Journal of Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 367, С. 121951 - 121951

Опубликована: Июль 30, 2024

This comprehensive review critically assesses traditional and emerging technologies for domestic wastewater treatment reuse, focusing on the transition from conventional centralised systems to innovative decentralised approaches. Through an extensive literature search serving a population equivalent of less than or equal 10, study juxtaposes linear circular methods highlights their impact urban water management environment. The papers reviewed were classified into five categories: Environmental studies, economic social technological reviews policy papers. analysis was carried out separately approaches within each category. In addition, maturity technology (lab/pilot full-scale application) taken account in analysis. research landscape is shown be evolving towards that promise sustainability through resource recovery, despite dominance perspectives. lack clear progress technologies, scarcity circularity assessments challenges integration are highlighted. Operational reliability, regulatory compliance support identified as key barriers adoption systems. While pollutants environmental impacts well addressed systems, its infancy. Conclusions these hazardous tentative cautious. Social studies mainly based virtual scenarios, which useful tools achieving goals. conceptual frameworks assessing dimension need further refinement effective. paper argues balanced centralisation decentralisation, proposing dual strategy emphasizes development interoperable technologies. It calls research, widespread implementation promote solutions pave way sustainable ecosystems.

Язык: Английский