TY - GEN
T1 - The role of resource efficient decentralized wastewater treatment in smart cities
AU - Konig, Moritz
AU - Jacob, Julius
AU - Kaddoura, Tariq
AU - Farid, Amro M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/12/24
Y1 - 2015/12/24
N2 - As urbanization continues as a global mega-trend, cities must provide healthy and sustainable living spaces and deliver basic infrastructure services with greater efficiency in environmental and economic resource use. One vital concern is the provision and usage of water. This paper argues that energy-efficient decentralized wastewater treatment facilities can play an integral role as smart cities develop in the coming years. In particular, it focuses on three main points. First, in order to meet growing water demands, the use of wastewater treatment for the recycling and reuse of water streams will increase. Second, the need for recycling and reuse at the point of usage strongly favors a decentralized rather than centralized approach to wastewater infrastructure. Finally, ecological techniques to wastewater treatment will be required to provide such a service with greater resource efficiency. The paper concludes with a potential wastewater treatment design that may meet these specific needs of smart cities.
AB - As urbanization continues as a global mega-trend, cities must provide healthy and sustainable living spaces and deliver basic infrastructure services with greater efficiency in environmental and economic resource use. One vital concern is the provision and usage of water. This paper argues that energy-efficient decentralized wastewater treatment facilities can play an integral role as smart cities develop in the coming years. In particular, it focuses on three main points. First, in order to meet growing water demands, the use of wastewater treatment for the recycling and reuse of water streams will increase. Second, the need for recycling and reuse at the point of usage strongly favors a decentralized rather than centralized approach to wastewater infrastructure. Finally, ecological techniques to wastewater treatment will be required to provide such a service with greater resource efficiency. The paper concludes with a potential wastewater treatment design that may meet these specific needs of smart cities.
KW - Smart Cities
KW - energy-water-nexus
KW - on-site wastewater treatment
KW - water infrastructure
KW - water management
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U2 - 10.1109/ISC2.2015.7366155
DO - 10.1109/ISC2.2015.7366155
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84970044973
T3 - 2015 IEEE 1st International Smart Cities Conference, ISC2 2015
BT - 2015 IEEE 1st International Smart Cities Conference, ISC2 2015
T2 - 1st IEEE International Smart Cities Conference, ISC2 2015
Y2 - 25 October 2015 through 28 October 2015
ER -