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Nahim-Granados S, Quon H, Polo-López MI, Oller I, Agüera A, Jiang S. Assessment of antibiotic-resistant infection risks associated with reclaimed wastewater irrigation in intensive tomato cultivation. Water Res 2024; 254:121437. [PMID: 38479171 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Agricultural irrigation using reclaimed urban wastewater (RWW) represents a sustainable practice to meet the ever-increasing water stress in modern societies. However, the occurrence of residual antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) in RWW is an important human health concern. This study applied for the first time a novel Simple-Death dose-response model to the field data of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas spp. collected from three greenhouses for cultivation of tomatoes irrigated with RWW. The model estimates the risk of infection by enteropathogenic E. coli associated with consumption of tomatoes and the risk of eye-infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cultivation soil through hand-to-eye contacts. The fraction of antibiotic resistant (AR)-E. coli measured in irrigation water and AR-Pseudomonas spp. in soil was incorporated in the model to estimate the survival of ARB and antibiotic susceptible bacteria in the presence of trace level of antibiotics in human body. The results showed that the risk of E. coli infection through consumption of tomatoes irrigated with RWW is within the WHO and USEPA recommended risk threshold (<10-4); Pseudomonas aeruginosa eye-infection risk is at or below the acceptable risk level. The presence of residual antibiotic in human body reduced the overall risk probabilities of infections but selectively enhanced the survival of ARB in comparison to their susceptible counterparts, which resulted in antibiotic untreatable infection. Therefore, the outcomes of this study call for a new risk threshold for antibiotic untreatable infections and highlight the key importance of adopting work safety measures for better human health protection.
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- Samira Nahim-Granados
- CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería, Ctra. Senés km 4, Tabernas, Almería 04200, Spain; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2175, USA; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, Almería 04120, Spain.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2175, USA
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- CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería, Ctra. Senés km 4, Tabernas, Almería 04200, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, Almería 04120, Spain
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- CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería, Ctra. Senés km 4, Tabernas, Almería 04200, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, Almería 04120, Spain
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- CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería, Ctra. Senés km 4, Tabernas, Almería 04200, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, Almería 04120, Spain
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2175, USA.
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Berruti I, Nahim-Granados S, Abeledo-Lameiro MJ, Oller I, Polo-López MI. Peroxymonosulfate/solar process for urban wastewater purification at a pilot plant scale: A techno-economic assessment. Sci Total Environ 2023; 881:163407. [PMID: 37044331 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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The safe reuse of reclaimed water for agricultural irrigation has been considered as an alternative, feasible and sustainable option to address water scarcity. This work aims to validate the capability of the solar water photochemical process based on the synergistic effect between peroxymonosulfate (PMS) and natural solar radiation of for actual urban wastewater (UWW) purification at a pilot plant scale using a solar Compound Parabolic Collector photo-reactor. The PMS/Solar process performance was assessed by monitoring simultaneously the inactivation of naturally occurring bacteria (Escherichia coli, Total coliforms, Enterococcus spp. and Pseudomonas spp.) as a potential tertiary treatment to fit the minimum bacterial requirements for UWW purification but also additional waste challenges have been in deep analysed simultaneously. In this regard, a global analysis including the degradation of three Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) (Diclofenac-DCF, Sulfamethoxazole-SMX and Trimethoprim-TMP), the removal of antibiotic resistant elements, the residual toxicity and the treatment cost has been analysed. Different PMS concentrations (0-1 mM) were tested and an enhancement in the process performance was obtained with increasing oxidant load, obtaining the best results with 1 mM of PMS, at which detection limit (DL) of 2 CFU/mL was reached for all microbial targets after 15 min (1.1 kJ/L of accumulated solar UV-A radiation (QUV)) and 80 % of CECs removal was reached after 27 min (2.0 kJ/L of QUV) of solar treatment time. Inactivation of naturally occurring antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and removal of 16S rRNA and selected antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) (i.e., intI1, sul1, qnrS, blaTEM, blaCTX-M32, tetM) were also investigated. ARB was successfully inactivated to values below the DL, but the process was not able to completely remove ARGs. A total reduction of intI1 (30 %), 16S rRNA (19 %), sul1 (14 %), blaCTX-M32 (12 %), qnrS (10 %), blaTEM (8 %), and tetM (7 %), was obtained after 120 min (11.5 kJ/L of QUV). An absence of an eco and phytotoxic effect of treated samples was observed towards Aliivibrio fischeri and three seeds, respectively. Finally, an estimated treatment cost of 0.96 €/m3 for the simultaneous UWW disinfection and decontamination demonstrates the promising capability of this solar treatment for UWW reclamation and reuse in agriculture, especially in areas with a high solar radiation incidence.
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- Ilaria Berruti
- CIEMAT-PSA, Carretera de Senés Km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- CIEMAT-PSA, Carretera de Senés Km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- CIEMAT-PSA, Carretera de Senés Km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- CIEMAT-PSA, Carretera de Senés Km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- CIEMAT-PSA, Carretera de Senés Km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain.
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Berruti I, Nahim-Granados S, Abeledo-Lameiro MJ, Oller I, Polo-López MI. Recent advances in solar photochemical processes for water and wastewater disinfection. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceja.2022.100248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Maniakova G, Salmerón I, Nahim-Granados S, Malato S, Oller I, Rizzo L, Polo-López MI. Sunlight advanced oxidation processes vs ozonation for wastewater disinfection and safe reclamation. Sci Total Environ 2021; 787:147531. [PMID: 33991917 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Solar processes (sunlight/H2O2, solar photo-Fenton with EDDS at neutral pH) were compared to a consolidated technology (ozonation) in the inactivation of target bacteria (E. coli, Salmonella spp. and Enterococcus spp.) under realistic conditions (real secondary treated urban wastewater (WW), pilot scale reactors, natural sunlight) to evaluate their possible industrial application. The highest bacteria inactivation rate (all the target pathogens were inactivated below the detection limit (DL) (100 CFU/100 mL) within 45 min treatment) was observed for ozonation (83 mgO3/L h). Similar inactivation behavior for all bacteria was observed for sunlight/H2O2 (50 mg/L) and solar photo-Fenton (SPF) with EDDS (1:1 molar ratio, 0.1 mM of Fe and 50 mg/L of H2O2). Although the DL was not reached, faster inactivation kinetics (0.007, 0.013 and 0.002 1/min for E. coli, Salmonella spp. and Enterococcus spp., respectively) and lower bacterial concentration after a 180 min treatment were observed for sunlight/H2O2 process compared to SPF (0.005, 0.01 1/min and no inactivation, respectively), Enterococcus spp. being the higher resistance microorganism. The negative effect of carbonates on disinfection performance was also evaluated. Quantitative microbial risk assessment for the ingestion of lettuce irrigated with untreated and treated WW was estimated. Disinfection by ozonation and sunlight/H2O2 processes were found to drastically decrease the associated microbiological risk (the mean risk of illness decreased from 0.10 (untreated) to 1.35 × 10-4 (treated) for E. coli and from 0.03 to 2.21 × 10-6 for Salmonella).
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- Gulnara Maniakova
- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT, Ctra. Senés km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT, Ctra. Senés km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT, Ctra. Senés km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT, Ctra. Senés km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy.
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Nahim-Granados S, Martínez-Piernas AB, Rivas-Ibáñez G, Plaza-Bolaños P, Oller I, Malato S, Pérez JAS, Agüera A, Polo-López MI. Solar processes and ozonation for fresh-cut wastewater reclamation and reuse: Assessment of chemical, microbiological and chlorosis risks of raw-eaten crops. Water Res 2021; 203:117532. [PMID: 34419922 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this study, a full cycle of agricultural reuse of agro-food wastewater (synthetic fresh-cut wastewater, SFCWW) at pilot plant scale has been investigated. Treated SFCWW by ozonation and two solar processes (H2O2/solar, Fe3+-EDDHA/H2O2/solar) was used to irrigate two raw-eaten crops (lettuce and radish) grown in peat. Two foodborne pathogens (E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enteritidis) and five organic microcontaminants (OMCs: atrazine, azoxystrobin, buprofezin, procymidone and terbutryn) were monitored along the whole process. The three studied processes showed a high treatment capability (reaching microbial loads < 7 CFU/100 mL and 21-90 % of OMC reduction), robustness (based on 7 or 10 analysed batches for each treatment process) and high suitability for subsequent treated SFCWW safe reuse: non-phytotoxic towards Lactuca sativa and no bacterial regrowth during its storage for a week. The analysis of the harvested crop samples irrigated with treated SFCWW in all the studied processes showed an absence of microbial contamination (< limit of detection, LOD; i.e., < 1 CFU/99 g of lettuce and < 1 CFU/8 g of radish), a significant reduction of OMC uptake (in the range 40-60 % and > 90 % for solar treated and ozonated SFCWW, respectively) and bioaccumulation in both crops in comparison with the results obtained with untreated SFCWW. Moreover, the chlorophyll content in the harvested lettuces irrigated with SFCWW treated by Fe3+-EDDHA/H2O2/solar was twice than that irrigated with SFCWW treated by H2O2/solar and ozone, indicating the additional advantage of using Fe3+-EDDHA as an iron source to reduce the risk of iron chlorosis in crops. Finally, the chemical (dietary risk assessment for the combined exposure of the 5 OMCs) and quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA) of the harvested crops showed the capability of the studied processes to reduce the risk associated with untreated SFCWW reuse by more than 50 % and more than 4 orders of magnitude, respectively.
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- Samira Nahim-Granados
- Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT, P.O. Box 22, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain; Department of Chemistry and Physics, Analytical Chemistry Area. University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT, P.O. Box 22, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain; Department of Chemistry and Physics, Analytical Chemistry Area. University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT, P.O. Box 22, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT, P.O. Box 22, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain; Department of Chemistry and Physics, Analytical Chemistry Area. University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT, P.O. Box 22, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain.
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Marano RBM, Fernandes T, Manaia CM, Nunes O, Morrison D, Berendonk TU, Kreuzinger N, Tenson T, Corno G, Fatta-Kassinos D, Merlin C, Topp E, Jurkevitch E, Henn L, Scott A, Heß S, Slipko K, Laht M, Kisand V, Di Cesare A, Karaolia P, Michael SG, Petre AL, Rosal R, Pruden A, Riquelme V, Agüera A, Esteban B, Luczkiewicz A, Kalinowska A, Leonard A, Gaze WH, Adegoke AA, Stenstrom TA, Pollice A, Salerno C, Schwermer CU, Krzeminski P, Guilloteau H, Donner E, Drigo B, Libralato G, Guida M, Bürgmann H, Beck K, Garelick H, Tacão M, Henriques I, Martínez-Alcalá I, Guillén-Navarro JM, Popowska M, Piotrowska M, Quintela-Baluja M, Bunce JT, Polo-López MI, Nahim-Granados S, Pons MN, Milakovic M, Udikovic-Kolic N, Ory J, Ousmane T, Caballero P, Oliver A, Rodriguez-Mozaz S, Balcazar JL, Jäger T, Schwartz T, Yang Y, Zou S, Lee Y, Yoon Y, Herzog B, Mayrhofer H, Prakash O, Nimonkar Y, Heath E, Baraniak A, Abreu-Silva J, Choudhury M, Munoz LP, Krizanovic S, Brunetti G, Maile-Moskowitz A, Brown C, Cytryn E. A global multinational survey of cefotaxime-resistant coliforms in urban wastewater treatment plants. Environ Int 2020; 144:106035. [PMID: 32835921 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Revised: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The World Health Organization Global Action Plan recommends integrated surveillance programs as crucial strategies for monitoring antibiotic resistance. Although several national surveillance programs are in place for clinical and veterinary settings, no such schemes exist for monitoring antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the environment. In this transnational study, we developed, validated, and tested a low-cost surveillance and easy to implement approach to evaluate antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) by targeting cefotaxime-resistant (CTX-R) coliforms as indicators. The rationale for this approach was: i) coliform quantification methods are internationally accepted as indicators of fecal contamination in recreational waters and are therefore routinely applied in analytical labs; ii) CTX-R coliforms are clinically relevant, associated with extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), and are rare in pristine environments. We analyzed 57 WWTPs in 22 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America. CTX-R coliforms were ubiquitous in raw sewage and their relative abundance varied significantly (<0.1% to 38.3%), being positively correlated (p < 0.001) with regional atmospheric temperatures. Although most WWTPs removed large proportions of CTX-R coliforms, loads over 103 colony-forming units per mL were occasionally observed in final effluents. We demonstrate that CTX-R coliform monitoring is a feasible and affordable approach to assess wastewater antibiotic resistance status.
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- Roberto B M Marano
- Department of Agroecology and Plant Health, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel; Department of Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition and Microbiology, Institute of Soil Water and Environmental Sciences, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon Lezion, Israel
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua Arquiteto Lobão Vital, 172, 4200-374 Porto, Portugal
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua Arquiteto Lobão Vital, 172, 4200-374 Porto, Portugal
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- LEPABE, Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- School Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, EH11 4BN, UK
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- Vienna University of Technology, Institute for Water Quality and Resources Management, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Estonia
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- CNR-IRSA Molecular Ecology Group, Largo Tonolli 50, 28922 Verbania, Italy
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and Nireas International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, CY-1678 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre (ON), Canada; Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Agroecology and Plant Health, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- School Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, EH11 4BN, UK
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre (ON), Canada
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Institute of Microbiology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Vienna University of Technology, Institute for Water Quality and Resources Management, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Estonia; Estonian Environmental Research Centre, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Estonia
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- CNR-IRSA Molecular Ecology Group, Largo Tonolli 50, 28922 Verbania, Italy
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and Nireas International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, CY-1678 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and Nireas International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, CY-1678 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Solar Energy Research Centre (CIESOL), Joint Centre University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Solar Energy Research Centre (CIESOL), Joint Centre University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, G. Narutowicza 11/12 street, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, G. Narutowicza 11/12 street, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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- University of Exeter Medical School, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn campus, TR10 9FE, UK
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- University of Exeter Medical School, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn campus, TR10 9FE, UK
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- Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban South Africa; Department of Microbiology, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria
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- Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban South Africa
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Gaustadalléen 21, N-0349 Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Gaustadalléen 21, N-0349 Oslo, Norway
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia 21, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia 21, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University, London NW4 4BT, UK
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- CESAM and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Portugal
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- CESAM and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Av. de los Jerónimos, 135, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Av. de los Jerónimos, 135, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain
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- Institute of Microbiology, Department of Applied Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Department of Applied Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Solar Energy Research Centre (CIESOL), Joint Centre University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain; Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT, P.O. Box 22, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain
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- Solar Energy Research Centre (CIESOL), Joint Centre University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain; Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT, P.O. Box 22, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain
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- Laboratoire "Microorganisme: Génome et Environnement", Université Clermont Auvergne, BP 10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France; CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, F-63170 Campus Universitaire des Cézeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Service d'hygiène hospitalière, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Laboratoire "Microorganisme: Génome et Environnement", Université Clermont Auvergne, BP 10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France; CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, F-63170 Campus Universitaire des Cézeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Service d'hygiène hospitalière, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Laboratori EMATSA, Ctra Valls Km 3, 43130 Tarragona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), 17003 Girona, Spain
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- Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
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- Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
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- Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
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- National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR), National Centre for Cell Science, Pune 411007, India
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- National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR), National Centre for Cell Science, Pune 411007, India
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- Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- National Medicines Institute, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Chelmska 30/34, 00-725 Warsaw, Poland
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua Arquiteto Lobão Vital, 172, 4200-374 Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University, London NW4 4BT, UK
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University, London NW4 4BT, UK
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition and Microbiology, Institute of Soil Water and Environmental Sciences, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon Lezion, Israel.
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Nahim-Granados S, Rivas-Ibáñez G, Antonio Sánchez Pérez J, Oller I, Malato S, Polo-López MI. Synthetic fresh-cut wastewater disinfection and decontamination by ozonation at pilot scale. Water Res 2020; 170:115304. [PMID: 31786392 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this research, the capability of ozonation and peroxone treatment for the simultaneous disinfection and decontamination of wash water from the fresh-cut industry has been investigated at pilot plant scale (10 L). The removal efficiency of six organic microcontaminants (OMCs) (four of them priority substances) and the inactivation of two foodborne pathogens (Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enteritidis) in synthetic fresh-cut wastewater (SFCWW) has been assessed. Ozonation and peroxone (O3 with 20 mgL-1 of H2O2) process has been investigated under several operational conditions: natural SFCWW pH (6.25) and basic pH (11), and two different initial ozone production (0.09 and 0.15 gO3 L-1 h-1). Results showed that the highest efficiency for OMCs removal (85%) and pathogen inactivation (>5-Log) were obtained with ozonation treatment at natural pH. OMCs degradation was obtained after 120 min of treatment with an ozone dose of 27.4 mgO3 L-1. First order kinetic constant of each OMC degradation was obtained, and two clear different groups have been identify based on their degradation profiles, which have been correlated with their chemical structure. G1-OMC [terbutryn > buprofezin > azoxystrobin] > G2-OMC [imidacloprid > simazine > thiamethoxam]. As for bacterial inactivation, up to 10 min of treatment time and an ozone dose of <8.6 mgO3 L-1 were required to reach the detection limit (2 CFU mL-1), showing E. coli O157:H7 a higher susceptibility to be inactivated (k: 2.79 min-1) than S. enteritidis (k: 1.47 min-1). Moreover, from the techno-economical and toxicological assessment of the treated water with the best operational condition, can be highlighted: i) a slight acute toxicity for V. fischeri (47 ± 2.3% of luminescence inhibition), ii) an acute toxicity for Daphnia magna (100% of immobilization) and iii) a total cost of the treatment of 1.16 € m-3.
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- Samira Nahim-Granados
- Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT, P.O. Box 22, 04200, Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120, Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT, P.O. Box 22, 04200, Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120, Almería, Spain
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- CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120, Almería, Spain; Chemical Engineering Department, University of Almería, 04120, Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT, P.O. Box 22, 04200, Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120, Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT, P.O. Box 22, 04200, Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120, Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería - CIEMAT, P.O. Box 22, 04200, Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120, Almería, Spain.
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Aguas Y, Hincapie M, Martínez-Piernas AB, Agüera A, Fernández-Ibáñez P, Nahim-Granados S, Polo-López MI. Reclamation of Real Urban Wastewater Using Solar Advanced Oxidation Processes: An Assessment of Microbial Pathogens and 74 Organic Microcontaminants Uptake in Lettuce and Radish. Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53:9705-9714. [PMID: 31392889 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b00748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this study, disinfection of urban wastewater (UWW) with two solar processes (H2O2 -20 mg/L and photo-Fenton 10 mg/L-Fe2+/20 mg/L-H2O2 at natural water pH) at pilot scale using a 60 L compound parabolic collector reactor for irrigation of two raw-eaten vegetables (lettuce and radish) has been investigated. Several microbial targets (total coliforms, Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., and Enterococcus spp.) naturally occurring in UWW and 74 organic microcontaminants (OMCs) were monitored. Disinfection results showed no significant differences between both processes, showing the following inactivation resistance order: Salmonella spp. < E. coli < total coliforms < Enterococcus spp. Reductions of target microorganisms to concentrations below the limit of detection (LOD) was achieved in all cases with cumulative solar UV energy per volume (QUV) ranged from 12 to 40 kJ/L (90 min to 5 h). Solar photo-Fenton showed a reduction of 66% of OMCs and solar/H2O2 of 56% in 5 h treatment. Irrigation of radish and lettuce with solar treated effluents, secondary effluents, and mineral water was performed for 6 and 16 weeks, respectively. The presence of bacteria was monitored in surfaces and uptake of leaves, fruit, and also in soil. The bacterial concentrations detected were below the LOD in the 81.2% (lettuce) and the 87.5% (radish) of the total number of samples evaluated. Moreover, uptake of OMCs was reduced above 70% in crops irrigated with solar treated effluents in comparison with secondary effluents of UWW.
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- Yelitza Aguas
- Universidad de Sucre , School of Engineering . Cra 28 No 5-268 Sincelejo 700001 , Colombia
- Universidad de Medellín , School of Engineering . Cra 87 No 30-65 Medellín 050026 , Colombia
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- Universidad de Medellín , School of Engineering . Cra 87 No 30-65 Medellín 050026 , Colombia
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- CIESOL , Joint Centre University of Almería-CIEMAT , Almería , Spain
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- Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre, School of Engineering , University of Ulster , Newtownabbey , BT37 0QB , Northern Ireland
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- CIESOL , Joint Centre University of Almería-CIEMAT , Almería , Spain
- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT , Carretera Senés km 4 , 04200 Tabernas, Almería , Spain
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- CIESOL , Joint Centre University of Almería-CIEMAT , Almería , Spain
- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT , Carretera Senés km 4 , 04200 Tabernas, Almería , Spain
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Martínez-Piernas AB, Nahim-Granados S, Polo-López MI, Fernández-Ibáñez P, Murgolo S, Mascolo G, Agüera A. Identification of transformation products of carbamazepine in lettuce crops irrigated with Ultraviolet-C treated water. Environ Pollut 2019; 247:1009-1019. [PMID: 30823329 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Transformation of organic microcontaminants (OMCs) during wastewater treatments results in the generation of transformation products (TPs), which can be more persistent than parent compounds. Due to reuse of reclaimed wastewater (RWW) for crop irrigation, OMCs and TPs are released in soils being capable to translocate to crops. Furthermore, OMCs are also susceptible to transformation once they reach the soil or crops. The recalcitrant antiepileptic carbamazepine (CBZ) and some of its frequently reported TPs have been found in agricultural systems. However, there is no knowledge about the fate in reuse practices of multiple CBZ TPs that can be formed during wastewater treatment processes. For the first time, this work presents a study of the behavior of CBZ TPs generated after a conventional Ultraviolet-C (UVC) treatment in an agricultural environment. The UVC-treated water was used for the irrigation of lettuces grown under controlled conditions. The latter was compared to the fate of TPs generated in the peat and plant by irrigation with non-treated water containing CBZ. A suspect screening strategy was developed to identify the TPs using liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-time-of-flight (LC-QTOF-MS). The results revealed the presence of 24 TPs, 22 in UVC-treated water, 11 in peat and 9 in lettuce leaves. 4 of the TPs identified in peat (iminostilbene, TP 271B, TP 285A-B); and 3 in leaves (10-11 dihydrocarbamazepine, TP 271A-B) were not previously reported in soils or edible parts of crops, respectively. Comparing the TPs found in peat and lettuces derived from both irrigation conditions, no significant differences regarding TPs formation or occurrence were observed. UVC treatment did not contribute to the formation of different TPs than those generated by transformation or metabolism of CBZ in peat or plant material. This research improves the current knowledge on the fate of CBZ TPs in agricultural systems because of reuse practices.
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- A B Martínez-Piernas
- CIESOL, Joint Centre University of Almeria-CIEMAT, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, E-04120, Almeria, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT, Carretera Senés Km 4, 04200, Tabernas, Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT, Carretera Senés Km 4, 04200, Tabernas, Almería, Spain
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- Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre, School of Engineering, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- CNR, Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque, Via F. de Blasio 5, 70132, Bari, Italy
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- CNR, Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque, Via F. de Blasio 5, 70132, Bari, Italy
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- CIESOL, Joint Centre University of Almeria-CIEMAT, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, E-04120, Almeria, Spain.
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Rizzo L, Agovino T, Nahim-Granados S, Castro-Alférez M, Fernández-Ibáñez P, Polo-López MI. Tertiary treatment of urban wastewater by solar and UV-C driven advanced oxidation with peracetic acid: Effect on contaminants of emerging concern and antibiotic resistance. Water Res 2019; 149:272-281. [PMID: 30465985 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Revised: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Photo-driven advanced oxidation process (AOP) with peracetic acid (PAA) has been poorly investigated in water and wastewater treatment so far. In the present work its possible use as tertiary treatment of urban wastewater to effectively minimize the release into the environment of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and antibiotic-resistant bacteria was investigated. Different initial PAA concentrations, two light sources (sunlight and UV-C) and two different water matrices (groundwater (GW) and wastewater (WW)) were studied. Low PAA doses were found to be effective in the inactivation of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli (AR E. coli) in GW, with the UV-C process being faster (limit of detection (LOD) achieved for a cumulative energy (QUV) of 0.3 kJL-1 with 0.2 mg PAA L-1) than solar driven one (LOD achieved at QUV = 4.4 kJL-1 with 0.2 mg PAA L-1). Really fast inactivation rates of indigenous AR E. coli were also observed in WW. Higher QUV and PAA initial doses were necessary to effectively remove the three target CECs (carbamazepine (CBZ), diclofenac and sulfamethoxazole), with CBZ being the more refractory one. In conclusion, photo-driven AOP with PAA can be effectively used as tertiary treatment of urban wastewater but initial PAA dose should be optimized to find the best compromise between target bacteria inactivation and CECs removal as well as to prevent scavenging effect of PAA on hydroxyl radicals because of high PAA concentration.
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- Luigi Rizzo
- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almeria, P.O. Box 22, Tabernas, Almería, Spain; Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre, School of Engineering, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Polo-López MI, Castro-Alférez M, Nahim-Granados S, Malato S, Fernández-Ibáñez P. Legionella jordanis inactivation in water by solar driven processes: EMA-qPCR versus culture-based analyses for new mechanistic insights. Catal Today 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2016.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Scalambra F, Serrano-Ruiz M, Nahim-Granados S, Romerosa A. Ruthenium Complexes Containing 2,2′-Bipyridine and 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane. Eur J Inorg Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201501357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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