Kosfeld Fenna Thesis - Flipbook - Page 49
By 2045, the world's
n population will increase by
1.5 times to 6
billion
Worldbank
By 2050 increase in urban population
Germany 84,3%
Spain 88%
Urgency to greening cities for
cooling, water drainage, biodiversity, air
quality, food safety
By separating urin in sanitation systems it can
"reduce sewer corrosion, energy demand for nitri昀椀cation, space required for denitri昀椀cation, and emissions
of greenhouse gases, such as nitrous oxide, thereby
reducing the carbon footprint of treatment plants"
https://www.thesourcemagazine.org/the-disruptive-opportunity-for-mainstreaming-urine-recycling/
50-80% energy consumption to
remove nitrogen out of waste water
linear excrement/urine waste
minerals and nutrients are barely 昀椀ltered in
water treatment
leading to aquatic environmentla pollution
(rivers, lakes, ocean)
rising algae bloom - decreasing
oceans capability to capture carbon
and methane
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