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This study designed a Dynamic-Osmotic membrane bioreactor/nanofiltration (OsMBR/NF) system for municipal wastewater treatment and reuse. Results indicated that a continuously rotating FO module with 60 RPM in Dynamic-OsMBR system could enhance shear stress and reduce cake layer of foulants, leading to higher flux (50%) compared to Traditional-OsMBR during a 40-operation day. A negligible specific reverse salt flux (0.059 G/L) and a water flux of 2.86 LMH were recorded when a mixture of 0.1 M EDTA-2Na/0.1 M Na 2 CO 3 /0.9 mM Triton114 functioned as draw solution (DS). It was found that the Dynamic-OsMBR/NF hybrid system could effectively remove pollutants (∼98% COD, ∼99% PO 4 3- P, ∼93% NH 4 + -N, > 99% suspended solids) from wastewater. In short, this developed system can be considered a breakthrough technology as it successfully minimizes membrane fouling by shear force, and achieves high water quality for reuse by two membrane- barriers., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

For the first time, a novel sponge-based moving bed-anaerobic osmosis membrane bioreactor/membrane distillation (AnOMBR/MD) system using mixed Na 3 PO 4 /EDTA-2Na as the draw solution was employed to treat wastewater for enhanced water flux and reduced membrane fouling. Results indicated that the moving sponge-AnOMBR/MD system obtained a stable water flux of 4.01 L/m 2 h and less membrane fouling for a period lasting 45 days. Continuous moving sponge around the FO module is the main mechanism for minimizing membrane fouling during the 45-day AnOMBR operation. The proposed system's nutrient removal was almost 100%, thus showing the superiority of simultaneous FO and MD membranes. Nutrient recovery from the MF permeate was best when solution pH was controlled to 9.5, whereby 17.4% (wt/wt) of phosphorus was contained in precipitated components. Moreover, diluted draw solute following AnOMBR was effectively regenerated using the MD process with water flux above 2.48 L/m 2 h and salt rejection > 99.99%., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest Huu Hao Ngo, a co-author on this paper, is the Editor of Bioresource Technology. He was blinded to this paper during review, and the paper was independently handled by Ashok Pandey as editor., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)