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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2012, Volume 6, Issue 2 doi: 10.1007/s11783-011-0328-0

Systematical strategies for wastewater treatment and the generated wastes and greenhouse gases in China

1. School of Civil Engineering, Northeast Dianli University, Jilin 132012, China; 2. State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; 3. Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; 4. Vanillin Factory, Jilin Petrochemical Company, China National Petroleum Corporation, Jilin 132021, China

Available online: 2012-04-01

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Abstract

China now faces double challenges of water resources shortage and severe water pollution. To resolve Chinese water pollution problems and reduce its impacts on human health, economic growth and social development, the situation of wastewater treatment was investigated. Excess sludge and greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted during wastewater treatment were also surveyed. It is concluded that Chinese water pollution problems should be systematically resolved with inclusion of wastewater and the solid waste and GHGs generated during wastewater treatment. Strategies proposed for the wastewater treatment in China herein were also adequate for other countries, especially for the developing countries with similar economic conditions to China.

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