Journal of Environmental Management,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
319, P. 115759 - 115759
Published: Aug. 3, 2022
The
recovery
of
resources,
including
water
reuse,
has
been
presented
as
a
solution
to
overcome
scarcity,
and
improve
the
economic
environmental
performance
provision
treatment.
However,
its
implementation
faces
non-technical
challenges,
need
collaborate
with
new
stakeholders
face
societal
acceptance
issues.
Looking
at
prominence
circular
economy
in
current
policy
developments
challenges
resource
recovery,
exploring
these
issues
is
urgently
needed.
In
this
work,
we
reviewed
broad
range
literature
identify
values
relevant
other
resources
from
wastewaters,
particularly
urban
industrial
wastewater
desalination
brines.
We
discuss
tensions
uncertainties
around
values,
such
tension
between
socio-economic
expectations
potential
long-term
sustainability
impacts,
well
regarding
safety
regulations.
For
addressing
uncertainties,
suggest
aligning
common
methods
engineering
natural
sciences
Responsible
Innovation
approaches,
Value
Sensitive
Design
Safe-by-Design.
To
complement
Innovation,
social
learning
Sustainability
Transitions
or
Adaptive
Governance
perspective
suggested.
Journal of Cleaner Production,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
381, P. 135124 - 135124
Published: Nov. 11, 2022
Water
is
at
the
core
of
sustainable
development.
Moreover,
it
essential
for
social,
economic,
and
environmental
well-being.
However,
water
resource
availability
has
been
significantly
threatened
in
21st
century.
In
general,
freshwater
supplies
are
being
depleted
by
natural
anthropogenic
activities,
such
as
rapid
population
growth,
industrialization,
intensive
agriculture.
addition,
one
main
causes
shortages
body
contamination.
Nitrate
pollution
considered
most
pressing
global
problems,
both
surface
groundwater.
The
literature
reveals
that
numerous
nitrogen
removal
processes
have
developed
proposed.
To
overcome
this
problem,
desalination
a
robust
mature
technique
obtaining
fresh
from
saltwater,
an
efficient
reliable
process.
there
growing
concern
about
adverse
impacts
generated
brine
where
concentrated
rejection
results
high
salinity
together
with
chemical
residues.
solve
zero
liquid
discharge
(ZLD)
strategy
proposed
specific
literature.
Furthermore,
ZLD
can
be
used
to
treat
recover
valuable
resources.
This
study
analyzes
discusses
current
status
treatment
technologies
targeting
ZLD,
highlighting
their
advantages
disadvantages.
Technologies
based
on
membranes
thermal
energy
were
also
analyzed,
performance
operating
costs
compared.
Finally,
different
denitrification
listed.
solution
currently
compulsory
reject
remove
nitrate
that,
because
concentrations
environment,
widespread
contaminants.
Journal of Membrane Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
685, P. 121941 - 121941
Published: July 17, 2023
Nanofiltration
(NF)
is
gaining
a
role
of
increasing
importance
in
Zero
Liquid
Discharge
(ZLD)/Minimal
(MLD)
systems,
enhancing
the
efficiency
downstream
technologies
to
recover
valuable
minerals
from
seawater
and
brines.
However,
often
purity
recovered
does
not
meet
market
specifications,
making
ZLD/MLD
currently
economically
unfeasible.
To
such
end,
this
study,
novel
positively
charged
NF
membrane
was
developed
enhance
magnesium
calcium
selectivity.
The
comprised:
(i)
an
ultrafiltration
substrate
(ii)
active
layer
that
incorporated
NH2-MIL-101(Al)
ZnO
nanoparticles
chitosan
matrix.
influence
different
loadings
on
structure,
selectivity
water
permeability
investigated.
Initial
filtration
tests
with
single-salt
solutions
at
1000
ppm
(NaCl,
Na2SO4,
MgCl2,
CaCl2)
showed
35%wt
presented
highest
rejections
MgCl2
(90.10%)
CaCl2
(86.49%).
Selectivity
towards
higher
than
those
commercial
membranes
(NF90
NF270)
introduced
recent
literature.
synthesized
work
also
tested
synthetic
brine
trans-membrane
pressure
30
bar.
Results
highlighted
intriguing
competitiveness
terms
NF90
NF270
within
field
both
valorization.
Environmental Science & Technology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
58(1), P. 3 - 16
Published: Dec. 20, 2023
Water
reuse
is
rapidly
becoming
an
integral
feature
of
resilient
water
systems,
where
municipal
wastewater
undergoes
advanced
treatment,
typically
involving
a
sequence
ultrafiltration
(UF),
reverse
osmosis
(RO),
and
oxidation
process
(AOP).
When
RO
used,
concentrated
waste
stream
produced
that
elevated
in
not
only
total
dissolved
solids
but
also
metals,
nutrients,
micropollutants
have
passed
through
conventional
treatment.
Management
this
concentrate─dubbed
concentrate
(MWRC)─will
be
critical
to
address,
especially
as
practices
become
more
widespread.
Building
on
existing
brine
management
practices,
review
explores
MWRC
options
by
identifying
infrastructural
needs
opportunities
for
multi-beneficial
disposal.
To
safeguard
environmental
systems
from
the
potential
hazards
MWRC,
disposal,
monitoring,
regulatory
techniques
are
discussed
promote
safety
affordability
implementing
management.
Furthermore,
resource
recovery
valorization
differentiated,
while
economic
revamp
cost-benefit
analysis
examined.
The
goal
create
common
foundation
researchers,
practitioners,
regulators
providing
interdisciplinary
set
tools
frameworks
address
impending
challenges
emerging
iScience,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
26(2), P. 105966 - 105966
Published: Jan. 13, 2023
Desalination
using
renewable
energy
offers
a
route
to
transform
our
incumbent
linear
consumption
model
circular
one.
This
transition
will
also
shift
desalination
from
large-scale
centralized
coastal
facilities
toward
modular
distributed
inland
plants.
new
scale
of
can
be
satisfied
solar
decarbonize
water
production,
but
additional
considerations,
such
as
storage
and
brine
management,
become
important.
Here,
we
evaluate
the
levelized
cost
for
16
system
configurations
at
2
different
salinities.
For
fossil
fuel-driven
plants,
find
that
zero-liquid
discharge
is
economically
favorable
disposal.
desalination,
discover
solar-thermal
superior
photovoltaics
due
low
thermal
storage,
despite
being
expensive,
outperforms
latter
has
utilization
factor.
The
analysis
yields
promising
outlook
by
2030
generation
costs
decrease.
Water,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(8), P. 1600 - 1600
Published: April 20, 2023
The
most
recent
years
of
research
have
shifted
the
perception
desalination
brine
from
being
waste
to
a
high-value
resource,
in
consonance
with
circular
economy
perspective.
Canary
Islands,
containing
largest
number
plants
per
square
kilometre
world,
are
perfect
location
study
its
characteristics
and
evaluate
potential.
A
total
10
heterogeneous
seawater
reverse
osmosis
were
selected
determine
brine’s
physicochemical
characterisation,
comprising
37
parameters,
correlation
technical
operational
aspects
plants.
results
show
stable
narrow
range
percentage
major
ions
concentration
relation
dissolved
solids
(55%
Cl−,
29.5%
Na+,
8%
SO42−,
4%
Mg2+,
1.5%
Ca2+,
1.2%
K+,
0.5%
HCO3−,
0.2%
Br−)
irrespective
specific
differences
between
obtained
this
highly
beneficial
industrial
suppliers
future
users
valorisation
(DBV)
technologies,
allowing
an
estimation
chemical
composition
through
knowledge
only
conductivity.
Such
information
is
crucial
before
investing
optimizing
DBV
technologies.
Nonetheless,
environmental,
economic,
operational,
energy-based,
R&D
point
view,
several
improvements
required
promote
their
large-scale
feasibility
viability.
