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1. Construction of MoS2 nanoarrays and MoO3 nanobelts: Two efficient adsorbents for removal of Pb(II), Au(III) and Methylene Blue

Author:
Zhou, Wen; Deng, Jiale; Qin, Zhen; Huang, Ruihua; Wang, Yi; Tong, Shanshan
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2022 v.111 pp. 38-50
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
wastewater treatment,   etc   ; adsorbents; adsorption; endothermy; heavy metals; methylene blue; thermodynamics; toxicity; China;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Toxic heavy metal ions, valuable noble metal ions and organic dyes are significant concerns in wastewater treatment. In this work, MoO₃ nanobelts (MoO₃ NBs) prepared by solvothermal method and MoS₂ nanoarrays (MoS₂ NAs) constructed using MoO₃ NBs precursor were proposed to effectively remove heavy/noble metal ions and organic dyes, such as Pb⁽ᴵᴵ⁾, Au⁽ᴵᴵᴵ⁾ and Methylene Blue (MB). The two adsorbent ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2021.02.031

2. Catalytic membrane-based oxidation-filtration systems for organic wastewater purification: A review

Author:
Li, Ning; Lu, Xukai; He, Mengting; Duan, Xiaoguang; Yan, Beibei; Chen, Guanyi; Wang, Shaobin
Source:
Journal of hazardous materials 2021 v.414 pp. 125478
ISSN:
0304-3894
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; oxidation; ozonation; photocatalysis; remediation;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Catalytic membranes can simultaneously realize physical separation and chemical oxidation in one integrated system, which is the frontier technology for effective removal of organic containments in wastewater treatment. The catalytic membrane coupled with advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) not only significantly enhances the pollutant removal efficiency but also inhibits the fouling of the membra ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125478

3. A review of biochemical diversity and metabolic modeling of EBPR process under specific environmental conditions and carbon source availability

Author:
Izadi, Parnian; Izadi, Parin; Eldyasti, Ahmed
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2021 v.288 pp. 112362
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; carbon; glycogen; models; phosphorus;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) is one of the most promising technologies as an economical and environmentally sustainable technique for removal of phosphorus from wastewater (WW). However, with high capacity of EBPR, insufficient P-removal is a major yet common issue of many full-scale wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), due to misinterpreted environmental and microbial disturbance. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112362

4. Circling the drain: A systems analysis of opportunities for enhanced sewer self-purification technologies in wastewater management

Author:
Sotelo, Tiffany Joan; Sioen, Giles B.; Satoh, Hiroyasu
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2021 v.288 pp. 112451
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; infrastructure; pollution load;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The shift of discussions on wastewater management to realize a circular water economy requires rethinking of how the existing systems are managed. The collection system, a physical infrastructure that collects and transports wastewater, is often overlooked in innovation studies in wastewater management. Hence, a review of the collection system is required to realize overlooked innovation points, e ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112451

5. What factors affect the selection of industrial wastewater treatment configuration?

Author:
Trianni, Andrea; Negri, Marta; Cagno, Enrico
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2021 v.285 pp. 112099
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
industrial wastewater treatment; wastewater,   etc   ; compliance; decision making;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Industrial wastewater treatment is gaining significance in literature due to stricter environmental policies and increased environmental awareness. The selection of the wastewater configuration encompasses both the treatment as well as several decisions around wastewater collection and disposal pertaining industrial decision-making sphere. However, so far in the wastewater literature, research has ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112099

6. Determination of 18 bisphenols in aqueous and biomass phase of high rate algal ponds: Development, validation and application

Author:
Škufca, David; Kovačič, Ana; Griessler Bulc, Tjaša; Heath, Ester
Source:
Chemosphere 2021 v.271 pp. 129786
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; algae; biomass; uncertainty;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... High rate algal ponds (HRAP) are an alternative to conventional wastewater treatment with the potential for wastewater and biomass reuse. In this study, we report the development and validation of methods for analysing 18 bisphenols (BPs) in the aqueous and biomass phase of HRAP. For aqueous phase samples, obtained LLOQ ranged from 10 to 30 ng/L, and recoveries from 78% to 106%. The relative expan ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129786

7. Chemico-nanotreatment methods for the removal of persistent organic pollutants and xenobiotics in water – A review

Author:
Karthigadevi, Guruviah; Manikandan, Sivasubramanian; Karmegam, Natchimuthu; Subbaiya, Ramasamy; Chozhavendhan, Sivasankaran; Ravindran, Balasubramani; Chang, Soon Woong; Awasthi, Mukesh Kumar
Source:
Bioresource technology 2021 v.324 pp. 124678
ISSN:
0960-8524
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; bioaccumulation; human health; xenobiotics;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... While the technologies available today can generate high-quality water from wastewater, the majority of the wastewater treatment plants are not intended to eliminate emerging xenobiotic pollutants, pharmaceutical and personal care items. Most endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) and personal care products (PPCPs) are more arctic than most regulated pollutants, and several of them have acid or cri ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124678

8. Efficiency evaluation for regional industrial water use and wastewater treatment systems in China: A dynamic interactive network slacks-based measure model

Author:
Yang, Feng; Wang, Dawei; Zhao, Linlin; Wei, Fangqing
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2021 v.279 pp. 111721
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; models; recycled water; China;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper develops a dynamic interactive network slacks-based measure (SBM) model to assess the performance of regional industrial water systems (IWSs) in China. Such a system can be separated into a water use subsystem (WUS) and a wastewater treatment subsystem (WTS). Within this, wastewater and recycled water are interactive intermediate variables, and the capacity of facilities for treatment o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111721

9. Quality-related monitoring of papermaking wastewater treatment processes using dynamic multiblock partial least squares

Author:
Yang, Jie; Zhang, Yuchen; Zhou, Lei; Zhang, Fengshan; Jing, Yi; Huang, Mingzhi; Liu, Hongbin
Source:
Journal of bioresources and bioproducts 2021
ISSN:
2369-9698
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; biobased products; models; papermaking;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Environmental problems have attracted much attention in recent years, especially for papermaking wastewater discharge. To reduce the loss of effluence discharge violation, quality-related multivariate statistical methods have been successfully applied to achieve a robust wastewater treatment system. In this work, a new dynamic multiblock partial least squares (DMBPLS) is proposed to extract the ti ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jobab.2021.04.003

10. Forward osmosis membrane technology for nutrient removal/recovery from wastewater: Recent advances, proposed designs, and future directions

Author:
Jafarinejad, Shahryar
Source:
Chemosphere 2021 v.263 pp. 128116
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; economic feasibility; osmosis; sludge;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... In recent years, the concept of nutrient removal/recovery has been applied as a sustainable solution to develop and design various modern wastewater treatment technologies for recovering nutrients from waste streams and is one of the high-priority research areas. Forward osmosis (FO) technology has received increasing interests as a potential low-fouling membrane process and a new approach to remo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128116

11. Technologies Developing in Heavy Metals’ Removal from Water

Author:
Simeonidis, Konstantinos; Mitrakas, Manassis
Source:
Water 2021 v.13 no.6
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
wastewater,   etc   ; human health; water;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Elevated concentrations of heavy metals in drinking water resources and industrial or urban wastewater pose a serious threat to human health and the equilibrium of ecosystems [...] ...
DOI:
10.3390/w13060860

12. Customer priorities for water and wastewater services: a comparative evaluation of three elicitation methods

Author:
Sayles, Rebecca; Smith, Heather M.; Jeffrey, Paul
Source:
Water and environment journal 2021 v.35 no.1 pp. 55-66
ISSN:
1747-6585
Subject:
wastewater,   etc   ; environment; water;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Water service providers are being urged to incorporate customer preferences into their investment plans with the relative merits of different elicitation techniques being exposed to greater scrutiny. Though elicitation can be undertaken with a range of methods, there is little understanding of their comparative performance in terms of being able to generate consistent or commensurable outcomes. Th ...
DOI:
10.1111/wej.12575

13. Characterization of rare earth elements present in coal ash by sequential extraction

Author:
Park, Sungyoon; Kim, Minsoo; Lim, Yejee; Yu, Jimin; Chen, Siyu; Woo, Sang Woon; Yoon, Sunho; Bae, Sungjun; Kim, Han S.
Source:
Journal of hazardous materials 2021 v.402 pp. 123760
ISSN:
0304-3894
Subject:
wastewater,   etc   ; coal; zeolites;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Although it has recently been reported that notable amounts of rare earth elements (REEs) are present in the residual coal ash, little is currently known regarding the association of these elements with the coal ash matrix, thereby limiting the potential for extraction of REEs from coal ash. In this study, we analyzed the binding characteristics of REEs within coal ash via sequential extraction an ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123760

14. Effects of different carbon sources on the removal of ciprofloxacin and pollutants by activated sludge: Mechanism and biodegradation

Author:
Cai, Yixiang; Yan, Zhiyong; Ou, Yingjuan; Peng, Boshang; Zhang, Lihua; Shao, Jihai; Lin, Yiqing; Zhang, Jiachao
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2022 v.111 pp. 240-248
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
wastewater,   etc   ; Acidobacteria; Microbacterium; Rhodanobacter; activated sludge; biodegradation; carbon; ciprofloxacin; denitrification; glucose; nitrates; nitrification; nitrites; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; sodium acetate; China;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... This research investigated the effects of ciprofloxacin (CIP) (0.5, 5, and 20 mg/L) on SBR systems under different carbon source conditions. Microbial community abundance and structure were determined by quantitative PCR and high-throughput sequencing, respectively. The biodegradation production of CIP and possible degradation mechanism were also studied. Results showed that CIP had adverse effect ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2021.03.037

15. Submerged arc plasma system combined with ozone oxidation for the treatment of wastewater containing non-degradable organic compounds

Author:
Lee, Byungjin; Jo, Eun Seo; Park, Dong-Wha; Choi, Jinsub
Source:
Frontiers of environmental science & engineering 2021 v.15 no.5 pp. 90
ISSN:
2095-2201
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; energy; mineralization; oxidation; ozone; phenol; synergism;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Submerged arc plasma technology was assessed for the removal of phenols from wastewater. The OH radicals generated from the boundary between the plasma and waste solution were considered as a significant factor on the degradation reaction. In this study, the effects of highly energetic electrons released from the submerged arc plasma were mainly studied. The highly energetic electrons directly bro ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11783-020-1384-0

16. Solar photo-assisted electrochemical processes applied to actual industrial and urban wastewaters: A practical approach based on recent literature

Author:
Salmerón, I.; Oller, I.; Malato, S.
Source:
Chemosphere 2021 v.279 pp. 130560
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
industrial wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; ammonium; chlorine; electrochemistry; irradiation; mineralization; pH;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... The application of electrochemical processes for wastewater treatment has increase significantly in the last two decades. However, most of the works are focused on lab-scale systems testing in saline simulated solutions spiked with a reference organic compound, evidencing the scarcity of studies on actual wastewaters through a more realistic practical approach. The aim of the present work is asses ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130560

17. Transport and accumulation of microplastics through wastewater treatment sludge processes

Author:
Alavian Petroody, Somayye Sadat; Hashemi, Seyed Hossein; van Gestel, Cornelis A.M.
Source:
Chemosphere 2021 v.278 pp. 130471
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; dewatering; microplastics; polyesters; polyethylene; sludge; thickeners; Iran;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are important routes for releasing microplastics into the environment, with the produced sludge acting as a recipient of microplastics from wastewater. There is little information on the impact of sludge processes on the number of microplastics in sludge. In this study, the presence of microplastics in sludge produced by the Sari WWTP in northern Iran was invest ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130471

18. Critical review of natural iron-based minerals used as heterogeneous catalysts in peroxide activation processes: Characteristics, applications and mechanisms

Author:
Lai, Leiduo; He, Yongli; Zhou, Hongyu; Huang, Bingkun; Yao, Gang; Lai, Bo
Source:
Journal of hazardous materials 2021 v.416 pp. 125809
ISSN:
0304-3894
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; goethite; hematite; magnetite; pollutants; pollution; pyrite;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Recently, an increasing number of works have been reported about iron-based materials applied as catalysts in peroxide activation processes to degrade pollutants in water. Iron-based catalysts include synthetic and natural iron-based materials. However, some synthetic iron-based materials are difficult to scale up in the practical applications due to high cost and serious secondary environmental p ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125809

19. Magnetic water treatment in a wastewater treatment plant: Part II - Processing waters and kinetic study

Author:
Castelo-Grande, Teresa; Augusto, Paulo A.; Rico, Javier; Marcos, Jorge; Iglesias, Roberto; Hernández, Lorenzo; Barbosa, Domingos
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2021 v.285 pp. 112177
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; magnetism; magnetite; nitrogen; polymers; sorption;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Magnetic sorption process is applied to real wastewater effluents from a Wastewater Treatment Plant. The complex media sorption is done by using different types of magnetic particles (resin and polymeric covered magnetite) giving good results for removing detergents, phosphates and COD and moderate results for the sorption of nitrogen and several heavy metals. Important kinetic parameters were obt ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112177

20. Emerging organic contaminants and odorous compounds in secondary effluent wastewater: Identification and advanced treatment

Author:
Chen, Li; Fu, Wanyi; Tan, Yu; Zhang, Xihui
Source:
Journal of hazardous materials 2021 v.408 pp. 124817
ISSN:
0304-3894
Subject:
municipal wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; carbon; ceramics; cost effectiveness; microfiltration; ozonation;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study aims to address organic micropollutants in secondary effluents from municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) by first identification of micropollutants in different treatment units, and second by evaluating an advanced treatment process for removals of micropollutants. In secondary effluents, 28 types of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs), 5 types of endocrine disrup ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124817