To centralise or to decentralise: an overview of the most recent trends in wastewater treatment management.

J Environ Manage

Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Cà Foscari Venice, Campo della Celestia 2737/b, I-30122, Venice, Italy.

Published: February 2012

An overview of recent trends in wastewater management is proposed concerning the role of centralisation and decentralisation in wastewater treatment. The main advantages, criticisms and limitations considering social, economic and environmental issues have been summarised. It resulted that none of the approaches could be excluded a priori, but were generally shown to integrate one another on the basis of the specific required situation.

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