Carbon limitation in hypereutrophic, periphytic algal wastewater treatment systems.

ABSTRACT: Global eutrophication degrades water quality in freshwater ecosystems and limits the availability of freshwater for human consumption. While current wastewater treatment facilities (WWTF) remove pathogens and pollutants, many US WWTF continue to discharge nutrients that contribute to eutrophication. Traditional nutrient removal technologies can effectively reduce eutrophication risk, but can have unintended negative consequences on human and environmental health. Alternatives, such as algae-based treatment systems, improve the sustainability of the nutrient recovery process by producing biomass that can be converted to biofuel. However, research is needed to increase the productivity of algal treatment systems to improve their economic viability. Because algae in wastewater treatment syste

SUBMITTER: Furnish BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7549797 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature