Lukas Egle

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the latest knowledge on approaches to recover phosphorus from municipal wastewater and related waste flows with a specific focus on the existing well-developed wastewater management infrastructure, available in significant parts of Europe (e.g., secondary treated effluent, digester supernatant, sewage sludge, sludge ash).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated 18 phosphorus recovery technologies in terms of cumulative energy demand, global warming potential, and acidification potential with the methodology of life cycle analysis, and compared them with other environmental criteria, i.e. recovery potential, heavy metal and organic micropollutant decontamination potential and fertilizer efficiency, to determine their overall environmental performance.

TL;DR: Results suggest that several genetic markers have considerable potential for measuring human-associated contamination in polluted environmental waters, which will be helpful in water quality monitoring, pollution modeling and health risk assessment to guide target-oriented water safety management across the globe.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantified all relevant flows and stocks of phosphorus in Austria, with a special focus on waste and wastewater management, using the software STAN, which considers data uncertainty and applies data reconciliation and error propagation.