research-article | 30-November-2019
and sludge treatment processes, which change the overall objectives of the wastewater treatment plant operation. According to the current EU water policy [7], the primary duty of the sewage treatment plant was to protect the water environment. Nowadays, the plant must go beyond the traditional approach and focus not only on environmental, but also social and economic aspects (Fig. 1).
Figure 1.
Conventional wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and N-E-W resource recovery facilities (after [6])
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Katarzyna KALEMBA
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 13 , ISSUE 4, 93–97