Biorefinery paradigm in wastewater management: resource recovery from aerobic granular sludge systems

废水不再被认为是一种需要处理和排放的污染物，而是可再生能源、清洁水和更重要的原材料的宝贵来源。因此，废水处理厂目前被设计为废水资源工厂（WRF）插入循环城市，以实现可持续性。拟议与巴西塞埃尔<e:1>联邦大学andr<s:1> Bezerra dos Santos教授合作，旨在建立加拿大从处理城市废水的好氧颗粒污泥中回收增值产品的能力，从而促进向循环经济的过渡。这种合作还将在与资源回收有关的关键领域培训高素质人员。在培训结束时，HQP将获得重要技能，如批判性思维、实验室实验设计、生物反应器操作、废水和生物质分析、系统控制和性能分析、项目管理和科学交流（演示和技术写作）技能。这种合作的长期影响可能包括在污水处理厂设计方面取得突破性进展，并导致采用水资源循环系统。该合作将侧重于废水管理的可持续实践，以减少对环境的影响，促进加拿大及其他地区的经济繁荣。它将为从国际合作者那里获得可在加拿大设施中利用的关于资源回收协议和废水管理行业可持续做法的新知识提供绝佳的机会。资源回收将为经济成功开辟新的市场，并为本地污水管理行业创造竞争优势。通过帮助加拿大最大限度地发挥其资源回收潜力，拟议的研究将极大地促进加拿大在环境保护和可持续性方面的努力。所开发的专业知识将促进训练有素的HQP的发展，他们将以重要的方式为加拿大的劳动力做出贡献。

Wastewater is no longer considered a pollutant to be treated and discharged, rather it has become a valuable source of renewable energy, clean water and more importantly raw material. Thus, wastewater treatment plants are presently being designed as wastewater-resource factories (WRF) inserted into circular cities to achieve sustainability. The proposed collaboration with Prof. André Bezerra dos Santos (Federal University of Ceará, Brazil) seeks to build Canadian capacity in the recovery of value-added products from aerobic granular sludge treating municipal wastewater, thus facilitating the transition to a circular economy. This collaboration will also train highly qualified personnel (HQP) in critical areas relating to resource recovery. At the end of the training, the HQP will obtain salient skills such as critical thinking, laboratory experimental design, bioreactor operation, wastewater and biomass analyses, system controls and performance analyses, project management, and scientific communication (presentations and technical writing) skills. Long-term impacts of this collaboration may include ground-breaking advances in wastewater treatment plant design and result in the adoption of WRF. The collaboration will focus on sustainable practices in wastewater management that will reduce impacts on the environment and enhance economic prosperity in Canada and beyond. It will provide outstanding opportunities for gaining new knowledge from the international collaborator on resource recovery protocols and sustainable practices in the wastewater management industry that can be utilized in Canadian facilities. Resource recovery will open a new market for economic success and create a competitive advantage for local wastewater management industries. By helping Canada maximize its resource recovery potential, the proposed research will greatly contribute to Canada's efforts in environmental protection and sustainability. The expertise developed will facilitate the development of highly trained HQP who will contribute in significant ways to the Canadian workforce.