Wastewater treatment facilities have become sin quo non in ensuring the discharges of high
quality wastewater effluents into receiving water bodies and consequence, a healthier
environment. Due to massive worldwide increases in human population, water has been
predicted to become one of the scarcest resources in the 21st century, and despite large
advances in water and wastewater treatments, waterborne diseases still pose a major threat
to public health worldwide. Several questions have been raised on the capacity of current …

Wastewater treatment facilities have become necessary in ensuring the discharges of high
quality wastewater effluents into receiving water bodies and as consequence, a healthier
environment. Due to massive worldwide increases in the human population, water has been
predicted to become one of the scarcest resources in the 21st century, and despite large
advances in water and wastewater treatments, waterborne diseases still pose a major threat
to public health worldwide. Several questions have been raised on the capacity of current …