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Rosso A, Vione D. Pollutant Photodegradation Affected by Evaporative Water Concentration in a Climate Change Scenario. Molecules 2024; 29:2655. [PMID: 38893529 PMCID: PMC11173932 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29112655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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Evaporative water concentration takes place in arid or semi-arid environments when stationary water bodies, such as lakes or ponds, prevalently lose water by evaporation, which prevails over outflow or seepage into aquifers. Absence or near-absence of precipitation and elevated temperatures are important prerequisites for the process, which has the potential to deeply affect the photochemical attenuation of pollutants, including contaminants of emerging concern (CECs). Here we show that water evaporation would enhance the phototransformation of many CECs, especially those undergoing degradation mainly through direct photolysis and triplet-sensitized reactions. In contrast, processes induced by hydroxyl and carbonate radicals would be inhibited. Our model results suggest that the photochemical impact of water evaporation might increase in the future in several regions of the world, with no continent likely being unaffected, due to the effects of local precipitation decrease combined with an increase in temperature that facilitates evaporation.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 5, 10125 Torino, Italy;
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Guo Z, Wang T, Ichiyanagi H, Ateia M, Chen G, Wang J, Fujii M, En K, Li T, Sohrin R, Yoshimura C. Photo-production of excited triplet-state of dissolved organic matters in inland freshwater and coastal seawater. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 253:121260. [PMID: 38354661 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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The excited triplet-state of dissolved organic matter (3DOM*) is a major reactive intermediate in sunlit waters. Its quantum yield is important in understanding the fate of organic micropollutants. The degradation efficiency of its chemical probe, 2,4,6-trimeythlphenol (fTMP), is generally used as a proxy of the quantum yield. However, fTMP has been described and modelled only for freshwater systems. Therefore, this study quantified fTMP in inland freshwater and coastal seawater sampled in Japan by conducting steady-state photochemical experiments. Optical properties of water were then used to model fTMP. Results indicated that the inland freshwater DOM originated mainly from terrestrial sources, while the coastal seawater DOM were microbial-dominated. On average, inland freshwater exhibited lower fTMP (61.2 M-1) than coastal seawater (79.7 M-1) and the coastal seawater exhibited significant variations in the proportion of high-energy 3DOM* (> 250 kJ/mol). In addition, E2:E3 (ratio of absorbance at 254 to 365 nm) was positively correlated with fTMP of inland freshwater, coastal seawater, and the overall dataset. Catchment conditions such as forest coverage also influenced the production of 3DOM* and high-energy 3DOM* in inland freshwater. Furthermore, the developed models estimated fTMP based on the optical properties of both freshwater and seawater, providing valuable insights about 3DOM* photochemistry in the aquatic environment.
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- Zhongyu Guo
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-Cho, Chikusa-Ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan
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- Institute of Geosciences, Shizuoka University, 836 Oya, Suruga, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan.
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