Meet the editor

Dr. Tao Zhang is an Associate Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at the College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, China. His academic background covers waste management, wastewater treatment, utilization of agricultural waste. He is awarded the Scientific Chinese - Outstanding Young Scientist Award, the Innovation Award for Industry-University-Research Cooperation of China, the

Character Award - Invention and Entrepreneurship Award of China Association of Inventions. His H-index is 23 (Scopus) and he has published more than 50 papers in Chemical Engineering Journal, Water Research, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Green Chemistry, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, and so on. Amongst, 11 ESI Highly Cited Paper and 4 ESI Hot Paper. He has authorized more than 20 Chinese invention patents.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

**Preface XI**

Physicochemical Technology for Sewage Treatment **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 35**

Biological Technology for Sewage Treatment **45**

**Chapter 3 47**

**Chapter 4 65**

Emerging Technologies **83**

**Chapter 5 85**

**Chapter 6 97**

A Novel Wastewater Treatment Method Using Electrical Pulsed

Progress in Domestic Wastewater Treatment, Resource Recovery

Secondary Sludge Biodegradation and Electricity Generation

An Overview of Occurrence and Removal of Pharmaceuticals

Implications of Sewage Discharge on Freshwater Ecosystems

*by Katsuyuki Takahashi, Koichi Takaki and Naoya Satta*

Discharge Plasma over a Water Surface

*by Roberto M. Uribe and Jean Engohang-Ndong*

and Energy Generation Using Microbial Fuel Cell

*by Petia Mijaylova Nacheva, Danilo Gamboa-Santana* 

*by Mohd Salim Mahtab and Izharul Haq Farooqi*

*by Sami Ullah Bhat and Umara Qayoom*

Irradiation of Sewage Sludge

*by Girum Ayalneh Tiruye*

in Biocathode Microbial Fuel Cells

*and Edson B. Estrada-Arriaga*

from Sewage/Wastewater
