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The heat recovery potential of ‘wastewater’: a national analysis of sewage effluent discharge temperatures

Miles Wilson, Fred Worrall

2021Environmental Science Water Research & Technology31 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Environmental water quality data from England are used to establish the excess heat in sewage effluent discharges to rivers and subsequently estimate the national scale heat recovery potential of wastewater.

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EffluentSewageWastewaterEnvironmental scienceSewage treatmentWater qualityWaste managementEnvironmental engineeringEngineeringEcologyBiologyHydrological Forecasting Using AIWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesDam Engineering and Safety
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