Wastewater Refinery: Producing Multiple Valuable Outputs from Wastewater

A wastewater refinery is a multifunctional solution that combines different technologies and processing schemes to recover spectrum of valuable materials from municipal or industrial wastewater. The concept introduces new perspective on treatment management. It aims at making the most constituents by co-producing worthful outputs, such as water, energy, nitrogen, sulfide, phosphorous. This can turn major cost into source profit. approach well aligned with circular economy. case study Qatar’s revealed potential recovery significant quantities resources embodied in country’s Valorization organic phosphorus, sulfide should be given priority. To facilitate adoption concept, research required explore technical economic bottlenecks.