Research needs for developing innovative water and wastewater treatment technologies

被引：1

作者：

Bryan, EH ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Sci Fdn, Arlington, VA 22230 USA

来源：

WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 2000年 / 42卷 / 12期

关键词：

environmental engineering; innovative technologies; research needs; R&D policy;

D O I：

10.2166/wst.2000.0241

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Research aimed at solving important environmental problems at all scales ranging from global to individual will continue to be an essential part of the process by which sustainability of life on earth may be achieved. Solutions to environmental problems that relate to water are especially critical to this process and are likely to involve use of innovative technologies that emerge from research with sufficient promise to justify their development, a process that evaluates them at a scale that will yield engineering design parameters and confidence in their technical performance and economic value. Privatization of water and wastewater systems and mergers of equipment manufacturers may provide the economic bases needed for development of innovative water and wastewater treatment technologies in the 21 st Century that have emerged from research in the 19th and 20th Centuries but have not as yet been fully developed or adopted.

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