%0 Journal Article
%T Domestic Wastewater Treatment: Difficulties and Reasons, and Prospective Solutions¡ªChina as an Example
%A Djamel Ghernaout
%A Noureddine Elboughdiri
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 7
%N 2
%P 1-15
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2020
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1106141
%X <div style="text-align:justify;">
	During the last three decades, China has attained noteworthy advances in municipal sanitation. The country has constructed a highly large infrastructure for treating wastewater, with 94.5% treatment coverage in urban areas and legally mandated nation-wide full nutrient removal applied. Nevertheless, domestic wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are yet defied with problems rooted in the singular sewage properties. Recently, Cao et al. [1] compared energy recovery, price of nutrient reduction and sludge formation among Chinese urban WWTPs and those in nations with longer wastewater treatment traditions, and underlined the cause-effect relationships among Chinese sewage properties¡ªhigh inorganic suspended solids (ISS) loads, and low COD and C/N ratio, and municipal WWTP process performance in China. Combined design and running guidelines for domestic WWTPs are crucial in relation to the singular sewage properties in China. Cost-efficient actions and solutions are suggested by Cao et al. [1], and the likely advantages of enhancing the sustainability of urban WWTPs in China are evaluated.
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%K Wastewater Treatment
%K Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs)
%K Inorganic Suspended Solids (ISS)
%K Volatile Suspended Solids (VSS)
%K Anaerobic Digestion (AD)
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5427043