“The drinking water source for at least 2 billion people
globally is contaminated with faeces. Contaminated water can
transmit diseases such as diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid,
and polio. Contaminated drinking water is estimated to cause
485 000 diarrhoeal deaths each year.”
World Health Organization, 14 June 2019
The treatment of fecal contaminated wastewater, for beneficial reuse, nutrients, and energy, is becoming an important strategy.