Abstracts Archive

Lusaka and its peri-urban areas are currently struggling with high levels of NRW, water contamination and climate change impacts that affect water supply. These problems are felt most by the poor because they are denied safe and reliable water supply. This paper aims at discussing the prospects of t...

The transition to a water-smart economy and society requires robust decision-support frameworks that integrate sustainability impact assessment with actionable strategies for practitioners. As European policies drive the decarbonization of industrial clusters to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emiss...

The concept of a circular city envisions urban areas as natural systems where resources are continuously reused, contrasting with traditional cities that follow a "use and dispose" model. Circular cities aim to close material and energy loops, minimizing waste and maximizing efficiency through pract...

With climate change, extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent. These changes directly affect water security, requiring urgent adaptation actions in urban systems to reduce emissions and promote resilience. Measures to enhance water availability and combat climate change are embedded...

Inorganic acids are frequently used in the leaching process of end-of-life LIBs due to their low cost and high leaching efficiency. The use of HCl from MDI/polyurethanes production as a leaching medium greatly facilitates the separation of metals through the formation of chloro-metal complexes. Benz...

The LIFE BRINE-MINING project (LIFE18 ENV/GR/000019) is a European Commission-funded initiative demonstrating an innovative Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) system for coal mine wastewater treatment. Over its 64-month duration (2019–2024) and with a budget of €6.4 million, the project has developed a...

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are shifting from pollution control facilities to increasingly recognized resource hubs, contributing to circular economy strategies through the recovering of water, nutrients and other valuable resources available on the wastewater inflows. But, in order to evalu...

Green hydrogen is one of the modern sustainable solutions to pollution, climate change, and resource depletion. The rising technology relies on renewable energy sources but comes with the disadvantage of requiring immense flowrates of desalinated and demineralized water. Regions with an abundance of...

The global role for desalinisation is rapidly growing. Most desalination plants discharge a highly saline brine into the sea. In this paper, and based upon studies in Cyprus and Kuwait, we look at various facets of brine impacts on the marine environment, considering all levels of biological hierarc...

As global food production dominates freshwater consumption and nutrient discharge regulations tighten, there is a need to investigate novel circular water solutions at applied scale. In the Netherlands, the greenhouse horticulture sector is required to achieve (nearly) zero liquid discharge by 2027....