The world’s wastewater – 80 percent of which is released into the environment without adequate treatment – is a valuable resource from which clean water, energy, nutrients, and other resources can be recovered.

Wastewater treatment offers a double value proposition. In addition to environmental and health benefits, wastewater treatment can bring economic benefits through reuse in different sectors.

In the circular economy framework, which is an economic system that aims to minimize waste and make the most of resources, wastewater should no longer be seen as a “waste” but as a resource.