THE ROLE OF REAL-TIME NITRATE AND NITRITE MONITORING IN ACHIEVING NET ZERO WASTEWATER TREATMENT

摘要

Energy-efficient wastewater treatment is on the agenda for utilities everywhere as part of the drive to net zero, climate change abatement, the circular economy and pressures to play an increasingly positive role in the energy-water nexus. Beyond purely environmental forces, resource efficiency may cut right to the economic heart of the wastewater treatment plant of the future. Energy use currently accounts for about a third of all operational costs in the average WWPT, and that figure could potentially increase if utilities are tasked with more stringent regulations for removing nutrients, pharmaceutical and personal care products and other contaminants of emerging concern.