Food wastage and its accumulation are becoming a critical problem around the globe due to
continuous increase of the world population. The exponential growth in food waste is …

Anaerobic digestion is a versatile biotechnology for conversion of organic wastes to
valuable biogas. Anaerobic digestion of manure is making the most of it, as the process …

In seeking greater sustainability in water resources management, wastewater is now being
considered more as a resource than as a waste a resource for water, for plant nutrients …

Food waste with high decomposition potential can be successfully digested anaerobically
for the production of biogas. As the fossil-fuel reserves decline anaerobic digestion can be a …

Written by experts in the field, this thoroughly updated third edition covers commonly used
and emerging suspended and attached growth reactors. Drawing on their extensive …

The interest in high-rate anaerobic (pre-) treatment of sewage using UASB reactors is
steadily growing since its introduction in the mid-1980s. Today there are hundreds of full …

The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor has been recognized as an important
wastewater treatment technology among anaerobic treatment methods. The objective of this …

Affordable and effective domestic wastewater treatment is a critical issue in public health
and disease prevention around the world, particularly so in develo** countries which often …

Water covers about 70% of the Earth's surface whereas 0.002% of the water is available for
human consumption. Contaminated water is the main source of infectious diseases (eg …

In many Countries, small communities are required to treat wastewater discharges to
increasing standards of lesser environmental impacts, but must achieve that goal at locally …