Immaculate human innovations have made us reach the pinnacle of our power. Our Failure to understand our dominance over all other life forms to be a responsibility has resulted in crony capitalism. Often, we tend to forget where we come from and where we go after death. We, humans, are a part of that endless cycle of energy and matter in nature. However, our denial of this scientific fact has caused us to run a system of exploitation. Our callousness towards the living system called earth has caused the depletion of our valuable natural resources. This has forced us to look back on our ways as we suffer from an apocalyptic water crisis looming high over us.

无懈可击的人类创新使我们达到了力量的顶峰。 我们未能理解自己在所有其他生命形式上的主导地位是一种责任，这导致了裙带资本主义 。 通常，我们往往会忘记死亡后的来历和去向。 我们人类是自然界无休止的能量和物质循环的一部分。 但是，我们对这一科学事实的否认使我们运行了剥削制度。 我们对被称为地球的生命系统的冷漠导致我们宝贵的自然资源枯竭。 这迫使我们重新审视我们的方式，因为我们正遭受迫在眉睫的世界末日水危机的困扰。

The solution lies in using the same technology which has heightened our chances of survival for reclaiming and restoring of water resources. Water treatment is an innovative idea that would help us in the conservation of water resources. The concept of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle water.

解决方案在于使用相同的技术，该技术增加了我们在水资源再生和恢复方面的生存机会。 水处理是一个创新的想法，将有助于我们节约水资源。 减少，再利用和回收水的概念。

This would give time for our depleted Freshwater resources of groundwater and surface-water to replenish naturally. The demand for freshwater can be decreased by using treated water for domestic, agricultural, and industrial purposes.

这将为我们枯竭的地下水和地表水淡水资源提供自然补充的时间。 通过将经处理的水用于家庭，农业和工业目的，可以减少对淡水的需求。

Freshwater use could be restricted exclusively for drinking and other potable purposes. Thus, our growing need for water could be met sustainably. Making water conservation a part of our life by rooftop rainwater harvesting along with increased usage of treated water is the way forward. The sustenance of life on Earth depends upon it.

只能将淡水用途限制为仅用于饮用和其他饮用水用途。 因此，我们对水的日益增长的需求可以可持续地得到满足。 通过收集屋顶雨水以及增加处理水的使用量来使节水成为我们生活的一部分是前进的道路。 地球上生命的维持取决于它。

Wastewater from municipal, agricultural, and industrial sources should be treated before their release into the environment. This will help save the environment by curbing water and soil pollution. There are biological, chemical, and physical systems that are in use today for treatment.

来自市政，农业和工业来源的废水应在排放到环境中之前进行处理。 这将通过减少水和土壤污染来帮助保护环境。 今天有一些生物，化学和物理系统正在用于治疗。

Conventional wastewater treatment technologies are effective in removing:

传统的废水处理技术可有效去除：

1) Physical impurities via Flocculation and Coagulation

1)通过絮凝和凝结的物理杂质

2) and Microbial load via Chlorination

2)和通过氯化的微生物负荷

But the matter of chemical impurities looms large owing to the rising tide of chemicals in use today [1].

但是，由于当今使用的化学物质的上涨趋势，化学杂质问题迫在眉睫[1]。

It has been found that conventional wastewater treatment plants are ineffective when dealing with chemical impurities. As a result, reusing wastewater with chemical impurities becomes difficult. The rising tide of physical, chemical, and biological impurities are a problem.

已经发现，当处理化学杂质时，常规废水处理厂是无效的。 结果，难以再利用具有化学杂质的废水。 物理，化学和生物杂质的上升趋势是一个问题。

When it comes to drinking water high water quality is necessary. Membrane-based water treatment technologies are efficient in treating seawater, groundwater, and surface water. It is used in the Middle East for seawater purification and various other countries. Its high cost is a hindrance when it comes to wide-scale use in developing and underdeveloped countries [2].

当涉及到饮用水时，高水质是必需的。 基于膜的水处理技术可有效处理海水，地下水和地表水。 它在中东用于海水净化和其他许多国家。 在发展中国家和不发达国家大规模使用时，其高昂的成本是一个障碍[2]。

What we need is a multi-utility technology capable of removing various types of chemicals which could also help in disinfection. A technology that can decrease the cost of membrane-based technologies. A technology that can be used in household, institutional or community level decentralized wastewater treatment systems.

我们需要的是一种多功能技术，能够去除各种类型的化学物质，这也有助于消毒。 可以降低基于膜的技术成本的技术。 可用于家庭，机构或社区级分散废水处理系统的技术 。

The movement of electrons causes electricity. They are also capable of massive destruction at the atomic scale. They can disintegrate the structures of complex organic compounds which would ultimately become carbon dioxide and water.

电子的运动引起电。 它们还能够在原子尺度上进行大规模破坏。 它们可以分解复杂的有机化合物的结构，这些化合物最终将变成二氧化碳和水。

Electrons can also precipitate out heavy metals from the matrix of wastewater by reducing them. Destruction of Organic compounds and removing precipitated heavy metals through filtration can decrease the cost of membrane-based technologies by increasing the life of the membranes [3].

电子还可以通过减少电子从废水基质中沉淀出重金属 。 销毁有机物并通过过滤除去沉淀的重金属可通过增加膜的使用寿命来降低基于膜的技术的成本[3]。

In Electrochemical treatment, electrodes immersed in an electrolyte can induce the movement of electrons between them. The positive electrode is known as the anode. The negative electrode is called the cathode. At the anode, organic compounds get degraded through oxidation [4]. At the cathode, heavy metals get precipitated through reduction. Another process that is involved in the removal of heavy metals is electrochemical adsorption [5,6]. Electrochemical treatment can disinfect wastewater and it is widely used in the disinfection of swimming pools [3].

在电化学处理中，浸入电解质中的电极会引起电子在它们之间的运动 。 正极称为阳极 。 负电极称为阴极 。 在阳极，有机化合物通过氧化而降解[4]。 在阴极，重金属通过还原而沉淀。 去除重金属的另一种方法是电化学吸附 [5,6]。 电化学处理可以对废水进行消毒 ，广泛用于游泳池的消毒 [3]。

Electrochemical methods seem to be an attractive option owing to high process, and time efficiency. The greatest advantage that this technique has over others is that it can be automated. Its potential as a multi-purpose treatment technology that is not vulnerable to environmental fluctuations has caught the interest of the scientific community. For these reasons, it is regarded to be a suitable technology application for decentralized wastewater treatment systems [3].

电化学方法似乎是由于高过程有吸引力的选择， 以及 时间效率 。 该技术相对于其他技术的最大优势是可以自动化 。 它作为一种不受环境波动影响的多功能处理技术的潜力吸引了科学界的兴趣。 由于这些原因，它被认为是分散式废水处理系统的合适技术应用[3]。

It’s not technology that destroys our natural resources. It’s our attitude towards technology’s usage that destroys our environment. A change in attitude will change our approach towards our environment. Water and wastewater treatment can help us attain the 6th goal of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG).

不是技术破坏了我们的自然资源。 我们对技术使用的态度破坏了我们的环境。 态度的转变将改变我们的做法对我们的环境。 水和废水处理可以帮助我们实现联合国可持续发展目标(UN SDG)的第六个目标 。

Clean water and sanitation are important for us and our future generations. Technology with the right kind of attitude and approach can help us achieve it. Reducing stress on our natural resources through sustainable technology and practices is the need of the hour. A necessary aspect to bring back the lost balance between us and our environment.

清洁的水和卫生设施对我们和我们的子孙后代都很重要。 具有正确态度和方法的技术可以帮助我们实现它。 通过可持续的技术和实践来减轻对我们自然资源的压力是当务之急 。 恢复我们与环境之间失去的平衡的必要方面。

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