified areas that need further attention. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/50653-2 - Estrogenic compounds in wastewater: biological effects analysis, determination of compound distribution and development of removal strategies |
| Grantee: | Marcelo Antunes Nolasco |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |