Publication type: Conference paper
Type of review: Not specified
Title: Possibilities and limits of wastewater-fed aquacultures
Authors: Junge, Ranka
Proceedings: Ecosan – closing the loop in wastewater management and sanitation : Proceedings of the International Symposium, 30–31 October 2000, Bonn, Germany
Editors of the parent work: Werner, Christine
Page(s): 113
Pages to: 122
Conference details: International Symposium Ecological Sanitation: Ecosan - Closing the Loop in Wastewater Management and Sanitation, Bonn, Germany, 30-31 October 2000
Issue Date: 2001
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Eschborn
Language: English
Subjects: Wastewater-fed aquaculture
Subject (DDC): 630: Agriculture
Abstract: Wastewater-fed aquaculture offers means to treat wastewater with integrated material-flow recycling. Several goals are achieved simultaneously: production of valuable goods (food stuff, animal feeds, raw materials, ornamental plants and animals) on one side, and production of utilizable gray water (wastewater purification and hygienisation) on the other side. The main potential of wastewater-fed aquaculture and its major advantage over conventional wastewater treatment is the large diversity of marketable products and therefore broad possibilities of income generation. The combination of the two income generating options (wastewater treatment and biomass production) is a very interesting feature and in addition complies to several global political programs (like Agenda 21). Aquaculture is facing challenges. Optimal stocking depends on biogeographical conditions (which species grow where, under what circumstances), cultural acceptance (which products are suitable and marketable) and economical conditions. Among factors limiting the potential and performance of aquaculture are: limited growth rates of organisms, insufficient knowledge of the factors that regulate the aquatic community, the presence of toxic contaminants (heavy metals, hormones) and other undesired effects (colorations) in the wastewater. Appropriate technological tools (aeration, mixing, pumping, special basin forms) can be integrated in order to intensify certain ecological processes and increase the output of the aquaculture plant. At the University of Applied Sciences Wädenswil, Switzerland, wastewater-fed aquaculture is a research focus since 1993. This paper summarises some of the results and insights gained during the past seven years and gives a short overview of literature.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2160
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Licence according to publishing contract
Departement: Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit: Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
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Junge, R. (2001). Possibilities and limits of wastewater-fed aquacultures [Conference paper]. In C. Werner (Ed.), Ecosan – closing the loop in wastewater management and sanitation : Proceedings of the International Symposium, 30–31 October 2000, Bonn, Germany (pp. 113–122). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit.
Junge, R. (2001) ‘Possibilities and limits of wastewater-fed aquacultures’, in C. Werner (ed.) Ecosan – closing the loop in wastewater management and sanitation : Proceedings of the International Symposium, 30–31 October 2000, Bonn, Germany. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, pp. 113–122.
R. Junge, “Possibilities and limits of wastewater-fed aquacultures,” in Ecosan – closing the loop in wastewater management and sanitation : Proceedings of the International Symposium, 30–31 October 2000, Bonn, Germany, 2001, pp. 113–122.
JUNGE, Ranka, 2001. Possibilities and limits of wastewater-fed aquacultures. In: Christine WERNER (Hrsg.), Ecosan – closing the loop in wastewater management and sanitation : Proceedings of the International Symposium, 30–31 October 2000, Bonn, Germany. Conference paper. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit. 2001. S. 113–122
Junge, Ranka. 2001. “Possibilities and Limits of Wastewater-Fed Aquacultures.” Conference paper. In Ecosan – Closing the Loop in Wastewater Management and Sanitation : Proceedings of the International Symposium, 30–31 October 2000, Bonn, Germany, edited by Christine Werner, 113–22. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit.
Junge, Ranka. “Possibilities and Limits of Wastewater-Fed Aquacultures.” Ecosan – Closing the Loop in Wastewater Management and Sanitation : Proceedings of the International Symposium, 30–31 October 2000, Bonn, Germany, edited by Christine Werner, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, 2001, pp. 113–22.


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