How does rapid urban construction land expansion affect …

The process of urban construction land expansion in China is investigated from the perspectives of land use transfer, the rate of urban construction land expansion, and the construction land expansion index. To assess the spatio-temporal evolution patterns of China's ecosystem health, the concept of ecosystem services provisioning capacity is ...

New Hybrid Simulation Model of Urban Construction Waste …

Practitioners in the construction industry consider that these wastes are often related to material loss (Khanh and Kim, 2014). There have been numerous studies in the literature on construction ...

Urban Wastewater Treatment in African …

Urban Development and Construction (MoUDC), and Ministry of Health (MOH) share responsibilities for monitoring and overseeing the hygiene and sanitation services at the national level.

Urban Waste Management: Methods, Techniques …

Solid waste management represents one of the largest anthropogenic methane emission sources. However, precise quantification of landfill and composting emissions remains difficult due to variety ...

The four stages of wastewater treatment plants

The techniques used include filtration with sand beds or other materials, and disinfection, either using chlorine (usually sodium hypochlorite) or UV light, to reduce the amount of microscopic living organisms that have been generated in the previous stages.. Sludge treatment, WWTP waste. Certain types of waste are produced as by-products of wastewater …

Quaternary Treatment of Urban Wastewater for Its Reuse

In today's ongoing rapid urban expansion, deforestation and climate changes can be observed mainly as unbalanced rain occurrence during the year, long seasons without any rain at all and unordinary high temperatures. These adverse changes affect underground water levels and the availability of surface water. In addition, quite a significant proportion of drinking water …

Urban Construction Waste Recycling Path: Robust …

The world produces a huge amount of urban construction waste each year. Scientific planning of the construction waste recycling path is urgently needed to improve the recycling of construction waste.

China's wastewater treatment: Status quo and sustainability

Since the 1980s, China has progressively intensified the construction of urban and industrial wastewater treatment facilities, developed novel sewage treatment technology, and introduced a significant number of advanced technologies and equipment from abroad. ... A review on Fenton process for organic wastewater treatment based on optimization ...

Municipal Wastewater | US EPA

The collection and treatment of domestic sewage and wastewater is vital to public health and clean water. It is among the most important factors responsible for the general level of good health enjoyed in the United States. ... State and local authorities generally have not allowed the construction of new combined sewers since the first half of ...

A Dataset of Distribution and Characterization of …

For instance, data from the 2015 Urban Drainage Yearbook showed that A-WWTPs, accounted for a total wastewater treatment capacity of 1.25 × 10 8 m 3 /d, representing 89% of the national volume as ...

Examining construction waste management policies in …

Abstract Construction waste typically accounts for roughly 30% of municipal solid waste and thus poses a great challenge to government authorities in almost all cities around the world, especially those in developing counties. To promote the adoption of circular economy and improve construction waste management performance in China's construction and demolition …

Conversion of waste into sustainable construction materials: …

The construction waste originating from high-rise and infrastructure buildings may result in a considerable amount of construction materials being wasted at the construction site due to improper disposal [[40], [41], [42]]. Therefore, developing C&D waste recycling strategies to reduce the negative impacts of waste is an important way to ...

Solid-waste management | Definition, Methods, …

A significant development in solid-waste treatment and disposal practices was marked by the construction of the first refuse incinerator in England in 1874. By the beginning of the 20th century, 15 percent of major American cities were incinerating solid waste. Even then, however, most of the largest cities were still using primitive disposal ...

Research on construction waste treatment and resource …

With the rapid advancement of urbanization, the amount of construction waste is increasing year by year, which has become an important issue in urban environmental governance and …

(PDF) Methods for Treating Construction Waste as Resources …

In this study, a dynamic material flow model of construction waste is proposed. The area estimation method is introduced to calculate the production of three kinds of construction waste.

Technology-driven carbon-neutral pathway analysis for Urban Wastewater …

In recent years, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have become an important issue for all countries, as global climate change problems have become increasingly prominent (IPCC, 2015).The wastewater treatment sector is energy-intensive, consuming large amounts of energy for electricity, chemicals, and mechanical equipment, among other factors, while the …

U.S. Wastewater Treatment Factsheet

Treatment of Municipal Wastewater. A common form of wastewater treatment is activated sludge, an aerobic process that exposes microbes to oxygen within the treatment cascade to break down organic waste. 8 Almost 15,000 POTWs treat and discharge over 34B gal/d of wastewater into U.S. waterways. 9,10 1.3M mi of piping flow toward POTWs provide wastewater collection, …

Smart city construction and urban green development: …

Smart city construction represents an advanced stage of China's urbanisation process and plays an important role in promoting green economic growth and sustainable development. Propensity score ...

Design and Construction of Urban Waste Intelligent …

*Corresponding author: 2377230006@qq Design and Construction of Urban Waste Intelligent Treatment System Xi Zhou1,Mengnan Wang2, Dexiang Deng1,*, and Xi Li2 1Professor of Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications,China 2Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications,China Abstract.With the rapid expansion of urban scale, …

Construction & Demolition Waste Best Practice Strategies

Strategies to reduce waste during construction fall into three broad categories: Reduce the amount of materials within the fabric of the building, as well as the waste produced during …

Does the Expansion of Urban Construction Land Promote Regional …

Since the reform and opening up, China's economy has maintained rapid growth. At the same time, the process of urbanization in China has been accelerating and the scale of urban construction land has expanded accordingly. The purpose of the research is to explore whether there is an inevitable connection between the expansion of urban construction land and …

Current Situation, Dilemma and Path Selection of …

With the acceleration of the urban process, in order to solve the problem of producing a large number of construction waste, resource utilization is the most reasonable …

Urban Wastewater Management

Urban wastewater can be described as a mixture of domestic and industrial wastewater and run-off rain water. The level of treatment wastewaters receive depends on the size of population served. In urban areas wastewater from homes and industry is carried off by a network of pipes and pump stations to a municipal treatment plant.

A new scheme for low-carbon recycling of urban and rural

According to "The research report on the construction of urban and rural organic waste treatment and utilization demonstration zone around Taihu Lake in Jiangsu Province", the current ...

Sewage leakage challenges urban wastewater management …

This indicated that when urban development and sewage network construction in early stages, the growth of urban population can overload the sewage collection, treatment, and transportation systems ...

Urban Construction Waste Recycling Path: Robust …

Without considering the uncertainty of the recycling environment, the design of the recycling path for construction waste mainly considers two aspects: (1) the flow among supply sites, treatment plants, and landfill sites, and the waste treatment capacity and capability of all …

Research on the risk evaluation of urban wastewater treatment …

To protect the environment from the impact of wastewater discharge, the European Union (EU) and designated non-EU countries have jointly developed the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive for the construction of necessary wastewater collection and treatment infrastructure in agglomerations (urban areas) that generate more than 2000 population ...

Research on construction waste treatment and resource …

proposed through the analysis of the current situation of construction waste treatment. This paper focuses on the recycling technology of concrete, brick and tile materials in construction waste, …

WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES – A …

• Guidelines for the inspection of wastewater treatment works • Guideline Document: Package plants for the treatment of domestic wastewater • legislation, namely Chapter Sanitation design manual • 4 of the National Water Act, Energy Efficiency in the South African Water Industry; and • Process design manual for small wastewater works

Comprehensive Guide to Sewage Treatment Plant

2. Fundamentals of Sewage Treatment: Key Processes Explained. The principles of a sewage treatment plant are crucial for effective and sustainable wastewater management, ensuring the protection of both the environment and public health. The process involves transforming sewage into treated water that meets regulatory standards through a series of …