Smart Solutions for Wastewater: Road-mapping the Transition to Circular Economy, the latest release in the Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering presents up-to-date information on research and technological developments of resource recovery in wastewater treatment in terms of carbon, nutrients and energy. The book fulfils the gaps and current challenges that hinder the application of resource recovery facilities in wastewater treatment plants, discusses knowledge gaps, provides future research perspectives, and discusses strategies to solve problems from a circular economy perspective. It is an excellent, interdisciplinary and updated overview of technologies in terms of potential yields, pollutants removal, nutrients recovery and energy production.

• Covers different aspects of resource recovery technologies and research gaps in wastewater treatment


• Focuses on different MBR configurations and systems/hybrid systems in treating a large variety of wastewaters


• Provides state-of-the-art technology developments, including technology, advantages and challenges as well as strategies to overcome limitations


• Includes technologies for managing sewage sludge in order to foster solutions for recovering in a circular economy context