Sensors and biosorption for better reuse of wastewater

Abstract

Water is an increasingly scarce resource today due to natural and anthropic factors. Therefore, wastewater treatment and reuse is an important parameter of sustainable development. The necessity of reuse wastewater especially for irrigation becomes evident. Innovative wastewater monitoring and treatment methodologies are finding application as technologies improve. The most talented technological advances include: innovative monitoring techniques based on new sensors, computerized telemetry devices, and innovative data analysis tools. Research on sensor and alarming systems is advancing rapidly. Likewise, new methods for wastewater treatment are continually introduced, including the use dead plants biomass for heavy metals removal from wastewater. In this paper, the use of sensors for monitoring and the application of biosorption techniques for wastewater recycling are discussed and evaluated. We propose biosorption for removing heavy metals from wastewater. Sensors are used before and after the biosorption for check the quality of water and the proper functioning of the biosorption process.