TY - GEN
T1 - Urine diversion for nutrient recovery and micropollutant management
T2 - 88th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2015
AU - Noe-Hays, Abraham
AU - Nace, Kim
AU - Patel, Neil
AU - Lahr, Rebecca
AU - Goetsch, Heather
AU - Mullen, Rachel
AU - Love, Nancy
AU - Aga, Diana
AU - Bott, Charles
AU - Foxman, Betsy
AU - Jimenez, Jose
AU - Luo, Ting
AU - Ramadugu, Kirtana
AU - Wigginton, Krista
N1 - Publisher Copyright: Copyright ©2015 Water Environmental Federation.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Source separation of urine is a novel strategy that facilitates improved nutrient recovery and micropollutant management. The Rich Earth Institute operates the United States' first regional urine recycling program, collecting source-separated urine from households and producing a sanitized fertilizer product for use by local farmers. The purpose of this program is to provide practical experience and quantitative data on all stages of the urine recycling process, and to create a platform to allow detailed research into specific aspects of the process in a real-world context. Current research topics at the Institute include the fate of pharmaceutical and biological constituents when urine is used as fertilizer, the effect on crop yield of urine fertilizer in comparison with synthetic fertilizer, and methods for transforming and concentrating urine to reduce the cost of storage and transport.
AB - Source separation of urine is a novel strategy that facilitates improved nutrient recovery and micropollutant management. The Rich Earth Institute operates the United States' first regional urine recycling program, collecting source-separated urine from households and producing a sanitized fertilizer product for use by local farmers. The purpose of this program is to provide practical experience and quantitative data on all stages of the urine recycling process, and to create a platform to allow detailed research into specific aspects of the process in a real-world context. Current research topics at the Institute include the fate of pharmaceutical and biological constituents when urine is used as fertilizer, the effect on crop yield of urine fertilizer in comparison with synthetic fertilizer, and methods for transforming and concentrating urine to reduce the cost of storage and transport.
KW - Nutrient recovery
KW - Resource recovery
KW - Source-separated urine
KW - Urine-based fertilizer
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85062003907
U2 - 10.2175/193864715819538921
DO - 10.2175/193864715819538921
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - 88th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2015
SP - 3993
EP - 4002
BT - 88th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2015
PB - Water Environment Federation
Y2 - 26 September 2015 through 30 September 2015
ER -