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Wastewater Facilities 🚱♻️, Pivotal role of municipal wastewater resource…
Wastewater Facilities 🚱♻️
Current Problem
Solutions
Biosolids
Urban Agriculture (UA)
Water Resource Reclamation Facilities
(WRRFs)
Challenges to Solve
non-renewable energy sources
limited arable land
energy intensive farming
water scarcity🚱
energy intensive transportation
New Challenges
Economic Impact
commercialized bio-solid cement
low cost
commercialized bio-solid bricks
predicted positive result
Implementation Debate
positive effects
new water source
new energy source
source of nutrients
renewable materials
Positive Life Cycle Assessments
uncertainties and negatives
public health
trace metals
Containments of Emerging Concern (CECs)
necessary treatment and regulations
lack of understanding of CECs
human health concerns
Solutions
UA
🦗🐛species preservation
🚛reduces transportation distance
temperature regulation
improves social well-being
reclaimed water
another source for irrigation
stable supply
energy saving
construction with biosolids
biosolids
fuel for heating greenhouses 🏡
produce solid bio-containers
soil amendment💩
fertilizers for farmland
construction materials 🏗️
absorbents for air purification
Strategies
Water Resource Reclamation Facilites (WRRFs)
products for UA
phosphorus fertilizer
biogas
main products
reclaimed water
biolsolids
bioplastic reproduction
Urban Agriculture (UA)
commercial urban farms
vertical farming
🌱various forms of gardens
Global Scale
Integrated Systems
Climate Change
provides vegetation
produce cooling ❄️
increase evapotranspiration
concomitant water usuage
reduce air temperature
increase relative humidity
Water Systems
sewage systems
repurposing wastewater
Economy
investments in UA
job opportunities in UA🧑🏽🌾
Global Issues
energy problems
greenhouse gas emissons
cause: energy intensive transportation
cause: energy intensive farming
worldwide lack of energy
cause: high fuel costs
cause: economic inequality
inadequate infrastructure
non-renewable energy sources
quickly depleted
high pollution levels
limited availability
climate change
decreases arable land
greenhouse gas emissions
water scarcity
worsened by climate change
lack of clean water
food insecurity
price differentials
food accessibility
food spoilage
Pivotal role of municipal wastewater resource recovery facilities in urban agriculture: A review
Gabriella Sampino