Journal Pre-proof Overcoming organic matter limitation enables high nutrient recovery from sewage sludge reject water in a self-powered microbial nutrient recovery cell Mohamed El-Qelish, Mohamed Mahmoud PII: S0048-9697(21)04926-3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149851 Reference: STOTEN 149851 To appear in: Science of the Total Environment Received date: 26 June 2021 Revised date: 18 August 2021 Accepted date: 19 August 2021 Please cite this article as: M. El-Qelish and M. Mahmoud, Overcoming organic matter limitation enables high nutrient recovery from sewage sludge reject water in a self- powered microbial nutrient recovery cell, Science of the Total Environment (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149851 This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2018 © 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V.