Ecological engineering for controlling water pollution in Latin America
Ecological engineering is a discipline that combines ecology and engineering to design, construct, restore and manage ecosystems. The design of constructed wetlands (CWs) and anaerobic digesters (ADs) are two applications of ecological engineering to control water pollution. CWs are inspired in the...
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Ecological Dimensions for Sustainable Socio Economic Development
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| description | Ecological engineering is a discipline that combines ecology and engineering to design, construct, restore and manage ecosystems. The design of constructed wetlands (CWs) and anaerobic digesters (ADs) are two applications of ecological engineering to control water pollution. CWs are inspired in the ability of natural wetland ecosystems to improve water quality; they are low cost systems that do not require fossil fuels inputs. ADs are closed systems without oxygen in which a sludge or liquid is degraded by the action of anaerobic bacteria, improving water quality and producing biogas. In Latin American countries there is a great need of low-cost and maintenance wastewater technologies that take advantage of the climatic conditions and biodiversity in the region. Conventional wastewater treatment are maintenance and energy intensive, consequently, their performance in the region have not been adequate. Ecological engineered systems such as CWs and ADs has a great potential to be developed in the region. However, ecological engineering as discipline lack of identity and presence in Latin American universities and research centers. Despite of the small development of ecological engineering in the region, CWs and ADs to improve water quality has been applied in the last 20 years. The majority of these systems have been guided and funded by ecological engineer groups from developed countries. It is concluded that ecological engineered systems are the best option to control water pollution in Latin America and it is necessary the development ecological engineering discipline in the universities and research centres of the region. |
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| spelling | repo-1005-1482017-11-23T22:18:20Z Ecological engineering for controlling water pollution in Latin America Maria Elizabeth Hernandez Ecological Dimensions for Sustainable Socio Economic Development 2013 info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart Ecological engineering is a discipline that combines ecology and engineering to design, construct, restore and manage ecosystems. The design of constructed wetlands (CWs) and anaerobic digesters (ADs) are two applications of ecological engineering to control water pollution. CWs are inspired in the ability of natural wetland ecosystems to improve water quality; they are low cost systems that do not require fossil fuels inputs. ADs are closed systems without oxygen in which a sludge or liquid is degraded by the action of anaerobic bacteria, improving water quality and producing biogas. In Latin American countries there is a great need of low-cost and maintenance wastewater technologies that take advantage of the climatic conditions and biodiversity in the region. Conventional wastewater treatment are maintenance and energy intensive, consequently, their performance in the region have not been adequate. Ecological engineered systems such as CWs and ADs has a great potential to be developed in the region. However, ecological engineering as discipline lack of identity and presence in Latin American universities and research centers. Despite of the small development of ecological engineering in the region, CWs and ADs to improve water quality has been applied in the last 20 years. The majority of these systems have been guided and funded by ecological engineer groups from developed countries. It is concluded that ecological engineered systems are the best option to control water pollution in Latin America and it is necessary the development ecological engineering discipline in the universities and research centres of the region. info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2 info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2 http://inecol.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1005/148 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess citation:Hernández Alarcón, M.E.. 2013. Ecological engineering for controlling water pollution in Latin America. En: Ecological Dimensions for Sustainable Socio Economic Development (Ed: Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, Raymundo Dávalos-Sotelo,John W. Day & Enrique Reyes). WITPress. Pp. 465-482 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 application/pdf |
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