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Dr. Anna Laura Eusebi
Department of Science and Engineering of Materials, Environment and Urban Planning-SIMAU, Marche Polytechnic University, 60131, Ancona, Italy

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Journal article
Published: 19 June 2021 in Applied Energy
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Wastewater treatment is one of the major carriers of the water-energy-food-climate (WEFC) nexus, and although the relationship between water and energy is well recognized, there is still a lack of adequate analysis of the cyber-physical framework to address and assess urban and peri-urban WEFC nexus in an integrated approach. In this review paper, we deeply analyze and summarize the modelling tools and data that are currently used to quantify the nexus in wastewater treatment. Currently, comprehensive models and tools are missing that consider the interconnections amongst catchment, sewer network, wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), river and climatic system in a holistic approach and define relevant monitoring requirements and trustable information provision. Cyber-physical systems provide a technological ground for an efficient management of such integrated systems. The nexus approach in precision irrigation and smart agriculture is further discussed in the paper, highlighting the issue of water reuse and the engagement of different levels of stakeholders. Digital solutions and serious games addressing the nexus in urban and peri-urban water management are also presented to facilitate innovative practice aspects and to foster public involvement. Adaptable digital solutions can help to understand stakeholders’ perception of water quality and its governance and to improve levels of awareness and collaboration between utilities, authorities, farmers and citizens. Finally, recommendations on the added value of currently used models, tools and possible digital solutions are given to WWTP and reclamation managers and/or operators to bring the WEFC nexus approach on the operative environment.

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Serena Radini; Enrico Marinelli; Çağrı Akyol; Anna Laura Eusebi; Vasileia Vasilaki; Adriano Mancini; Emanuele Frontoni; Gian Battista Bischetti; Claudio Gandolfi; Evina Katsou; Francesco Fatone. Urban water-energy-food-climate nexus in integrated wastewater and reuse systems: Cyber-physical framework and innovations. Applied Energy 2021, 298, 117268 .

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Serena Radini, Enrico Marinelli, Çağrı Akyol, Anna Laura Eusebi, Vasileia Vasilaki, Adriano Mancini, Emanuele Frontoni, Gian Battista Bischetti, Claudio Gandolfi, Evina Katsou, Francesco Fatone. Urban water-energy-food-climate nexus in integrated wastewater and reuse systems: Cyber-physical framework and innovations. Applied Energy. 2021; 298 ():117268.

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Serena Radini; Enrico Marinelli; Çağrı Akyol; Anna Laura Eusebi; Vasileia Vasilaki; Adriano Mancini; Emanuele Frontoni; Gian Battista Bischetti; Claudio Gandolfi; Evina Katsou; Francesco Fatone. 2021. "Urban water-energy-food-climate nexus in integrated wastewater and reuse systems: Cyber-physical framework and innovations." Applied Energy 298, no. : 117268.

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Published: 01 February 2021 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation purposes is a measure to reduce water stress and overexploitation of freshwater resources. This study aims to investigate the environmental and economic impacts of a current conventional wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Peschiera Borromeo (Milan, Italy), and compare possible scenarios to enable reclaimed water reuse for agriculture. Accordingly, we propose alternative disinfection methods (i.e. enhanced UV, peracetic acid) and replace conventional activated sludge (CAS) with upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) for biological treatment and use anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) as the tertiary treatment. Life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) were implemented on the existing full-scale wastewater treatment line and the hypothetical scenarios. In most cases, the impact categories are primarily influenced by fertilizer application and direct emissions to water (i.e. nutrients and heavy metals). The baseline scenario appears to have the largest environmental impact, except for freshwater eutrophication, human ecotoxicity and terrestrial ecotoxicity. As expected, water depletion is the most apparent impact category between the baseline and proposed scenarios. The UASB + AnMBR scenario gives relatively higher environmental benefits than the other proposed scenarios in climate change (−28%), fossil fuel depletion (−31%), mineral resource depletion (−52%), and terrestrial ecotoxicity compared to the baseline. On the other hand, the highest impact on freshwater eutrophication is also obtained by this scenario since the effluent from the anaerobic processes is rich in nutrients. Moreover, investment and operational costs vary remarkably between the scenarios, and the highest overall costs are obtained for the UASB + AnMBR line mostly due to the replacement of membrane modules (24% of the total cost). The results highlighted the importance of the life cycle approach to support decision making when considering possible upgrading scenarios in WWTPs for water reuse.

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Alessia Foglia; Corinne Andreola; Giulia Cipolletta; Serena Radini; Çağrı Akyol; Anna Laura Eusebi; Peyo Stanchev; Evina Katsou; Francesco Fatone. Comparative life cycle environmental and economic assessment of anaerobic membrane bioreactor and disinfection for reclaimed water reuse in agricultural irrigation: A case study in Italy. Journal of Cleaner Production 2021, 293, 126201 .

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Alessia Foglia, Corinne Andreola, Giulia Cipolletta, Serena Radini, Çağrı Akyol, Anna Laura Eusebi, Peyo Stanchev, Evina Katsou, Francesco Fatone. Comparative life cycle environmental and economic assessment of anaerobic membrane bioreactor and disinfection for reclaimed water reuse in agricultural irrigation: A case study in Italy. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2021; 293 ():126201.

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Alessia Foglia; Corinne Andreola; Giulia Cipolletta; Serena Radini; Çağrı Akyol; Anna Laura Eusebi; Peyo Stanchev; Evina Katsou; Francesco Fatone. 2021. "Comparative life cycle environmental and economic assessment of anaerobic membrane bioreactor and disinfection for reclaimed water reuse in agricultural irrigation: A case study in Italy." Journal of Cleaner Production 293, no. : 126201.

Review article
Published: 09 January 2021 in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) are one of the main barriers in the water cycle as they limit the water reuse due to their adverse effects on humans and the ecosystem. Natural and/or engineered ecosystems, such as conventional wastewater treatment processes, are not designed to remove CECs and contribute to the bioaccumulation in organisms considering high volumes of treated water discharges. The adoption of innovative solutions to upgrade urban water cycle facilities has gained relevance for the removal of these substances from final effluents. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) show promising selective removal toward a wide range of CECs. However, this process is still limited to lab/bench scale and needs to be critically analyzed and assessed for possible scale-up in real environment. Therefore, in this review, an overview of the fate and occurrence of CECs in wastewater is initially reported together with the state-of-the-art adsorption mechanisms to remove these compounds. In the central part of the paper, an evaluation of MIPs synthesis and their status in removing CECs from water matrix are presented. An upscaling pathway of MIPs column from lab- to pilot-scale is given to be applied for enhanced CECs removal and safe water reuse in irrigation/fertigation. Finally, possible integration of MIP columns to real wastewater treatment facilities is discussed and advantages and disadvantages of the potential solutions are addressed to enhance their sustainability.

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Marco Parlapiano; Çağrı Akyol; Alessia Foglia; Michela Pisani; Paola Astolfi; Anna Laura Eusebi; Francesco Fatone. Selective removal of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) from urban water cycle via Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs): Potential of upscaling and enabling reclaimed water reuse. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2021, 9, 105051 .

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Marco Parlapiano, Çağrı Akyol, Alessia Foglia, Michela Pisani, Paola Astolfi, Anna Laura Eusebi, Francesco Fatone. Selective removal of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) from urban water cycle via Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs): Potential of upscaling and enabling reclaimed water reuse. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 2021; 9 (1):105051.

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Marco Parlapiano; Çağrı Akyol; Alessia Foglia; Michela Pisani; Paola Astolfi; Anna Laura Eusebi; Francesco Fatone. 2021. "Selective removal of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) from urban water cycle via Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs): Potential of upscaling and enabling reclaimed water reuse." Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 9, no. 1: 105051.

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Published: 22 December 2020 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Water supply and reuse through non-conventional water resources can significantly decrease the stress on natural water resources. Decentralized systems can help not only to alleviate issues of water security in arid areas, but also to create a sustainable framework within a circular economy. Although these small-scale innovative technologies are able to achieve ready-to-use, high quality of recovered/treated water on-site, the loop cannot be closed in most cases due to legislative barriers. Similarly, the end-use of sewage sludge after treatment in decentralized systems still lacks specific regulations that limit its valorization. This work analyzes the current policy and legislations related to water supply, wastewater treatment, water reuse and resource valorization within the context of decentralized state-of-the-art technologies applied in rural areas. The drawbacks in the current EU legislation that set barriers to close water-related loops in European countries are highlighted. A regulatory fitness check was applied to each type of loop to identify the key factors to accomplish the legislative compliance, and financing pathways were further evaluated at the EU level. As a possible solution, further development of an innovation deal approach is recommended to address the environmental, regulatory and financial gaps in water management through an integrated framework, providing ad-hoc policies and prescriptions for sustainable reuse of all water resources.

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Giulia Cipolletta; Emine Gozde Ozbayram; Anna Laura Eusebi; Çağrı Akyol; Simos Malamis; Eric Mino; Francesco Fatone. Policy and legislative barriers to close water-related loops in innovative small water and wastewater systems in Europe: A critical analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 288, 125604 .

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Giulia Cipolletta, Emine Gozde Ozbayram, Anna Laura Eusebi, Çağrı Akyol, Simos Malamis, Eric Mino, Francesco Fatone. Policy and legislative barriers to close water-related loops in innovative small water and wastewater systems in Europe: A critical analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 288 ():125604.

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Giulia Cipolletta; Emine Gozde Ozbayram; Anna Laura Eusebi; Çağrı Akyol; Simos Malamis; Eric Mino; Francesco Fatone. 2020. "Policy and legislative barriers to close water-related loops in innovative small water and wastewater systems in Europe: A critical analysis." Journal of Cleaner Production 288, no. : 125604.

Journal article
Published: 22 October 2020 in Environmental Research
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The first phase of this study aimed to evaluate the environmental impact of combined sewer overflow (CSO) events originated from 35 spillways on the Rio Vallescura catchment (Central Italy) and to understand their contribution to the deterioration of the coastal bathing water quality. A specific analytical campaign was carried out in the sewer system and a dynamic rainfall-runoff simulation model was developed and integrated with a water quality model and further validated. The simulations led to identify the most critical spills in terms of flow rate and selected pollutant loads (i.e. suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, Escherichia coli). Specifically, the E. coli release in the water body due to CSO events represented almost 100% of the different pollutant sources considered. In the second phase, the applicability of various disinfection methods was investigated on the CSOs introduced into the catchment. On site physical (UV) and lab-scale chemical (peracetic acid (PAA), performic acid (PFA), ozone) disinfectant agents were tested on microbial indicators including E. coli and intestinal enterococci. PFA and ozone were more effective on the removal of both bacteria (above 3.5 log units) even at low concentration and with short contact time; whereas, PAA showed a moderate removal efficiency (around 2.5 log units) only for E. coli. The highest removal efficiency was achieved in the on-site UV unit and none of the indicator bacteria was detected in the final effluent after the sand filtration and UV treatment. Finally, potential scenarios were developed in comparison to the baseline scenario for the management and treatment of CSOs where a mitigation of E. coli loads from 28% to 73% was achieved on the receiving water body, and a comparative cost assessment of the disinfection methods was provided for in situ treatment of the most critical spillway.

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Paolo Crocetti; Anna Laura Eusebi; Cecilia Bruni; Enrico Marinelli; Giovanna Darvini; Claudio Bernardo Carini; Cristiana Bollettini; Virginia Recanati; Çağrı Akyol; Francesco Fatone. Catchment-wide validated assessment of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in a mediterranean coastal area and possible disinfection methods to mitigate microbial contamination. Environmental Research 2020, 196, 110367 .

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Paolo Crocetti, Anna Laura Eusebi, Cecilia Bruni, Enrico Marinelli, Giovanna Darvini, Claudio Bernardo Carini, Cristiana Bollettini, Virginia Recanati, Çağrı Akyol, Francesco Fatone. Catchment-wide validated assessment of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in a mediterranean coastal area and possible disinfection methods to mitigate microbial contamination. Environmental Research. 2020; 196 ():110367.

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Paolo Crocetti; Anna Laura Eusebi; Cecilia Bruni; Enrico Marinelli; Giovanna Darvini; Claudio Bernardo Carini; Cristiana Bollettini; Virginia Recanati; Çağrı Akyol; Francesco Fatone. 2020. "Catchment-wide validated assessment of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in a mediterranean coastal area and possible disinfection methods to mitigate microbial contamination." Environmental Research 196, no. : 110367.

Review
Published: 19 April 2020 in Sustainability
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Italy is among the top biowaste-generating countries in Europe, and has a well-structured waste management framework with quite a number of centralized composting facilities. In recent years, there has also been huge interest from local communities in decentralized composting. Although decentralized community composting is common in some countries, there is still a lack of information on the operative environment together with its potential logistical, environmental, economic, and social impacts. Considering the national Italian legislation on community composting as well as successfully implemented projects at EU level, Italy can set a model especially for Mediterranean countries that intend to build decentralized composting programs. Therefore, in the context of this review paper, a brief overview of the composting process was presented together with main applications in centralized and especially in decentralized composting, while the main focus was kept on the operative and legislative information gathered from Italian community composting. There is a huge difference in the number of composting plants between the regions, and the lack of centralized facilities in the central and southern regions can be supported by decentralized solutions. Decentralizing waste treatment facilities and thus creating local solutions to urban waste management strategies will help to achieve the resource recovery and valorization targets in line with the circular economy.

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Cecilia Bruni; Çağrı Akyol; Giulia Cipolletta; Anna Laura Eusebi; Donatella Caniani; Salvatore Masi; Joan Colón; Francesco Fatone. Decentralized Community Composting: Past, Present and Future Aspects of Italy. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3319 .

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Cecilia Bruni, Çağrı Akyol, Giulia Cipolletta, Anna Laura Eusebi, Donatella Caniani, Salvatore Masi, Joan Colón, Francesco Fatone. Decentralized Community Composting: Past, Present and Future Aspects of Italy. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (8):3319.

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Cecilia Bruni; Çağrı Akyol; Giulia Cipolletta; Anna Laura Eusebi; Donatella Caniani; Salvatore Masi; Joan Colón; Francesco Fatone. 2020. "Decentralized Community Composting: Past, Present and Future Aspects of Italy." Sustainability 12, no. 8: 3319.