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de Souza Pereira W, Kelecom A, Lopes JM, do Carmo AS, Padilha Filho LG, Campelo ELC, Potenciano NREP, Schenberg ACG, da Silva LF, da Silva AX. Environmental impact assessment due to the intake of uranium contained in surface waters in a semi-arid region in Brazil. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2024; 31:27085-27098. [PMID: 38503952 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-32671-w] [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: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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In Santa Quitéria City, part of the population uses surface water for potation. These waters do not undergo any treatment before consumption. As the region has a deposit of uranium, assessing water quality becomes important. In the present study, the uranium activity concentration (AC) in becquerels per liter was determined in water samples from six points. Univariate statistics showed differences between the soluble and the particulate fraction (soluble AC > particulate AC). The particulate fraction showed no variation in AC among the six points. On the other hand, the soluble fraction and the total fraction presented different ACs between them. The multivariate statistics allowed to separate the soluble from the particulate fraction of the points. The same tools applied to the total fraction made it possible to differentiate the sampling points, grouping them ((#1, #2); (#3, #4), and (#5, #6)). The maximum mean value of AC found was 0.177 Bq∙L-1, corresponding to 25% of the chemical toxicity limit (0.72 Bq∙L-1). The maximum mean dose rate, 2.25 µSv∙year-1, is lower than the considered negligible dose rate (> 10 µSv∙year-1). The excess lifetime cancer risk was 10-6, two orders of magnitude smaller than the threshold considered for taking action. The assessment parameters used in this work indicate that the risk due to the uranium intake by the local population is negligible.
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- Wagner de Souza Pereira
- Programa de Engenharia Nuclear, Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, 21941-914, Brazil.
- Indústrias Nucleares Do Brasil S/A - INB, 27.555-000, Resende, RJ, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF, 24.001-970, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física da Terra E Do Meio Ambiente, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, 40170-290, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Geoquímica (POSPETRO), Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, Salvador, 40.170-110, Brazil
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- Coordenação de Matéria Condensada, Física Aplicada E Nanociência - Setor de Criogenia, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), 22.290-180, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Escola de Química, Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Engenharia Nuclear, Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, 21941-914, Brazil
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Campostrini L, Proksch P, Jakwerth S, Farnleitner AH, Kirschner AKT. Introducing bacterial community turnover times to elucidate temporal and spatial hotspots of biological instability in a large Austrian drinking water distribution network. Water Res 2024; 252:121188. [PMID: 38324987 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121188] [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: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Ensuring biological stability in drinking water distribution systems (DWDSs) is important to reduce the risk of aesthetic, operational and hygienic impairments of the distributed water. Drinking water after treatment often changes in quality during transport due to interactions with pipe-associated biofilms, temperature increases and disinfectant residual decay leading to potential biological instability. To comprehensively assess the potential for biological instability in a large chlorinated DWDS, a tool-box of bacterial biomass and activity parameters was applied, introducing bacterial community turnover times (BaCTT) as a direct, sensitive and easy-to-interpret quantitative parameter based on the combination of 3H-leucine incorporation with bacterial biomass. Using BaCTT, hotspots and periods of bacterial growth and potential biological instability could be identified in the DWDS that is fed by water with high bacterial growth potential. A de-coupling of biomass from activity parameters was observed, suggesting that bacterial biomass parameters depict seasonally fluctuating raw water quality rather than processes related to biological stability of the finished water in the DWDS. BaCTT, on the other hand, were significantly correlated to water age, disinfectant residual, temperature and a seasonal factor, indicating a higher potential of biological instability at more distant sampling sites and later in the year. As demonstrated, BaCTT is suggested as a novel, sensitive and very useful parameter for assessing the biological instability potential. However, additional studies in other DWDSs are needed to investigate the general applicability of BaCTT depending on water source, applied treatment processes, biofilm growth potential on different pipe materials, or size, age and complexity of the DWDS.
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- Lena Campostrini
- Medical University of Vienna, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology - Water Microbiology, Kinderspitalgasse 15, Vienna A-1090, Austria; Interuniversity Cooperation Centre Water & Health, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control, Muthgasse 18, Vienna A-1190, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology - Water Microbiology, Kinderspitalgasse 15, Vienna A-1090, Austria; Interuniversity Cooperation Centre Water & Health, Austria
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- Interuniversity Cooperation Centre Water & Health, Austria; Division Water Quality and Health, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Dr. Karl Dorrek-Straße 30, Krems A-3500, Austria; Technische Universität Wien, Institute for Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Research Group Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics 166/5/3, Gumpendorferstraße 1, Vienna A-1060, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology - Water Microbiology, Kinderspitalgasse 15, Vienna A-1090, Austria; Interuniversity Cooperation Centre Water & Health, Austria; Division Water Quality and Health, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Dr. Karl Dorrek-Straße 30, Krems A-3500, Austria.
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Ra K, Proctor C, Ley C, Angert D, Noh Y, Odimayomi T, Whelton AJ. Four buildings and a flush: Lessons from degraded water quality and recommendations on building water management. Environ Sci Ecotechnol 2024; 18:100314. [PMID: 37854462 PMCID: PMC10579424 DOI: 10.1016/j.ese.2023.100314] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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A reduction in building occupancy can lead to stagnant water in plumbing, and the potential consequences for water quality have gained increasing attention. To investigate this, a study was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on water quality in four institutional buildings. Two of these buildings were old (>58 years) and large (>19,000 m2), while the other two were new (>13 years) and small (<11,000 m2). The study revealed significant decreases in water usage in the small buildings, whereas usage remained unchanged in the large buildings. Initial analysis found that residual chlorine was rarely detectable in cold/drinking water samples. Furthermore, the pH, dissolved oxygen, total organic carbon, and total cell count levels in the first draw of cold water samples were similar across all buildings. However, the ranges of heavy metal concentrations in large buildings were greater than observed in small buildings. Copper (Cu), lead (Pb), and manganese (Mn) sporadically exceeded drinking water limits at cold water fixtures, with maximum concentrations of 2.7 mg Cu L-1, 45.4 μg Pb L-1, 1.9 mg Mn L-1. Flushing the plumbing for 5 min resulted in detectable residual at fixtures in three buildings, but even after 125 min of flushing in largest and oldest building, no residual chlorine was detected at the fixture closest to the building's point of entry. During the pandemic, the building owner conducted fixture flushing, where one to a few fixtures were operated per visit in buildings with hundreds of fixtures and multiple floors. However, further research is needed to understand the fundamental processes that control faucet water quality from the service line to the faucet. In the absence of this knowledge, building owners should create and use as-built drawings to develop flushing plans and conduct periodic water testing.
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- Kyungyeon Ra
- Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado, 1111 Engineering Drive, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
- Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas, 301E E Dean Keeton Street, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 750 Drillfield Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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- Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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Pan F, Zhu S, Shang L, Wang P, Liu L, Liu J. Assessment of drinking water quality and health risk using water quality index and multiple computational models: a case study of Yangtze River in suburban areas of Wuhan, central China, from 2016 to 2021. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2024; 31:22736-22758. [PMID: 38413522 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-32187-3] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Water quality, increasingly recognized for its significant impact on health, is garnering heightened attention. Previous studies were limited by the number of water quality indicators and the duration of analysis. This study assessed the drinking water quality and its associated health risk in suburban areas of Wuhan, a city in central China, from 2016 to 2021. We collected 368 finished water samples and 1090 tap water samples and tested these for 37 different indicators. The water quality was evaluated using the water quality index, with trends over time analyzed via the Mann-Kendall test. Furthermore, an artificial neural network model was employed for future water quality prediction. Our findings indicated that the water quality in rural Wuhan was generally good and had an improvement from 2016 to 2021. The qualification and excellent rates were 98.91% and 86.81% for finished water, and 97.89% and 78.07% for tap water, respectively. The drinking water quality was predicted to maintain satisfactory in 2022 and 2023. Additionally, principal component analysis revealed that the primary sanitary issues in the water were poor sensory properties, elevated metal contents, high levels of dissolved solids, and microbial contamination. These issues were likely attributable to domestic and industrial waste discharge and aging water pipelines. The health risks associated with the long-term consumption of this water have been steadily decreasing over the years, underscoring the effectiveness of Wuhan's ongoing water management efforts.
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- Feng Pan
- Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan, Hubei, 430024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, People's Republic of China
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- Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan, Hubei, 430024, People's Republic of China
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- Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan, Hubei, 430024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, People's Republic of China
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- Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan, Hubei, 430024, People's Republic of China.
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Wang Z, Zhan A, Tao Y, Jian Y, Yao Y. Sustainable governance of drinking water conservation areas based on adaptive thresholds. J Environ Manage 2024; 351:119605. [PMID: 38048708 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119605] [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: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
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Drinking water quality is integral to the Sustainable Development Goals framework. At the present, China's drinking water conservation faces a number of challenges that are partially brought on by strict conservation measures that don't fully take into account human-land conflict and sustainable development. Taking the idea of adaptive governance, this study seeks to identify adaptive thresholds and adaptive solutions for compatible drinking water conservation and local development. Pressure and resistance to drinking water quality in its status, future potential, and adaptive thresholds were explored to identify sustainable governance for the Baimei Conservation Area, Fujian Province. Field research, local governance forums, and the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model were utilized to explore the drinking water quality pressure and resistance to drinking water quality. In order to uncover potential future changes in pressure and resistance, suitability analyses and multi-scenario simulations were used to examine the status quo, pressure, and resistance scenarios. Adaptive thresholds were then identified through SWAT modeling of each scenario to guarantee the drinking water quality is greater than Class II in the Core Conservation Area and Class Ⅲ in 2nd-grade Conservation Area, respectively. The research finds that construction land development and farming are the key pressures on drinking water quality, and forests and wetlands are the primary resistances. The expansion of construction lands and the increased wetlands was centered on potential future scenarios because farming has no room for growth and forests are already heavily covered. The adaptive threshold of construction land expansion is identified to be 10% without new wetlands but can be 20% by adding 10% wetlands in subbasins, 5, 8, and 9. This study confirms the potential of adaptive sustainability for drinking water conservation areas. A similar analysis procedure can also be adapted to enhance adaptive governance for the sustainability of other conservation areas nationally and globally.
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- Zhifang Wang
- College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Peking University, Beijing, PR China
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- College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Peking University, Beijing, PR China
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- Institute of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, Peking University, Beijing, PR China; Beijing Key Lab of Spatial Information Integration and Its Applications, Peking University, Beijing, PR China
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- College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Peking University, Beijing, PR China.
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- Satellite Environment Center, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing, PR China
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Han X, Tang F, Liu AL. Drinking water quality evaluation in supply systems in Wuhan, China: application of entropy weight water quality index and multivariate statistical analysis. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2024; 31:280-292. [PMID: 38012497 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31212-1] [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: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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In this study, source water, finished water, and tap water were sampled monthly from two large drinking water treatment plants in Wuhan city, China for 12 months where physicochemical and microbiological parameters were measured, and the complex monitoring data was analyzed using single-factor assessment method, entropy weight water quality index (EWQI), and multivariate statistical techniques (i.e., cluster analysis (CA), discriminant analysis, and correlation analysis). The results of the single-factor assessment method showed that the total nitrogen pollution was the main problem in the source water quality, and the finished and tap water met the required quality standards. The EWQI values indicated that the overall quality of the source, finished, and tap water samples was "Excellent." In addition, strengthening monitoring of parameters with high entropy weights, including Pb, Hg, sulfide, Cr in surface water and Hg, aerobic bateria count, and As in drinking water, were suggested, as they were prone to drastic changes. Spatial CA grouped the finished and tap water samples from the same plant into a cluster. Temporal CA grouped 12 sampling times of source water into Cluster 1 (June), Cluster 2 (April-May, and July-November), and Cluster 3 (December-March). Concerning finished and tap water, except the October was regrouped, the result of temporal CA was consistent to that of the source water. Based on similar characteristics of water samples, monitoring sites and frequency can be optimized. Moreover, stepwise discriminant analysis indicated that the spatiotemporal variations in water quality among CA-groups were enough to be explained by four or five parameters, which provided a basis for the selection of monitoring parameters. The results of correlation analysis showed that few pairwise correlations were both significant (P < 0.05) and stable across sampling sites, suggesting that the number of monitoring parameters was difficult to reduce through substitution. In summary, this study illustrates the usefulness of EWQI and the multivariate statistical techniques in the water quality assessment and monitoring strategy optimization.
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- Xue Han
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
- School of Medicine, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
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Benítez-Cano D, González-Marín P, Gómez-Gutiérrez A, Marí-Dell'Olmo M, Oliveras L. Association of drought conditions and heavy rainfalls with the quality of drinking water in Barcelona (2010-2022). J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 2024; 34:175-183. [PMID: 38030824 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00611-4] [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: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Climate change influences the incidence and scope of climate extreme events that affect communities and the environment around the world. In an urban context such as Barcelona, these climate extremes can have a negative impact on drinking water quality. The worsening of drinking water quality can have important repercussions on human health, leading to the appearance of different diseases. OBJECTIVE Investigate the association between climate extremes, in particular heavy rainfall events and drought conditions, and the drinking water quality in the city of Barcelona from 2010 to 2022. METHODS We conducted a daily retrospective time-series study using data covering 13 years of daily monitoring of conductivity, nickel, turbidity and trihalomethanes parameters of raw water in the Llobregat River catchment area and treated water in the Drinking Water Treatment Plant (DWTP) Sant Joan Despí. We used river flow as a proxy for drought conditions and heavy rainfall events. We analyzed short-term associations between river flow rate and quality parameters in raw and treated water using generalized linear regression with distributed lag-non-linear models (DLNM). RESULTS A low flow, as an indicator of drought condition or low rainfall, was significantly associated with an increase in conductivity in raw water and nickel in both raw and treated water. A high flow, as an indicator of heavy rainfall events, was significantly associated with an increase of turbidity in raw water, and a decrease in all other quality parameters. IMPACT STATEMENT This study provides novel evidence that climate extremes have an impact on the quality of drinking water in urban areas with a Mediterranean climate. The findings of this study are significant because they suggest that as the frequency and intensity of climate extremes increase due to climate change, there will be further challenges in managing and treating drinking water, which could have a detrimental effect on public health. This study serves as an important reminder of the need to strengthen and accelerate adaptation actions in water management to ensure an adequate supply of drinking water that protects the people's health.
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- Daniela Benítez-Cano
- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Lesseps 1, 08023, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Lesseps 1, 08023, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Sant Quintí 77, 08041, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Lesseps 1, 08023, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Sant Quintí 77, 08041, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Lesseps 1, 08023, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Sant Quintí 77, 08041, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Lesseps 1, 08023, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Sant Quintí 77, 08041, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Moazeni M, Ebrahimpour K, Mohammadi F, Heidari Z, Ebrahimi A. Human health risk assessment of Triclosan in water: spatial analysis of a drinking water system. Environ Monit Assess 2023; 195:1171. [PMID: 37682384 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11789-3] [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: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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Triclosan (TCS) has been increased in the water during the COVID-19 pandemic because it cannot remove by conventional water treatment. In addition, it can accumulate in the human body over time through long-term exposure. Therefore, the occurrence of TCS in the water treatment plant (WTP) and tap water, and its human health risk assessment through tap water ingestion, dermal absorption, and inhalation routes in Isfahan, Iran, were investigated. Moreover, spatial regression methods were used for the prediction of water quality parameters, TCS concentration, and total hazard quotient (HQ). The average TCS concentration in the influent and effluent of WTP and tap water was 1.6, 1.4, and 0.4 μg/L, respectively. Conventional WTP has low efficiency in the removal of TCS (12.6%) from water. The average values of total HQ for males were 7.79×10-5, 4.97×10-4, and 4.97×10-5 and for females were 3.31×10-5, 2.11×10-4, and 2.11×10-5 based on RfDEPA, RfDMDH, and RfDRodricks, respectively that were in the low-risk levels (HQ<1). Furthermore, TCS concentration in tap water and the ingestion rate of drinking water had the highest effect on the risk of TCS exposure from tap water. The non-carcinogenic health risk of TCS in water was low. The results of this study may be useful for promoting WTP processes to remove emerging pollutants.
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- Malihe Moazeni
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
- Student Research Committee, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
- Environment Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
- Environment Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
- Environment Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
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Penserini L, Cantoni B, Gabrielli M, Sezenna E, Saponaro S, Antonelli M. An integrated human health risk assessment framework for alkylphenols due to drinking water and crops' food consumption. Chemosphere 2023; 325:138259. [PMID: 36871805 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The increasing overexploitation and pollution of freshater resources are potential threats for public health, causing cross-contamination among the interconnected environmental compartments (freshwater, soil, crops). In particular, contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) originating from anthropic activities are not completely removed by wastewater treatments plants. This leads to their presence in drinking water (DW) sources, soil and crops intended for human consumption due to discharges of treated wastewater in surface waters and direct wastewater reuse practices. Currently, health risk assessments are limited to single exposure sources without considering the multiple exposure routes to which humans are subjected. For instance, among CECs, bisphenol A (BPA) and nonylphenol (NP), respectively, adversely affect immune and renal systems and have been frequently detected in DW and food, their major exposure sources for humans. Here, an integrated procedure is proposed to quantitatively assess health risk from CECs due to multiple exposure from the consumption of both DW and food, considering the relevant inter-connected environmental compartments. This procedure was applied to BPA and NP to calculate their probabilistic Benchmark Quotient (BQ), showing its potential in quantitatively apportioning the risk between contaminants and exposure sources, and its use as a decision support tool for prioritizing mitigation measures. Our results indicate that, even though the human health risk due to NP is not negligible, the estimated risk due to BPA is significantly higher, and the consumption of food from edible crops determines a higher risk compared to tap water. Hence, BPA is undoubtedly a contaminant to be prioritized, especially through mitigation actions aimed at its prevention and removal from food.
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- Luca Penserini
- Politecnico Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), Environmental Section, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), Environmental Section, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), Environmental Section, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), Environmental Section, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), Environmental Section, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), Environmental Section, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy.
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Gjengedal ELF, Joudi B, Heim M, Steffensen IL, Lund V. Uranium and lanthanum in Norwegian drinking water - Is there cause for concern? Sci Total Environ 2023; 889:164287. [PMID: 37211126 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Due to natural conditions such as geology, topography, and climate, and historical features such as resource utilization, land use, and settlement patterns, the drinking water supply in Norway is separated into many public and private water supply systems. This survey sheds light on whether the Drinking Water Regulation's limit values provide a sufficient basis for ensuring safe drinking water for the Norwegian population. Participating waterworks, both private and public, were spread throughout the country, in 21 municipalities with different geological conditions. The median value for the number of persons supplied by the participating waterworks was 155. The two largest waterworks, both of which supply >10,000 people, have water sources from unconsolidated surficial sediments of latest Quaternary age. Fourteen waterworks have water sources from bedrock aquifers. Raw and treated water were analysed for 64 elements and selected anions. The concentration of manganese, iron, arsenic, aluminium, uranium, and fluoride exceeded the respective drinking water regulations' parametric value given in Directive (EU) 2020/2184. Regarding the rare earth elements, neither WHO, EU, USA nor Canada have established any limit values. However, concentration of lanthanum in groundwater from a sedimentary well exceeded the health-based guideline value that applies in Australia. Results from this study raise the question of whether increased precipitation can have an impact on the mobility and concentration of uranium in groundwater from bedrock aquifers. Furthermore, findings of high levels of lanthanum in groundwater create uncertainty as to whether the current quality control of Norwegian drinking water is sufficient.
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- Elin Lovise Folven Gjengedal
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432 Aas, Norway.
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432 Aas, Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432 Aas, Norway.
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- Division of Climate and Environmental Health, Department of Food Safety, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 222 Skøyen, NO-0213 Oslo, Norway.
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- Division of Infection Control and Environmental Health, Department of Zoonotic, Food- and Waterborne Infections, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 222 Skøyen, NO-0213 Oslo, Norway
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Powers JE, Mureithi M, Mboya J, Campolo J, Swarthout JM, Pajka J, Null C, Pickering AJ. Effects of High Temperature and Heavy Precipitation on Drinking Water Quality and Child Hand Contamination Levels in Rural Kenya. Environ Sci Technol 2023; 57:6975-6988. [PMID: 37071701 PMCID: PMC10157894 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c07284] [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] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Climate change may impact human health through the influence of weather on environmental transmission of diarrhea. Previous studies have found that high temperatures and heavy precipitation are associated with increased diarrhea prevalence, but the underlying causal mechanisms have not been tested and validated. We linked measurements of Escherichia coli in source water (n = 1673), stored drinking water (n = 9692), and hand rinses from children <2 years old (n = 2634) with publicly available gridded temperature and precipitation data (at ≤0.2 degree spatial resolution and daily temporal resolution) by the GPS coordinates and date of sample collection. Measurements were collected over a 3-year period across a 2500 km2 area in rural Kenya. In drinking water sources, high 7-day temperature was associated with a 0.16 increase in log10 E. coli levels (p < 0.001, 95% CI: 0.07, 0.24), while heavy 7-day total precipitation was associated with a 0.29 increase in log10 E. coli levels (p < 0.001, 95% CI: 0.13, 0.44). In household stored drinking water, heavy 7-day precipitation was associated with a 0.079 increase in log10 E. coli levels (p = 0.042, 95% CI: 0.07, 0.24). Heavy precipitation did not increase E. coli levels among respondents who treated their water, suggesting that water treatment can mitigate effects on water quality. On child hands, high 7-day temperature was associated with a 0.39 decrease in log10 E. coli levels (p < 0.001, 95% CI: -0.52, -0.27). Our findings provide insight on how climate change could impact environmental transmission of bacterial pathogens in Kenya. We suggest water treatment is especially important after heavy precipitation (particularly when preceded by dry periods) and high temperatures.
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- Julie E Powers
- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94704, United States
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- Innovations for Poverty Action, Sandalwood Lane, Nairobi 00500, Kenya
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- Innovations for Poverty Action, Sandalwood Lane, Nairobi 00500, Kenya
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- Farmers Business Network, San Carlos, California 94070, United States
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- Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Mathematica, Washington, D.C. 20002, United States
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- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94704, United States
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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Tshering K, Miotlinski K, Blake D, Boyce MC, Bath A, Carvalho A, Horwitz P. Effect of fire on characteristics of dissolved organic matter in forested catchments in the Mediterranean biome: A review. Water Res 2023; 230:119490. [PMID: 36580802 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 08/27/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Fires in forested catchments pose a water contamination risk from fire-derived dissolved organic matter (DOM). Fire events are expected to increase under a projection of warmer and drier climatic conditions; therefore, understanding the consequences of fire-derived DOM is critical for water supply and management of drinking water and catchments. This paper addresses how fire regime - the intensity, severity and frequency of fires - influences DOM quantity and composition in surface waters in forested catchments, and how long it takes for water quality to recover to pre-fire levels. A review of post-fire studies in Mediterranean regions reporting on DOM related parameters has been conducted. The literature shows that post-fire DOM composition and reactivity is different from DOM generated under processes of biological degradation, and hence our reliance on DOM 'bulk properties' and surrogate DOM bulk parameters may not provide sufficient information to deal with the potential complexity of the organic compounds produced by a catchment fire. Appropriate measures are important to adequately operate conventional water treatment facilities, for example. Critical parameters for the effects of burning include the alteration of DOM composition, aromaticity, and the relative amounts of labile/recalcitrant organic components. The literature shows mixed information for the influence of both burn severity and fire intensity, on these parameters, which indicates DOM response to fire is highly variable. For fire frequency, the evidence is more unequivocal, indicating that frequent fires change the composition of DOM to components that are less bioavailable, and elevate the degree of aromaticity, which may be detrimental to water quality. In addition, and in general terms, the more recent the fire, the more aromatic and humified DOM components are found, and vice versa. The recovery of surface water quality to pre-fire conditions was variable, with no safe temporal thresholds suggested in the literature. In some cases, fire-induced changes in DOM composition were observable up to 16 years post-fire. The lack of clearly observed trends in post-fire DOM with fire regimes could be attributed to numerous factors such as limited long-term and event-based observations, experimental design challenges, and site-specific biological, physical and hydrological factors. The application of terminologies used to describe fire regimes such as burn severity and fire intensity also creates challenges in comparing the outcomes and results from numerous studies.
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- Kuenzang Tshering
- School of Science, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Perth, Australia; Centre for People, Place and Planet, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Perth, Australia.
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- School of Science, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Perth, Australia
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- School of Science, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Perth, Australia; Centre for People, Place and Planet, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Perth, Australia
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- School of Science, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Perth, Australia
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- Water Corporation, 629 Newcastle Street, Leederville, Perth, Australia
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- School of Science, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Perth, Australia; Centre for People, Place and Planet, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Perth, Australia
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- School of Science, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Perth, Australia; Centre for People, Place and Planet, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Perth, Australia
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Ligate F, Lucca E, Ijumulana J, Irunde R, Kimambo V, Mtamba J, Ahmad A, Hamisi R, Maity JP, Mtalo F, Bhattacharya P. Geogenic contaminants and groundwater quality around Lake Victoria goldfields in northwestern Tanzania. Chemosphere 2022; 307:135732. [PMID: 35872057 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Geogenic contamination of groundwater is frequently associated with gold mining activities and related to drinking water quality problems worldwide. In Tanzania, elevated levels of trace elements (TEs) have been reported in drinking water sources within the Lake Victoria Basin, posing a serious health risk to communities. The present study aims to assess the groundwater quality with a focus on the concentration levels of geogenic contaminants in groundwater around the Lake Victoria goldfields in Geita and Mara districts. The water samples were collected from community drinking water sources and were analysed for physiochemical parameters (pH, EC, Eh), major ions, and trace elements. The analysed major ions included Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, SO42-, HCO3- and Cl- whereas the trace elements were As, Al, Li, Ba, B, Ti, V, U, Zr, Sr, Si, Mn Mo, Fe, Ni, Zn, Cr, Pb, Cd, and V. The present study revealed that the concentration levels of the major ions were mostly within the World Health Organization (WHO) drinking water standards in the following order of their relative abundance; for cations, Ca2+∼Na+>Mg2+>K+ and for anions was HCO3- > SO42- > NO3-, Cl- > PO43-. Statistical and geochemical modelling software such as 'R Studio', IBM SPSS, geochemical workbench, visual MINTEQ were used to understand the groundwater chemistry and evaluate its suitability for drinking purpose. The concentration of As in groundwater sources varies between below detection limit (bdl) and 300 μg/L, with highest levels in streams followed by shallow wells and boreholes. In approximately 48% of the analysed samples, As concentration exceeded the WHO drinking water guideline and Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) guideline for drinking water value of 10 μg/L. The concentration of the analyzed TEs and mean values of physicochemical parameters were below the guideline limits based on WHO and TBS standards. The Canadian Council of Ministries of the Environment Water Quality Index (CCME WQI) shows that the overall water quality is acceptable with minimum threats of deviation from natural conditions. We recommend further geochemical exploration and the periodic risk assessment of groundwater in mining areas where high levels of As were recorded.
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- Fanuel Ligate
- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTHRoyal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-100 44, Sweden; DAFWAT Research Group, Department of Water Resources Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; Department of Chemistry, Mkwawa University College of Education, University of Dar Es Salaam, 2513, Iringa, Tanzania.
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies, The University of Florence, Cascine, Florence, 18 50144, Italy
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTHRoyal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-100 44, Sweden; DAFWAT Research Group, Department of Water Resources Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTHRoyal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-100 44, Sweden; DAFWAT Research Group, Department of Water Resources Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTHRoyal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-100 44, Sweden; DAFWAT Research Group, Department of Water Resources Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Dodoma, Tanzania
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- DAFWAT Research Group, Department of Water Resources Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- KWR Water Cycle Research Institute, Groningenhaven 7, 3433 PE Nieuwegein, the Netherlands; SIBELCO Ankerpoort NV, Op de Bos 300, 6223 EP Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Droevendaalsesteeg 4, 6708, PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTHRoyal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-100 44, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT Deemed to Be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751024, India
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- DAFWAT Research Group, Department of Water Resources Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTHRoyal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-100 44, Sweden; KWR Water Cycle Research Institute, Groningenhaven 7, 3433 PE Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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Ling Y, Podgorski J, Sadiq M, Rasheed H, Eqani SAMAS, Berg M. Monitoring and prediction of high fluoride concentrations in groundwater in Pakistan. Sci Total Environ 2022; 839:156058. [PMID: 35605865 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [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: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Concentrations of naturally occurring fluoride in groundwater exceeding the WHO guideline of 1.5 mg/L have been detected in many parts of Pakistan. This may lead to dental or skeletal fluorosis and thereby poses a potential threat to public health. Utilizing a total of 5483 fluoride concentrations, comprising 2160 new measurements as well as those from other sources, we have applied machine learning techniques to predict the probability of fluoride in groundwater in Pakistan exceeding 1.5 mg/L at a 250 m spatial resolution. Climate, soil, lithology, topography, and land cover parameters were identified as effective predictors of high fluoride concentrations in groundwater. Excellent model performance was observed in a random forest model that achieved an Area Under the Curve (AUC) of 0.92 on test data that were not used in modeling. The highest probabilities of high fluoride concentrations in groundwater are predicted in the Thar Desert, Sargodha Division, and scattered along the Sulaiman Mountains. Applying the model predictions to the population density and accounting for groundwater usage in both rural and urban areas, we estimate that about 13 million people may be at risk of fluorosis due to consuming groundwater with fluoride concentrations >1.5 mg/L in Pakistan, which corresponds to ~6% of the total population. Both the fluoride prediction map and the health risk map can be used as important decision-making tools for authorities and water resource managers in the identification and mitigation of groundwater fluoride contamination.
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- Yuya Ling
- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department Water Resources and Drinking Water, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department Water Resources and Drinking Water, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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- Public Health and Environment Division, Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- National Water Quality Laboratory, Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department Water Resources and Drinking Water, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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Taylor AC, Mills GA, Gravell A, Kerwick M, Fones GR. Pesticide fate during drinking water treatment determined through passive sampling combined with suspect screening and multivariate statistical analysis. Water Res 2022; 222:118865. [PMID: 35868101 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Emerging contaminants such as polar pesticides pose a potential risk to human health due to their presence in drinking water. However, their occurrence and fate in drinking water treatment plants is poorly understood. In this study we use passive sampling coupled to suspect screening and multivariate analysis to describe pesticide fate throughout the treatment stream of an operational drinking water treatment plant. ChemcatcherÒ passive sampling devices were deployed at sites (n = 6) positioned at all stages of the treatment stream during consecutive deployments (n = 20) over a twelve-month period. Sample extracts (n = 120) were analysed using high-resolution liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry and compounds identified against a commercially available database. A total of 58 pesticides and transformation products from different classes were detected. Statistical analysis of the qualitative screening data was performed to identify clusters of pesticides with similar fate during ozonation, granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration, and chlorination. The performance of each treatment process was investigated. Adsorption to GAC media was found to account for the greatest proportion of pesticide attenuation (average removal of 70% based on detection frequency), however, operational performance varied for certain pesticides during periods of episodic and sustained pollution. GAC breakthrough occurred for 21 compounds detected in the GAC filtrate. Eleven pesticides were found to occur in potable water following treatment. We developed a management plan containing controls, triggers, and responses, for five pesticides and a metabolite (atrazine, atrazine desethyl, DEET, dichlorobenzamide, metazachlor, and propyzamide) prioritised based on their current and future risk to treated water quality.
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- Adam C Taylor
- School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, United Kingdom
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, White Swan Road, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, United Kingdom
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- Natural Resources Wales, Faraday Building, Swansea University, Singleton Campus, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom
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- Southern Water Services, Southern House, Yeoman Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3NX, United Kingdom
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- School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, United Kingdom.
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Houthuijs D, Breugelmans ORP, Baken KA, Sjerps RMA, Schipper M, van der Aa M, van Wezel AP. Assessment of drinking water safety in the Netherlands using nationwide exposure and mortality data. Environ Int 2022; 166:107356. [PMID: 35760029 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although drinking water in the Netherlands is generally accepted as safe, public concern about health risks of long-term intake still exist. OBJECTIVE The aim was to explore associations between drinking water quality for nitrate, water hardness, calcium and magnesium and causes-of-death as related to cardiovascular diseases amongst which coronary heart disease and colorectal cancer. METHODS We used national administrative databases on cause-specific mortality, personal characteristics, residential history, social economic indicators, air quality and drinking water quality for parameters specified by the EU Drinking Water Directive. We put together a cohort of 6,998,623 persons who were at least 30 years old on January 1, 2008 and lived for at least five years on the same address. The average drinking water concentration over 2000-2010 at the production stations were used as exposure indicators. We applied age stratified Cox proportional hazards models. RESULTS Magnesium was associated with a reduced risk for mortality due to coronary heart diseases: HR of 0.95 (95% CI: 0.90, 0.99) per 10 mg/L increase. For mortality due to cardiovascular diseases, a 100 mg/L increase in calcium was associated with a HR of 1.08 (95% CI: 1.03, 1.13) and an increase of 2.5 mmol/L of water hardness with a HR of 1.06 (95% CI: 1.01, 1.10). The results show an elevated risk for coronary heart disease mortality at calcium concentrations below 30 mg/L, but over the whole exposure range no exposure response relation was observed. For other combinations of drinking water quality parameters and cause-specific mortality studied, no statistical significant associations were identified. CONCLUSION We identified in this explorative study a protective effect of magnesium for the risk of mortality to coronary heart disease. Also we found an increased risk of mortality due to cardiovascular disease associated with the concentration of calcium and the water hardness in drinking water.
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- Danny Houthuijs
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- KWR Water Research Institute, P.O. Box 1072, 3430 BB Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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- KWR Water Research Institute, P.O. Box 1072, 3430 BB Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Li RA, McDonald JA, Sathasivan A, Khan SJ. Multivariate experimental design provides insights for the optimisation of rechloramination conditions and water age to control disinfectant decay and disinfection by-product formation in treated drinking water. Sci Total Environ 2022; 830:154324. [PMID: 35283134 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The stability of drinking water disinfectant residuals is known to be influenced by multiple variables. To evaluate the effects of various influencing variables on disinfectant stability, a multivariate analysis of chloramine decay and associated disinfection by-products (DBPs) formation was investigated in a series of bench-scale experiments. Of nine water quality variables previously identified, monochloramine dose, pH, and bromide concentration were selected as key water quality variables based on previous investigations and modelling. Co-effects of these key variables on monochloramine decay and formation of 33 halogenated and nitrogen-containing DBPs were investigated using response surface experimental design. Rechloramination conditions, including monochloramine dose, pH and bromide concentration, were optimised via a 3-factorial multivariate analysis of monochloramine stability in post-treatment drinking water. Effects of influencing variables on disinfectant decay and DBP formation were assessed and graphically presented as response surfaces with minimal experiments using Doehlert matrix experimental design compared to other multivariate experimental designs. Concentrations of trihalomethanes (THMs), haloacetic acids (HAAs), and N-nitrosamines were found to increase with water age, whereas opposite phenomenon was observed in the net production of haloacetonitriles (HANs). Increasing pH was found to stabilise monochloramine but it could cause DBP speciation to shift. Furthermore, increasing bromide concentration elevated Br-DBP formation. In bromide-containing water, pH = 7.8-8.0 should be considered as higher pH increases Br-THMs formations and lower pH increases formations of Br-HAAs and Br-HANs. However, water age or pH has insignificant impacts on DBP formation after significant monochloramine decay or at low initial monochloramine dose. These findings indicate that effective combined control measures to maintain monochloramine stability should include the application of high monochloramine dose (>1.5 mg-Cl2.L-1) under conditions of moderate to high pH (pH = 7.8-8.0) and minimal bromide concentration. This study provides relevant insights to water utilities aiming to design effective disinfectant residual management strategies for controlling monochloramine decay and DBP formation.
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- Rebecca A Li
- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Computing Engineering and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney, Kingswood, NSW 2747, Australia
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- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Penserini L, Cantoni B, Vries D, Turolla A, Smeets PWMH, Bokkers BGH, Antonelli M. Quantitative chemical risk assessment for mixtures: Application to alkylphenol mixtures and phthalate mixtures in tap and bottled water. Environ Int 2022; 165:107294. [PMID: 35623187 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The occurrence and hazard risks of mixtures of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) in drinking water (DW) lead to serious consideration regarding the possible impacts on public health. Consequently, there is ongoing research, development and empowerment of risk assessment procedures to get more toxicological insight. For instance, alkylphenols and phthalates have been frequently reported to be present both in bottled and tap water, affecting different human endpoints. Currently, deterministic chemical risk assessment (CRA) is used to evaluate the compounds' mixture health risk. However, CRA deals just qualitatively with sources of uncertainty, which may lead to erroneous assessment of risks. Here, a new procedure for quantitative chemical risk assessment of CEC mixtures (QCRAMIX) is proposed. Its potential is illustrated by a case study where the risks related to the presence of mixtures of alkylphenols or phthalates in tap versus bottled DW are compared. Uncertainties in both exposure and hazard assessment steps of the procedure are included to calculate a probabilistic mixture Benchmark Quotient (BQMIX). The QCRAMIX procedure highlighted the non-negligible health risks posed by those compounds in both DW sources based on overall water consumption. In fact, DW consumers' behaviour in 13 different countries, in terms of total DW consumption and fraction of bottled and tap water consumed, were considered to evaluate the influence on health risk. For alkylphenols, the total water consumption was found to be the most relevant factor in increasing the health risk, while for phthalates the risk was found to be mainly influenced by the percentage of bottled water consumed. Hence, the proposed QCRAMIX procedure can be a valuable tool for prioritization of CECs to be included in DW regulations which aim to minimize the overall risk, accounting for actual DW consumption.
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- Luca Penserini
- Politecnico Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA) - Environmental Section, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA) - Environmental Section, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- KWR, Groningenhaven 7, 3433 PE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Politecnico Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA) - Environmental Section, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Politecnico Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA) - Environmental Section, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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Ur Rehman H, Ahmed S, Ur Rahman M, Mehmood MS. Arsenic contamination, induced symptoms, and health risk assessment in groundwater of Lahore, Pakistan. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:49796-49807. [PMID: 35218488 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-19405-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the arsenic concentration and related health risks in groundwater extracted from tube wells. The physicochemical parameters, including arsenic (As), were investigated using standard procedures. The parameters were found within the permissible limits except for arsenic, which was 78 µg/L. Unfortunately, 82% of the collected water samples were found contaminated with arsenic and exceeded the permissible limit set by the world health organization (10 µg/L). The water intake and its relationship between arsenic concentration, time, and induced symptoms in the study area residents were observed. Skin pigmentation, skin irritation, and numbness of the body were recognized as the major symptoms, and these symptoms were significantly correlated with p-value ˂ 0.05. In comparison, individuals who intake As-contaminated water (> 50 µg/L) for a duration of > 20 years show severe symptoms. Furthermore, health risk assessment associated with arsenic in terms of chronic daily intake (CRI), hazard quotient (HQ), and cancer risk assessment probability (CR) in groundwater was also studied. The HQ of arsenic was 7.46, and the CR value of As on Ravi road was as high as 0.00149, which indicates a possibility of cancer risk in the community Ravi road, Lahore. Based on the findings, the study area needs special monitoring and management of groundwater to reduce health risks associated with contaminated drinking water. Moreover, suitable remediation methods for removing arsenic should be adopted to avoid arsenic exposure and related health risks.
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- Habib Ur Rehman
- School of Chemistry and Material Science, Northwest University, Xian, 710027, China
- Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources, Main Raiwind Road, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
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- School of Chemistry and Material Science, Northwest University, Xian, 710027, China
- Government College University Faisalabad, Sub-campus, Layyah, Pakistan
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Muñiz-Bustamante L, Caballero-Casero N, Rubio S. Drugs of abuse in tap water from eight European countries: Determination by use of supramolecular solvents and tentative evaluation of risks to human health. Environ Int 2022; 164:107281. [PMID: 35561596 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Recent research findings have confirmed the presence of illicit drugs in tap water from some European Union (UE) member states. Contaminants in tap water come directly from drinking water sources such as rivers or lakes owing to inefficient removal at wastewater treatment and water purification plants. This work was aimed at setting a starting point for assessing the health risks of exposure to twelve drugs of abuse through consumption of tap water in the European population. For this purpose, a method using supramolecular solvents (SUPRAS) was developed to extract drugs in the opioid, amphetamine, cocaine and cannabinoid groups from tap water for their determination by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). A total of 119 tap water samples were collected from eight EU countries for analysis. Seven drugs were found at concentrations from 0.3 to 340 ng/L in 72 of the samples (60.5%). The mean exposure to the drugs through consumption of tap water was calculated to be 0.0064-3.531 ng/kg·day for adults and 0.0247-6.7580 ng/kg·day for children, whereas that resulting from dermal contact was estimated to be 4-7 orders of magnitude lower. Exposure values were compared with the minimum required performance levels (MRPL) for the drugs in urine set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Based on the results, a need clearly exists for further research into the adverse effects on health of inadvertent, sustained exposure to low doses of drugs of abuse.
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- Luis Muñiz-Bustamante
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemistry and Nanochemistry, University of Córdoba, Marie Curie Annex Building, Rabanales Campus, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemistry and Nanochemistry, University of Córdoba, Marie Curie Annex Building, Rabanales Campus, 14071 Córdoba, Spain.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemistry and Nanochemistry, University of Córdoba, Marie Curie Annex Building, Rabanales Campus, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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Sims JL, Stroski KM, Kim S, Killeen G, Ehalt R, Simcik MF, Brooks BW. Global occurrence and probabilistic environmental health hazard assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in groundwater and surface waters. Sci Total Environ 2022; 816:151535. [PMID: 34762945 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [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: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been used in consumer and military products since the 1950s but are increasingly scrutinized worldwide because of inherent chemical properties, environmental contamination, and risks to public health and the environment. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) identified 24 PFASs of interest for further study and possible regulation. We examined 371 peer-reviewed studies published since 2001 to understand the occurrence and distribution of 24 priority PFASs in global surface waters and groundwater. We identified 77,541 and 16,246 data points for surface waters and groundwater, respectively, with total PFAS concentrations ranging from low pg/L to low mg/L levels. Most data were from Asia, Europe, and North America with some reports from Oceania. PFAS information from other geographic regions is lacking. PFASs levels are consistently higher in rivers and streams followed by lakes and reservoirs and then coastal and marine systems. When sufficient data were available, probabilistic environmental hazard assessments (PEHAs) were performed from environmental exposure distributions (EEDs) to identify potential exceedances of available guideline values for each compound by matrix, region, and aquatic system. Specifically, exceedances of USEPA drinking water lifetime health advisory levels were up to 74% for PFOS in groundwater from Oceania and 69% for PFOA in North American groundwater. Our findings support selection of environmentally relevant experimental treatment levels for future toxicology, ecotoxicology and bioaccumulation studies, and potable source water exposure investigations, while highlighting PFASs and major geographic locations requiring additional study and inclusion in global monitoring and surveillance campaigns.
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- Jaylen L Sims
- Department of Environmental Science, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA; Institute of Biomedical Studies, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
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Charles KJ, Howard G, Villalobos Prats E, Gruber J, Alam S, Alamgir ASM, Baidya M, Flora MS, Haque F, Hassan SMQ, Islam S, Lazaro A, Lwetoijera DW, Mahmud SG, Mahmud ZH, Matwewe F, Pasa K, Rahman M, Reza AAS, Selimuzzaman M, Sharif AR, Sharma S, Thomas JM, Campbell-Lendrum D. Infrastructure alone cannot ensure resilience to weather events in drinking water supplies. Sci Total Environ 2022; 813:151876. [PMID: 34826465 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Climate resilient water supplies are those that provide access to drinking water that is sustained through seasons and through extreme events, and where good water quality is also sustained. While surface and groundwater quality are widely understood to vary with rainfall, there is a gap in the evidence on the impact of weather and extremes in rainfall and temperature on drinking water quality, and the role of changes in water system management. A three-country (Bangladesh, Nepal and Tanzania) observational field study tracked 2353 households clustered around 685 water sources across seven different geographies over 14 months. Water quality (E. coli) data was modelled using GEE to account for clustering effects and repeated measures at households. All types of infrastructure were vulnerable to changes in weather, with differences varying between geographies; protected boreholes provided the greatest protection at the point of collection (PoC). Water quality at the point of use (PoU) was vulnerable to changes in weather, through changes in PoC water quality as well as changes in management behaviours, such as safe storage, treatment and cleaning. This is the first study to demonstrate the impact of rainfall and temperature extremes on water quality at the PoC, and the role that weather has on PoU water quality via management behaviours. Climate resilience for water supplies needs to consider the infrastructure as well as the management decisions that are taking place at a community and household level.
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- Katrina J Charles
- School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd, Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Civil Engineering and Cabot Institute of the Environment, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK.
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- Center for Effective Global Action, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States of America.
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- Bangladesh Meteorological Department, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR), Bangladesh
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- Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR), Bangladesh
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- Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR), Bangladesh
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- Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR), Bangladesh
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Mukherjee I, Singh UK. Hydrogeochemical characterizations and quality evaluation of groundwater in the major river basins of a geologically and anthropogenically driven semi-arid tract of India. Sci Total Environ 2022; 805:150323. [PMID: 34818806 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [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: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Access to clean drinking water has been acknowledged as a human right and assessing the hydrogeochemistry and groundwater quality status plays an important role in proving cleaner and safer water for human consumption. This study evaluated the sources and driving factors of the groundwater facies in the five major river basins (viz. Ajay, Mayurakshi, Kopai, Brahmani and Dwarka) of an agroeconomic semi-arid Indian tract through hydrogeochemical and principal component analyses based on 2200 groundwater samples (Ns = 2200) obtained during the pre- and post-monsoon cycles from 1100 wells (Nw = 1100). The results revealed that minerals weathering, ion/reverse ion exchange, mixing and evaporation processes along with anthropogenic inputs are responsible for the deteriorated groundwater quality of the river basins. The study has considered the cokriging approach that uses geostatistical and multivariate statistical techniques to interpolate a dataset. To determine the spatio-seasonal variabilities of the groundwater facies more accurately, the estimation accuracies of different interpolation techniques viz. inverse distance weighting, kriging/cokriging and splines techniques were compared and kriging/cokriging was found to represent the variability more accurately. Shannon's entropy theory was employed to assess the groundwater quality of the river basins as it eliminates the subjective bias and inherent uncertainties of the groundwater systems. Groundwater in ~37.45-38.42% of the total area was moderate to extremely poor for human consumption where 10.40-12.14%, 9.09-12.40%, 21.18-22.35%, 15.20-19.93% and 6.48-8.80% samples from the Ajay (Nw = 175), Brahmani (Nw = 175), Dwarka (Nw = 180), Kopai (Nw = 350) and Mayurakshi (Nw = 220) river basins exhibited unfit to drink water quality. The sensitivity of the water quality model was analyzed to identify the influences of the individual parameters which revealed that the outcome does not depend solely on one parameter. The study recommends adaptation of the treatment techniques to ensure clean drinking water for the residents. Managed aquifer recharge techniques might also improve the groundwater quality in certain areas.
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- Indrani Mukherjee
- Integrated Science Education and Research Centre (ISERC), Institute of Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, Birbhum 731235, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Earth, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya 824236, Bihar, India.
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Chaves RS, Salvador D, Nogueira P, Santos MM, Aprisco P, Neto C, Cardoso V, Benoliel MJ, Rodrigues JE, Carneiro RN. Assessment of Water Quality Parameters and their Seasonal Behaviour in a Portuguese Water Supply System: a 6-year Monitoring Study. Environ Manage 2022; 69:111-127. [PMID: 34859264 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-021-01572-w] [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: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Water quality monitoring is a fundamental tool in the management of freshwater resources. The purpose of monitoring is to provide meaningful quality data for local action planning and catchment-wide decision making. The assessment of water quality is crucial to guarantee the efficient operation of the Water Treatment Plants (WTPs), promoting health conditions and contributing for a more sustainable urban water cycle. In accordance, the objective of this study was to evaluate key target chemical and microbiological water quality parameters, some of them already monitored within Portuguese/EU legal framework and others still not regulated, but with environmental and human heath relevance. A local monitoring database model, using a 6-year period (from 2014 to 2019) of water quality data, regarding water samples collected on representative sampling locations covering the freshwater abstraction sites, conventional WTPs and distribution network was assessed. This work provides new knowledge regarding occurrence and seasonal behaviour for both microbiological and chemical water quality parameters, essential to understand/manage the water supply system. Additionally, relationships between the target variables were also assessed. Particularly, strong correlations were identified between TOC and THMs formation at distribution network (r = 0.69; p ≤ 0.001); nitrates were the water quality parameter that revealed the best correlation between surface water source and treated water (r = 0.81; p ≤ 0.001), suggesting that treatment yield/performance is dependent on surface water load. The local and continuous monitoring of water systems are crucial to implement new approaches to guarantee the best quality of drinking water throughout the supply system.
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- Raquel S Chaves
- Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
- Direção de Laboratórios e Controlo da Qualidade da Água (LAB) da Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres (EPAL), Lisboa, Portugal.
- FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto and CIMAR/CIIMAR, LA- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Group of Endocrine Disruptors and Emerging Pollutants, Porto, Portugal.
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- Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Direção de Laboratórios e Controlo da Qualidade da Água (LAB) da Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres (EPAL), Lisboa, Portugal
- Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM), Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto and CIMAR/CIIMAR, LA- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Group of Endocrine Disruptors and Emerging Pollutants, Porto, Portugal
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- Direção de Laboratórios e Controlo da Qualidade da Água (LAB) da Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres (EPAL), Lisboa, Portugal
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- Direção de Laboratórios e Controlo da Qualidade da Água (LAB) da Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres (EPAL), Lisboa, Portugal
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- Direção de Laboratórios e Controlo da Qualidade da Água (LAB) da Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres (EPAL), Lisboa, Portugal
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- Direção de Laboratórios e Controlo da Qualidade da Água (LAB) da Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres (EPAL), Lisboa, Portugal
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- Direção de Laboratórios e Controlo da Qualidade da Água (LAB) da Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres (EPAL), Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Direção de Laboratórios e Controlo da Qualidade da Água (LAB) da Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres (EPAL), Lisboa, Portugal
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Hashemi S, Park JH, Yang M, Kim J, Oh Y, Pyo H, Yang J. Long-term monitoring and risk assessment of N-nitrosamines in the finished water of drinking water treatment plants in South Korea. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:3930-3943. [PMID: 34396474 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-15814-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Approximately 99.1% of South Koreans have access to drinkable tap water from river basins. Due to such a high access rate, the South Korean government has been running, since 2013, a long-term program for monitoring the quality of tap water for drinking. Under this program, the maximum allowed concentrations of N-nitroso-di-n-methylamine (NDMA) and N-nitrosomethylethylamine (NMEA) are defined and applied. In this study, the data from this monitoring program were used to investigate the changes in six N-nitrosamine substances in the finished water of 33 drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) in South Korea from 2013 to 2020, based on time and location. The effect of the applied water treatment steps on the appearance of N-nitrosamines was analyzed. The excess cancer risk (ECR) due to the oral intake of these substances was assessed. The results before the maximum allowed concentrations of NDMA and NMEA were defined showed that the oral intake ECR of these substances exceeded the carcinogenesis risk of one per one million people per year. After the maximum allowed concentrations of the substances were applied, the concentrations of the substances in the finished water of the DWTPs significantly dropped. The drinking water treated through sand filtration, and then with granular activated carbon, showed the highest efficiency in preventing the appearance of NDMA. Considering the potency of N-nitrosamines in tap water for drinking, the levels of these substances in the finished water of DWTPs in South Korea should be continuously monitored.
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- Shervin Hashemi
- Institute for Environmental Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Infrastructure Research, National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Infrastructure Research, National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Environmental Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Chemdata Buseol International Advanced Analysis Institute, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Molecular Recognition Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Environmental Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Pai CW, Wang GS. Treatment of PPCPs and disinfection by-product formation in drinking water through advanced oxidation processes: Comparison of UV, UV/Chlorine, and UV/H 2O 2. Chemosphere 2022; 287:132171. [PMID: 34537457 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [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: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The presence of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) in water is concerning because of their potential threat to ecosystems and human health. Studies have indicated that these emerging contaminants cannot be effectively removed through conventional water treatment. In this study, the efficacy of various treatments - chlorination, ultraviolet (UV), UV/Chlorine, and UV/H2O2 processes - in PPCP removal from water was compared. The effects of reaction time, oxidant concentration, pH, and water matrix and the generation of disinfection by-products (DBPs) were also assessed. The removal of PPCPs was discovered to be superior when the concentration of oxidants was higher. In addition, pH affected the reactivity of chlorine with some of the investigated chemicals. Chorine itself plays a minor role in the UV/Chlorine process because it serves as a reactant for the generation of free radicals rather than oxidants. Matrix had a weak effect on the removal of PPCPs in the various treatment processes (mostly within 10%). UV could not effectively remove acetylsalicylic acid, ibuprofen, benzophenone, oxybenzone, caffeine, N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, or most estrogens. When chlorine or hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was used with UV, the efficiency of removal of all selected PPCPs was greatly improved (≥56.5% for UV/Chlorine and ≥27.6% for UV/H2O2) within 5 min. Although the PPCP removal efficiency of UV/Chlorine was higher than that of UV/H2O2, UV/H2O2 resulted in smaller amounts of DBP formation in the treated water. By contrast, UV/Chlorine resulted in higher concentrations of trihalomethanes (21.6%), haloacetonitriles (29.4%), and haloketones (147.2%).
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- Chih-Wei Pai
- Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan; Institute of Food Safety and Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
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Dutt V, Sharma N. Potable water quality assessment of traditionally used springs in a hilly town of Bhaderwah, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Environ Monit Assess 2021; 194:30. [PMID: 34921632 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-09591-0] [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: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The quality of spring water and its suitability for human consumption is determined by examining its physicochemical and microbiological characteristics. Preliminary investigations were conducted to determine the potability of seven traditionally used springs in the highly populated hill town of Bhaderwah in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The water analysis was performed for various physico-chemical and microbial parameters during April 2019-March 2020. Water temperature, TDS, EC, pH, DO, free CO2, total alkalinity, total hardness, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, CO32-, HCOֿ3, Cl‾, NOֿ3, PO43-, SO42-, total coliforms, and thermotolerant coliforms were all measured. Eleven physical and chemical characteristics were used to generate the Water Quality Index. The Piper diagram demonstrated the predominance of Ca2+-HCOֿ3 water types, whereas the Schoeller diagram indicated that all springs had a similar lithological origin. The chemical composition of springs tested met the required criteria for drinking water quality. The microbiological indicators, on the other hand, did not satisfy the criteria except for Eidgah spring, which lacked thermotolerant coliforms. Our results on spring water potability indicate that the town's most dependable springs are susceptible to anthropogenic contamination and therefore need treatment prior to use. Apart from frequent monitoring, the responsible municipal corporation is expected to develop comprehensive plans to rehabilitate and revitalise these vulnerable drinking water sources.
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- Vandana Dutt
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Institute of Mountain Environment, Bhaderwah Campus, University of Jammu, Jammu, India.
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Sevillano M, Vosloo S, Cotto I, Dai Z, Jiang T, Santiago Santana JM, Padilla IY, Rosario-Pabon Z, Velez Vega C, Cordero JF, Alshawabkeh A, Gu A, Pinto AJ. Spatial-temporal targeted and non-targeted surveys to assess microbiological composition of drinking water in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. Water Res X 2021; 13:100123. [PMID: 34704006 PMCID: PMC8524244 DOI: 10.1016/j.wroa.2021.100123] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Loss of basic utilities, such as drinking water and electricity distribution, were sustained for months in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria's (HM) landfall in Puerto Rico (PR) in September 2017. The goal of this study was to assess if there was deterioration in biological quality of drinking water due to these disruptions. This study characterized the microbial composition of drinking water following HM across nine drinking water systems (DWSs) in PR and utilized an extended temporal sampling campaign to determine if changes in the drinking water microbiome were indicative of HM associated disturbance followed by recovery. In addition to monitoring water chemistry, the samples were subjected to culture independent targeted and non-targeted microbial analysis including quantitative PCR (qPCR) and genome-resolved metagenomics. The qPCR results showed that residual disinfectant was the major driver of bacterial concentrations in tap water with marked decrease in concentrations from early to late sampling timepoints. While Mycobacterium avium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were not detected in any sampling locations and timepoints, genetic material from Leptospira and Legionella pneumophila were transiently detected in a few sampling locations. The majority of metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs) recovered from these samples were not associated with pathogens and were consistent with bacterial community members routinely detected in DWSs. Further, whole metagenome-level comparisons between drinking water samples collected in this study with samples from other full-scale DWS indicated no significant deviation from expected community membership of the drinking water microbiome. Overall, our results suggest that disruptions due to HM did not result in significant and sustained deterioration of biological quality of drinking water at our study sites.
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- Maria Sevillano
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Carolina, PR, United States of America
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- Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR, United States of America
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- University of Puerto Rico—Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR, United States of America
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- University of Puerto Rico—Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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Yan X, Zhou Z, Hu C, Gong W. Real-time location algorithms of drinking water pollution sources based on domain knowledge. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:46266-46280. [PMID: 33774789 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13352-4] [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: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The real-time location of pollution sources is the process of inverting pollution sources based on the dynamic optimization model constructed by the time-varying pollution concentration detected by the water quality sensor. Due to the vast quantities of the water supply networks, the water quality sensors will only be placed on critical nodes, resulting in multiple solutions. However, the increased monitoring data enhances the uniqueness of the solution. Combined with the real-time location of pollution sources, this work proposed a multi-strategy dynamic multi-mode optimization algorithm based on domain knowledge, which could guide the population search and avoid trapped into local optimal. The merging mechanism was used to keep the diversity of the population and prevent sub-population clustering on the same optimal solution. The simulation results showed that the algorithm could effectively solve the real-time location problem of pollution sources in different pipe networks and pollution scenarios.
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- Xuesong Yan
- School of Computer Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- School of Computer Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Computer Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- School of Computer Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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García R, Naves A, Anta J, Ron M, Molinero J. Drinking water provision and quality at the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria) from 2006 to 2016. Sci Total Environ 2021; 780:146504. [PMID: 34030293 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146504] [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: 02/08/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Drinking water provision has been a constant challenge in the Sahrawi refugee camps, located in the desert near Tindouf (Algeria). The drinking water supply system is itself divided in three zones which pump groundwater from different deep aquifers. It is equipped with reverse osmosis plants and chlorination systems for treating water. The allocation of water supplied to the Saharawi refugees for human consumption in 2016 has been estimated at between 14 and 17 L/person/day on average. This supplied water volume is below recommended standards, and also below the strategic objective of the Sahrawi government (20 L/person/day). Yet the local groundwater resources are huge in comparison with estimated consumption, and hence there is great potential for increasing the supplied volume through effecting improvements in the supply system. The physico-chemical quality of the raw and supplied water between 2006 and 2016 has been assessed according to Algerian standards for human consumption. The raw water of two zones of the supply system presents a very high conductivity and high concentrations of chloride, nitrate, fluoride, sulfate, sodium, calcium, potassium and iodide concentrations of natural origin, which may entail health risks. The treatment of water in a reverse osmosis plant greatly improves its quality and osmosed water met the standards. However, the supply of osmosed and raw water needs to be combined in Zone 1, to avoid an excessive reduction in water volume, and the supplied raw water poses a risk to the health of the refugees. The present study provides an example of a drinking water supply system under extreme drought conditions and in the political and social conditions of a refugee camp. Furthermore, it establishes a reference for supplied water allocation and quality in the Sahrawi refugee camps.
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- Universidade da Coruña, Advanced Scientific Research Center (CICA), A Coruña, Spain.
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- Universidade da Coruña, Water and environmental engineering research team (GEAMA), Civil Engineering School, A Coruña, Spain.
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Zimmer C, Cassivi A, Baía CC, Tilley E, Bain R, Johnston R, Dorea CC. Assessment of Decontamination and Reuse of Disposable Filter Funnels Used in Microbiological Water Quality Tests. Environ Health Insights 2021; 15:11786302211014400. [PMID: 34103931 PMCID: PMC8165830 DOI: 10.1177/11786302211014400] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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To monitor safely managed drinking water services, an increasing number of countries have integrated water quality testing for Escherichia coli into nationally-representative household surveys such as the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS). However, plastic waste generated during such water quality testing programs, mostly through the use of pre-sterilized disposable materials, is non-negligible. The objective of this study was to evaluate several re-use protocols for disposable filter funnels used by the MICS water quality test kits. Decontamination and re-use protocols were assessed in centralized laboratory and decentralized field settings and neither yielded positive results. Re-use of 100 mL sterile funnels decontaminated with an alcohol wipe resulted in a higher incidence of false positive results (i.e., positive contamination when processing sterile water), both in the laboratory and field; therefore, a higher proportion of positives tests can be expected if these components are re-used. Further improvements to the decontamination technique and training are needed before material re-use can be reliably adopted. Autoclaving the funnels for re-use is feasible, provided that there is capacity to re-package and distribute funnels in a sterile manner.
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- Camille Zimmer
- Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Environment and Regional Development
Graduate Program (PGDRA), Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR), Porto Velho,
Rondônia, Brazil
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- Department of Mechanical and Process
Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- The Polytechnic, University of Malawi,
Chichiri, Malawi
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- Division of Data, Analysis, Planning
and Monitoring, UNICEF, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Environment, Climate
Change and Health (ECH), WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Peng H, Zou P, Ma C, Xiong S, Lu T. Elements in potable groundwater in Rugao longevity area, China: Hydrogeochemical characteristics, enrichment patterns and health assessments. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2021; 218:112279. [PMID: 33933811 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Rugao city is a typical longevity area taking shallow groundwater as the primary drinking water source. To determine the relationship between longevity and groundwater conditions, the hydrogeochemical characteristics and related causes of potable groundwater were investigated. On this basis, the water quality index (WQI) and hazard index (HI) of groundwater were evaluated. Meanwhile, the nutrient indicators beneficial to human health, like Ca and Mg concentrations, were also considered to explore the relationship. The results were as following: (1) 91.3% of water samples fell under the Ca/Mg-HCO3 water type, which resulted from the dissolution of silicate rock. Na, Cl-, Br, B in groundwater emanated from seawater intrusion. The abnormal concentrations of NO3- and As also indicated that anthropogenic activities had exerted significant influences on groundwater quality. (2) The average WQI value was 30.19, which meant that the overall groundwater quality in Rugao city was pretty good. However, 8 water samples were found to have HI values above 1, which might be attributed to the high concentration of As (maximum value 0.0407 mg/L; mean value 0.0076 mg/L). In general, low WQI and HI values corresponded to towns with a high longevity population; what's more, WQI and HI values of Rugao city were lower than those of non-longevity areas. (3) Comparing with adjacent non-longevity areas, the potable groundwater in Rugao city had the characteristics of high Ca (mean value 123.57 mg/L), high Mg (mean value 50.33 mg/L) and high SO42- (mean value 525.19 mg/L). The daily intake of Ca and Mg from drinking water could meet 12.4% and 22.4% of daily Ca and Mg requirements, respectively. Also, the areas where the Sr and B concentrations were higher usually had higher life expectancy. The high concentrations of Ca, Mg, SO42-, Sr and B in drinking water, as well as low WQI and HI values, probably contribute to physical health and longevity. This research helps provide an insight into the relationship between groundwater quality and health and can serve as a reference for drinking water quality management.
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- Hao Peng
- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geoscience, Wuhan 430078, China
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- Yantai New Era Health Industry Chemical Commodity Co., Ltd., Yantai 264000, China
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- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geoscience, Wuhan 430078, China
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- Wuhan Zondy W&R Environmental Technology Co., Ltd, Wuhan 430078, China
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- Department of Hydrology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BAYCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany.
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Satheeskumar V, Subramani T, Lakshumanan C, Roy PD, Karunanidhi D. Groundwater chemistry and demarcation of seawater intrusion zones in the Thamirabarani delta of south India based on geochemical signatures. Environ Geochem Health 2021; 43:757-770. [PMID: 32052365 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-020-00536-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Sub-surface water samples from the delta of Thamirabarani River of south India were evaluated for human health risks and seawater intrusion using the geochemical signatures. Electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), pH and the concentrations of major cations and anions in 40 samples collected during the winter (January) and summer (July) of 2018 show comparable values. Subsequently, the results were verified with respect to the international drinking water quality standards. The piper trilinear diagram shows mixed Ca-Mg-Cl, Na-Cl, Ca-HCO3 and mixed Ca-Na-HCO3 facies in the samples. Similarly, the plenteous of cations are sequenced as Na+ > Ca2+ > Mg2+ > K+ and the plenteous of anions are sequenced as Cl- > SO42- > HCO3->Br- > NO3- > PO4-. Gibbs plots illustrate that rock-water interaction and evaporation control the geochemistry of sub-surface water. More than 40% of the samples are unsuitable for drinking, and their higher EC and TDS values reflected the seawater intrusion, in addition to the anthropogenic activities (salt panning). Interrelationship between ions of sub-surface water was used to get a better insight into the saline water intrusion in the study area. To mitigate the river water salinization and seawater incursion in the aquifers, engineering solution such as weir construction across the Thamirabarani River near Mukkani village has been proposed. After construction of the weir, freshwater in the river can be diverted to the salt-affected and seawater-intruded areas to improve the scenario.
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- V Satheeskumar
- Department of Civil Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Geology, CEG, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Remote Sensing, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, CP 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 641062, India
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Wang D, Chen X, Zhang J, Zhong Y, Liu R, Ding P. Geographic information system-based health risk assessment of rural drinking water in Central China: a case study of You County, Hunan. Environ Monit Assess 2021; 193:89. [PMID: 33501618 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-08870-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This study assessed potential human health hazards posed by drinking water from centralized water supply systems in rural You County, along with its spatial distribution. While most previous studies have focused on source water or urban drinking water, this study evaluated the health risk posed by 20 common pollutants (arsenic, cadmium, chromium(VI), lead, mercury, selenium, cyanide, fluoride, nitrate nitrogen, trichloromethane, tetrachloromethane, chlorite, aluminum, iron, manganese, copper, zinc, ammonia nitrogen, chlorine dioxide, and volatile phenols) in rural terminal tap water. The assessment adopted the model recommended by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and was combined with the geographic information system (GIS) analysis to explore the spatial distribution of risk factors. Water samples were collected from 13 townships in You County across four quarters of 2019. The results indicated that the average carcinogenic risk of the rural drinking water was 2.45 × 10-5, ranging from 1.80 × 10-5 to 3.89 × 10-5, which never exceeded the maximum acceptable range recommended by the US EPA (1.0 × 10-4 ~ 1.0 × 10-6). The average hazard index (HI), which reflects noncarcinogenic risk levels, was 0.75 and ranged from 0.34 to 1.74. Throughout the year, some townships presented HI > 1, indicating a non-carcinogenic risk. The GIS analysis indicated that noncarcinogenic risks were mainly distributed in the north, followed by the east and west. This is generally consistent with the spatial distribution of chlorite concentrations, which contribute most strongly to noncarcinogenic risk levels. The northern You County should therefore be prioritized for health risk control, followed by the eastern and western regions. Chlorite is the priority pollutant for control.
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- Danqi Wang
- School of Public Health, Changsha Medical University, Changsha, 410219, Hunan, China.
- Xiang Ya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
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- You County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhuzhou, 412300, Hunan, China
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- You County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhuzhou, 412300, Hunan, China
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- School of Public Health, Changsha Medical University, Changsha, 410219, Hunan, China
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- School of Public Health, Changsha Medical University, Changsha, 410219, Hunan, China
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- Xiang Ya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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Alves Ribeiro VH, Moritz S, Rehbach F, Reynoso-Meza G. A novel dynamic multi-criteria ensemble selection mechanism applied to drinking water quality anomaly detection. Sci Total Environ 2020; 749:142368. [PMID: 33370917 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 06/13/2020] [Revised: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The provision of clean and safe drinking water is a crucial task for water supply companies from all over the world. To this end, automatic anomaly detection plays a critical role in drinking water quality monitoring. Recent anomaly detection studies use techniques that focus on a single global objective. Yet, companies need solutions that better balance the trade-off between false positives (FPs), which lead to financial losses to water companies, and false negatives (FNs), which severely impact public health and damage the environment. This work proposes a novel dynamic multi-criteria ensemble selection mechanism to cope with both problems simultaneously: the non-dominated local class-specific accuracy (NLCA). Moreover, experiments rely on recent time series related classification metrics to assess the predictive performance. Results on data from a real-world water distribution system show that NLCA outperforms other ensemble learning and dynamic ensemble selection techniques by more than 15% in terms of time series related F1 scores. As a conclusion, NLCA enables the development of stronger anomaly detection systems for drinking water quality monitoring. The proposed technique also offers a new perspective on dynamic ensemble selection, which can be applied to different classification tasks to balance conflicting criteria.
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- Victor Henrique Alves Ribeiro
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção e Sistemas (PPGEPS), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, 80215-901 Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
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- Institute of Data Science, Engineering, and Analytics, TH Köln, Campus Gummersbach, Steinmüllerallee 1, 51643 Gummersbach, Germany.
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- Institute of Data Science, Engineering, and Analytics, TH Köln, Campus Gummersbach, Steinmüllerallee 1, 51643 Gummersbach, Germany.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção e Sistemas (PPGEPS), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, 80215-901 Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
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Buckerfield SJ, Quilliam RS, Bussiere L, Waldron S, Naylor LA, Li S, Oliver DM. Chronic urban hotspots and agricultural drainage drive microbial pollution of karst water resources in rural developing regions. Sci Total Environ 2020; 744:140898. [PMID: 32721677 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 05/01/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Contamination of surface and groundwater systems with human and animal faecal matter leads to exposure of reliant populations to disease causing micro-organisms. This exposure route remains a major cause of infection and mortality in developing countries, particularly rural regions. To meet the UN's sustainable development goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, we need to identify the key controls on faecal contamination across relevant settings. We conducted a high-resolution spatial study of E. coli concentration in catchment drainage waters over 6 months in a mixed land-use catchment in the extensive karst region extending across impoverished southwest China. Using a mixed effects modelling framework, we tested how land-use, karst hydrology, antecedent meteorological conditions, agricultural cycles, hydrochemistry, and position in the catchment system affected E. coli concentrations. Land-use was the best predictor of faecal contamination levels. Sites in urban areas were chronically highly contaminated, but water draining from agricultural land was also consistently contaminated and there was a catchment wide pulse of higher E. coli concentrations, turbidity, and discharge during paddy field drainage. E. coli concentration increased with increasing antecedent rainfall across all land-use types and compartments of the karst hydrological system (underground and surface waters), but decreased with increasing pH. This is interpreted to be a result of processes affecting pH, such as water residence time, rather than the direct effect of pH on E. coli survival. Improved containment and treatment of human waste in areas of higher population density would likely reduce contamination hotspots, and further research is needed to identify the nature and distribution of sources in agricultural land.
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- Sarah J Buckerfield
- Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, United Kingdom.
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, United Kingdom
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, United Kingdom
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- School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, United Kingdom
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Jamal R, Mubarak S, Sahulka SQ, Kori JA, Tajammul A, Ahmed J, Mahar RB, Olsen MS, Goel R, Weidhaas J. Informing water distribution line rehabilitation through quantitative microbial risk assessment. Sci Total Environ 2020; 739:140021. [PMID: 32758946 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140021] [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: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Poor urban water quality has been linked to diminished source water quality, poorly functioning water treatment systems and infiltration into distribution lines after treatment resulting in microbiological contamination. With limited funding to rehabilitate distribution lines, developing nations need tools to identify the areas of greatest concern to human health so as to target cost effective remediation approaches. Herein, a case study of Hyderabad, Pakistan was used to demonstrate the efficacy of combining quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) for multiple pathogens with spatial distribution system modeling to identify areas for pipe rehabilitation. Abundance of Escherichia coli, Enterococcus (enterococci), Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Giardia intestinalis, Vibrio cholera, norovirus GI and adenovirus 40/41, were determined in 85 locations including the source water, treatment plant effluent and the city distribution lines. Bayesian statistics and Monte Carlo simulations were used in the QMRA to account for left-censored microbial abundance distributions. Bacterial and viral abundances in the distribution system samples decreased as follows: 9400 ± 19,800 norovirus gene copies/100 mL (average ± standard deviation, 100% of samples positive); 340 ± 2200 enterococci CFU/100 mL (94%), 71 ± 97 Shigella sp. CFU/100 mL (97%), 60 ± 360 E. coli CFU/100 mL (89%), 35 ± 79 adenovirus gene copies/100 mL (100%), and 21 ± 46 Salmonella sp. CFU/100 mL (76%). The QMRA revealed unacceptable probabilities of illness (>1 in 10,000 illness level) from the four exposure routes considered (drinking water, or only showering, tooth brushing, and rinsing vegetables consumed raw). Disease severity indices based on the QMRA combined with mapping the distribution system revealed areas for targeted rehabilitation. The combined intensive sampling, risk assessment and mapping can be used in low- and middle-income countries to target distribution system rehabilitation efforts and improve health outcomes.
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- Rubayat Jamal
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, 110 Central Campus Drive Suite 2000, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, 76062, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, 110 Central Campus Drive Suite 2000, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, 76062, Sindh, Pakistan
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- US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, 76062, Sindh, Pakistan
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- US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, 76062, Sindh, Pakistan
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- US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, 76062, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, 110 Central Campus Drive Suite 2000, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, 110 Central Campus Drive Suite 2000, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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Pai CW, Leong D, Chen CY, Wang GS. Occurrences of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the drinking water of Taiwan and their removal in conventional water treatment processes. Chemosphere 2020; 256:127002. [PMID: 32445997 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [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: 01/18/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has been of concerns for their potential threats to ecosystems and human's health for decades. PPCPs have been detected in water environments worldwide and have been identified in water sources and finished water. To elucidate the potential exposure of PPCPs in drinking water, this study assessed the occurrences and treatment efficiencies of PPCPs in the drinking water of Taiwan. Raw and finished water samples collected from five main drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) in February, June, and November 2018 were analyzed. Furthermore, laboratory-scale water treatment processes were conducted to evaluate the treatment efficiencies of these chemicals. Most of the water samples from the DWTPs had a low concentration (<30 ng/L) of PPCPs. Only samples from a DWTP was observed to have higher concentration of ibuprofen (55.6 ng/L), benzophenone (92.5 ng/L), caffeine (390.5 ng/L), and diethyltoluamide (DEET) (434.9 ng/L) in raw water than others. The results of laboratory simulations indicated that the pre-chlorination process was the key step responsible for the removal of PPCPs in conventional water treatment processes, which can remove most of the hormone treatment products, parabens, oxybenzone, and acetaminophen in water sources. However, the filtration process with anthracite as a medium could remove some of the parabens (approximately 11.9%-41.2%), hormones (approximately 18.2%-44.8%), suntan lotions (37.5%-68.8%), and naproxen (30.1%) from Milli-Q water. The removal efficiencies of the aforementioned chemicals were marginally lower in raw water. However, analgesics, caffeine, and DEET cannot be removed effectively through conventional drinking water treatment.
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- Chih-Wei Pai
- Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan; Institute of Food Safety and Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan; Institute of Food Safety and Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
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Uzun H, Dahlgren RA, Olivares C, Erdem CU, Karanfil T, Chow AT. Two years of post-wildfire impacts on dissolved organic matter, nitrogen, and precursors of disinfection by-products in California stream waters. Water Res 2020; 181:115891. [PMID: 32464419 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [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: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We investigated the effects of two California wildfires (Rocky and Wragg Fires, 2015) compared to an unburned reference watershed on water quality, dissolved organic matter (DOM), and precursors of disinfection by-products (DBPs) for two years' post-fire. The two burned watersheds both experienced wildfires but differed in the proportion of burned watershed areas. Burned watersheds showed rapid water quality degradation from elevated levels of turbidity, color, and suspended solids, with greater degradation in the more extensively burned watershed. During the first year's initial flushes, concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), ammonium (NH4+/NH3), and specific ultraviolet absorbance (SUVA254) were significantly higher (67 ± 40%, 418 ± 125%, 192 ± 120%, and 31 ± 17%, respectively) in the more extensively burned watershed compared to the reference watershed. These elevated values gradually declined and finally returned to levels like the reference watershed in the second year. Nitrate concentrations were near detection limits (0.01 mg-N/L) in the first year but showed a large increase in fire-impacted streams during the second rainy season, possibly due to delayed nitrification. Changes in DOM composition, especially during the initial storm events, indicated that fires can attenuate humic-like and soluble microbial by-product-like (SMP) DOM while increasing the proportion of fulvic-like, tryptophan-like, and tyrosine-like compounds. Elevated bromide (Br-) concentrations (up to 8.7 μM]) caused a shift in speciation of trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs) to brominated species for extended periods (up to 2 years). Wildfire also resulted in elevated concentrations of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) precursors. Such changes in THM, HAA, and NDMA precursors following wildfires pose a potential treatability challenge for drinking water treatment, but the effects are relatively short-term (≤1 year).
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- Habibullah Uzun
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul, 34722, Turkey
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- Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, United States
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, United States
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, South Carolina, 29625, United States
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, South Carolina, 29625, United States
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, South Carolina, 29625, United States; Biogeochemistry & Environmental Quality Research Group, Clemson University, Georgetown, South Carolina, 29442, United States.
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Shrestha A, Six J, Dahal D, Marks S, Meierhofer R. Association of nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene practices with children's nutritional status, intestinal parasitic infections and diarrhoea in rural Nepal: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2020; 20:1241. [PMID: 32799826 PMCID: PMC7429949 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09302-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Providing universal access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in remote Nepal remains challenging. We investigated WASH conditions and their association with children’s nutritional status, intestinal parasitic infections and diarrhoea. Methods Data was collected through a cross-sectional survey of 1427 households, including questionnaires, observations, stool analysis, anthropometry, water quality measurements, and assessment of clinical signs of nutritional deficiencies. Results We found 55.5% of children were undernourished, 63.9% had clinical signs of nutritional deficiencies, 51.1% had intestinal parasitic infections and 52.2% had diarrhoea. Multivariate mixed logistic regression analysis revealed a statistically significant negative association between undernutrition and socio-economic level, with adjusted odds ratios (AOR) of 0.70 (95%-CI = 0.43–1.11) and 0.43 (95%-CI = 0.25–0.75) for high and intermediate levels compared to the lowest level. Undernutrition was negatively associated with regular deworming of children (AOR = 0.44, 95% CI = 0.20–0.94), food supplements (AOR = 0.57, 95% CI = 0.38–0.84), household’s own food production (AOR = 0.67, 95% CI = 0.46–0.97) and personal hygiene (AOR = 0.83, 95% CI = 0.51–1.35). Nutritional deficiency was negatively associated with handwashing after cleaning a baby’s bottom (AOR = 0.60, 95% CI = 0.40–0.92) and cleanliness of caregiver’s hands (AOR = 0.61, 95% CI = 0.41–0.89) and positively associated with keeping animals inside the house overnight (AOR = 1.71, 95% CI = 1.17–2.51) and the presence of total coliforms in the drinking water source (AOR = 10.44, 95% CI = 1.61–67.4). Diarrhoea was positively associated with intermittent water supply (AOR = 2.72, 95% CI = 1.18–6.31) and the presence of a mud floor (AOR = 2.29, 95% CI = 1.20–4.37) and negatively associated with cleanliness of the toilet (AOR = 0.68, 95% CI = 0.47–0.98), and the cleanliness of children’s hands (AOR = 0.62, 95% CI = 0.40–0.96). Conclusions Our study found, more than half of the survey children were in a critical health condition. Results suggest that child health improvements are dependent on multiple public health improvements, including providing better nutrition, promoting adequate hygiene behaviour, such as handwashing, keeping the latrines clean, keeping the household environment free from animal faeces and assuring a reliable supply of safe water.
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- Akina Shrestha
- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Dhulikhel Hospital, GPO Box, Kathmandu, 11008, Nepal
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Aquatic Ecology Centre, School of Science, Kathmandu University, P.O. Box 6250, Dhulikhel, Nepal
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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Jha MK, Shekhar A, Jenifer MA. Assessing groundwater quality for drinking water supply using hybrid fuzzy-GIS-based water quality index. Water Res 2020; 179:115867. [PMID: 32408184 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [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: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Groundwater is a vital source of freshwater in both urban and rural regions of the world. However, its injudicious abstraction and rapidly increasing contamination are posing a severe threat for sustainable water supply worldwide. Geographical Information System (GIS)-based groundwater quality evaluation using Groundwater Quality Index (GQI) has been proved to be a cost-effective tool for assessing groundwater quality and its variability at a larger scale. However, the conventional GQI approach is unable to deal with uncertainties involved in the assessment of environmental problems. To overcome this limitation, a novel hybrid framework integrating Fuzzy Logic with the GIS-based GQI is proposed in this study for assessing groundwater quality and its spatial variability. The proposed hybrid framework is demonstrated through a case study in a hard-rock terrain of Southern India using ten prominent groundwater-quality parameters measured during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons. Two conventional GIS-based GQI models GQI-10 (using all the ten groundwater-quality parameters) and GQI-7 (using seven 'concerned/critical' groundwater-quality parameters) as well as hybrid Fuzzy-GIS-based GQI (FGQI) models (using seven critical parameters) were developed for the two seasons and the results were compared. The Trapezoidal membership functions classified the model input parameters into 'desirable', 'acceptable' and 'unacceptable' classes based on the experts' knowledge and water quality standards for drinking purposes. The concentrations of Ca2+, Mg2+, and SO42- in groundwater were found within the WHO desirable limits for drinking water throughout the year, while the concentrations of seven parameters (TDS, NO3--N, Na+, Cl-, K+, F- and Hardness) exceed their permissible limits during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons. A comparative evaluation of GQI models revealed that the FGQI model predicts groundwater quality better than the conventional GQI-10 and GQI-7 models. GQI modeling results suggest that the groundwater of most of eastern and southern parts (∼60% in pre-monsoon season; ∼90% in post-monsoon season) of the study area is unsuitable for drinking. Further, the groundwater quality deteriorates during post-monsoon seasons compared to pre-monsoon seasons, which indicates an increased influx of contaminants from different industries, mining areas, waste disposal sites and agricultural fields during monsoon seasons. This finding calls for the strict enforcement of regulations for proper handling of effluents from various contamination sources in the study area. It is concluded that the fuzzy logic-based decision-making approach (FGQI) is more reliable and pragmatic for groundwater-quality assessment and analysis at a larger scale. It can serve as a useful tool for the water planners and decision makers in efficiently monitoring and managing groundwater quality at watershed or basin scales.
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- Madan Kumar Jha
- AgFE Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721 302, West Bengal, India.
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
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- VIT School of Agricultural Innovations and Advanced Learning, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Delpla I, Legay C, Proulx F, Rodriguez MJ. Perception of tap water quality: Assessment of the factors modifying the links between satisfaction and water consumption behavior. Sci Total Environ 2020; 722:137786. [PMID: 32208246 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Perception of tap water is subject to a wide range of factors and interactions. These include risk perception, tap water quality and organoleptic perceptions, microbiological and chemical quality, prior experiences, information sources, trust in water companies and other groups, and perceived control and contextual factors, among others. The objective of this study is to assess the factors that influence and determine citizen behavior regarding drinking water. A phone survey was conducted among 1014 citizens living in the city of Québec, Canada. Five different domestic water consumption profiles were elaborated according to the citizens' preferences and behavior. Descriptive statistics and mediation analyses were carried out to analyse the survey results and assess the factors modifying the links between satisfaction and water consumption behavior. Results show that drinking water quality could be loosely linked with overall satisfaction with tap water. The water consumption profile was strongly linked with satisfaction levels related to the taste, odor and color of tap water. We observed that the association between an individual's tap water satisfaction and water consumption behavior was mediated by the water treatment strategies applied at home (filtering, cooling), knowledge about drinking water quality and its production, and risk perception. The mediating effects were shown to be significant mainly among bottled-water-only and tap-water-only consumers. Future interventions that aim to encourage the population's use of tap water as a primary source should prioritize cooling and filtering tap water in their messaging, in order to improve population satisfaction. The reduction of risk perception through targeted information campaigns is also of primary importance for decreasing the number of citizens who exclusively drink bottled water.
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- Ianis Delpla
- École supérieure d'aménagement du territoire et de développement régional (ESAD), Université Laval, Pavillon F-A. Savard, 2325, rue des Bibliothèques, local 1612, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
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- École supérieure d'aménagement du territoire et de développement régional (ESAD), Université Laval, Pavillon F-A. Savard, 2325, rue des Bibliothèques, local 1612, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- École supérieure d'aménagement du territoire et de développement régional (ESAD), Université Laval, Pavillon F-A. Savard, 2325, rue des Bibliothèques, local 1612, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- École supérieure d'aménagement du territoire et de développement régional (ESAD), Université Laval, Pavillon F-A. Savard, 2325, rue des Bibliothèques, local 1612, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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Aminiyan MM, Aminiyan FM. Comprehensive integrated index-based geochemistry and hydrochemical analyses of groundwater resources for multiple consumptions under coastal conditions. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:21386-21406. [PMID: 32277420 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08300-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The primary objective of this study was to assess the quality of groundwater in the Guilan aquifer, a principal aquifer in the north of Iran, for drinking, irrigation, and industrial purposes. In this regard, groundwater samples have taken from a database provided by the Water Resources Authority of Guilan Province, Iran's Ministry of Energy. The studied four main regions of this aquifer were Talesh, Astaneh, Lahijan, and Foomenat. Achieved results were compared with the maximum permissible limit values recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) water standards for drinking and agricultural purposes, respectively. Moreover, evaluation of water suitability for industrial application was determined. According to the different indices, groundwater quality is suitable for irrigation purposes in all studied areas. A Piper diagram illustrated that the most dominant water type was Ca-HCO3 in the all studied areas. This result also is consistent with results from the analysis of mineral saturation index. Accordingly, the result of water quality index (WQI) revealed that the groundwater in the Guilan aquifer could categorize from excellent to poor quality classes. However, the majority of water samples in Astaneh region mostly fall into the poor water class. The calculation of corrosiveness and scaling indices as Ryznar stability index (RSI) illustrated that a large number of the samples could be classified into aggressive and very aggressive categories. The results additionally showed that tendency to form scale based on Puckorius scaling index (PSI) was observed in some groundwater samples. Overall, the status of groundwater quality in Talesh region was noteworthy better than the other studied regions, while Astaneh region is more vulnerable with elevated contents of ions and physicochemical parameters.
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- Milad Mirzaei Aminiyan
- Department of Soil Science Engineering, Agriculture and Natural Resources Faculty, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
- Department of Soil Science, Agriculture and Natural Resources Faculty, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Vali-e-Asr Rafsanjan University, Rafsanjan, Iran
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Ahmad JI, Liu G, van der Wielen PWJJ, Medema G, Peter van der Hoek J. Effects of cold recovery technology on the microbial drinking water quality in unchlorinated distribution systems. Environ Res 2020; 183:109175. [PMID: 31999996 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109175] [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: 10/06/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Drinking water distribution systems (DWDSs) are used to supply hygienically safe and biologically stable water for human consumption. The potential of thermal energy recovery from drinking water has been explored recently to provide cooling for buildings. Yet, the effects of increased water temperature induced by this "cold recovery" on the water quality in DWDSs are not known. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of cold recovery from DWDSs on the microbiological quality of drinking water. For this purpose, three pilot distribution systems were operated in parallel for 38 weeks. System 1 has an operational heat exchanger, mimicking the cold recovery system by maintaining the water temperature at 25 °C; system 2 operated with a non-operational heat exchanger and system 3 run without heat exchanger. The results showed no significant effects on drinking water quality: cell numbers and ATP concentrations remained around 3.5 × 105 cells/ml and 4 ng ATP/l, comparable observed operational taxonomic units (OTUs) (~470-490) and similar Shannon indices (7.7-8.9). In the system with cold recovery, a higher relative abundance of Pseudomonas spp. and Chryseobacterium spp. was observed in the drinking water microbial community, but only when the cold recovery induced temperature difference (ΔT) was higher than 9 °C. In the 38 weeks' old biofilm, higher ATP concentration (475 vs. 89 pg/cm2), lower diversity (observed OTUs: 88 vs. ≥200) and a different bacterial community composition (e.g. higher relative abundance of Novosphingobium spp.) were detected, which did not influence water quality. No impacts were observed for the selected opportunisitic pathogens after introducing cold recovery. It is concluded that cold recovery does not affect bacterial water quality. Further investigation for a longer period is commended to understand the dynamic responses of biofilm to the increased temperature caused by cold recovery.
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- Jawairia Imtiaz Ahmad
- Sanitary Engineering, Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5048, 2600GA, Delft, the Netherlands; Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, H-12 Sector, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Sanitary Engineering, Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5048, 2600GA, Delft, the Netherlands; Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, PR China.
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- KWR Watercycle Research Institute, P.O. Box 1072, 3430 BB, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands; Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8033, 6700, EH, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Sanitary Engineering, Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5048, 2600GA, Delft, the Netherlands; KWR Watercycle Research Institute, P.O. Box 1072, 3430 BB, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands; Michigan State University, 1405, S Harrison Rd East-Lansing, 48823, USA
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- Sanitary Engineering, Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5048, 2600GA, Delft, the Netherlands; Waternet, Korte Ouderkerkerdijk 7, 1096 AC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Dobaradaran S, Shabankareh Fard E, Tekle-Röttering A, Keshtkar M, Karbasdehi VN, Abtahi M, Gholamnia R, Saeedi R. Age-sex specific and cause-specific health risk and burden of disease induced by exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs) from drinking water: An assessment in four urban communities of Bushehr Province, Iran, 2017. Environ Res 2020; 182:109062. [PMID: 31883495 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.109062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 10/08/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Health risk and burden of disease induced by exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs, four compounds) and haloacetic acids (HAAs, 5 compounds) from drinking water through ingestion, dermal absorption, and inhalation routes were assessed based on one-year water quality monitoring in four urban communities (Bandar Deylam, Borazjan, Bushehr, and Choghadak) of Bushehr Province, Iran. The total average concentrations of THMs and HAAs at all the communities level were determined to be 92.9 ± 43.7 and 70.6 ± 26.5 μg/L, respectively. The dominant components of the THMs and HAAs were determined to be tribromomethane (TBM, 41.6%) and monobromoacetic acid (MBAA, 60.8%), respectively. The average contributions of ingestion, dermal absorption, and inhalation routes in exposure to the chlorination by-products (CBPs) were respectively 65.0, 15.4, and 19.6%. The total average non-carcinogenic risk as the hazard index (HI) and incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) of the CBPs at all the communities level were found to be 4.03 × 10-1 and 3.16 × 10-4, respectively. The total attributable deaths, death rate (per 100,000 people), age-weighted disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), and age-weighted DALY rate for all ages both sexes combined at all the communities level were estimated to be 1.0 (uncertainty interval: UI 95% 0.3 to 2.8), 0.27 (0.08-0.75), 30.8 (11.3-100.1), and 8.1 (3.0-26.4), respectively. The average contribution of mortality (years of life lost due to premature mortality: YLLs) in the attributable burden of disease was 94.7% (94.4-95.6). Although in most of cases the average levels of the CBPs were in the permissible range of Iranian standards for drinking water quality, the average values of ILCRs as well as attributable burden of disease were not acceptable (the ILCRs were higher than the boundary limit of 10-5); therefore, implementation of interventions for reducing exposure to CBPs through drinking water especially in Kowsar Dam Water Treatment Plant is strictly recommended.
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- Sina Dobaradaran
- Systems Environmental Health and Energy Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran; The Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
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- Westfälische Hochschule Gelsenkirchen, Neidenburger Strasse 43, Gelsenkirchen, 45877, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
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- Workplace Health Promotion Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Workplace Health Promotion Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Health and Safety, and Environment (HSE), School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Workplace Health Promotion Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Health and Safety, and Environment (HSE), School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Delpla I, Proulx F, Rodríguez MJ. A methodology to prioritize spatio-temporal monitoring of drinking water quality considering population vulnerability. J Environ Manage 2020; 255:109869. [PMID: 31760297 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 04/25/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The optimization of drinking water monitoring becomes increasingly complex with the size of a water distribution system. Municipal water managers have to combine their experiences with different types of information (historical water quality variability, infrastructure, water residence times, sociodemographic profiles, etc.) that are available in different forms (qualitative, quantitative, geographical, etc.) to be able to select the monitoring locations for regulatory compliance and routine water quality management and control. Therefore, the integration of such information requires to select suitable variables and use the appropriate data mining and aggregation methods. This work aims to develop a methodology that helps optimize drinking water quality monitoring programs by considering the different components of population vulnerability that vary both spatially and temporally. This project was conducted in a distribution system that supplies approximately 510 000 citizens. Due to the high seasonal climatic variations and the size of the network, there are also considerable spatial and temporal variations in water quality throughout the year. An index representing the spatio-temporal population vulnerability (combination of population exposure, sensitivity and adaptation capacity) to the degradation of drinking water quality was developed by selecting the relevant parameters and aggregation methods. The population vulnerability index was calculated by aggregating spatio-temporal water quality data (representing microbiological and chemical risks) and distribution network characteristics (number of leakages, pipes type and age). This information was then compared with sociodemographic data related to population sensitivity (percentage of children and the elderly, and the number of health care centers) and the population's adaptive capacity (social and material deprivation). A fuzzy synthetic evaluation method is used for parameter aggregation and to calculate the different indexes. By considering variable locations and periods of time that may better represent the population vulnerability, the results of this project are useful for drinking water managers to optimize their drinking water monitoring strategies.
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- Ianis Delpla
- École Supérieure d'aménagement du territoire et de développement Régional (ESAD), Université Laval, Pavillon F-A. Savard, 2325, Rue des Bibliothèques, Local 1612, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.
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- École Supérieure d'aménagement du territoire et de développement Régional (ESAD), Université Laval, Pavillon F-A. Savard, 2325, Rue des Bibliothèques, Local 1612, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada; Service du traitement des Eaux, Ville de Québec, 214, Avenue Saint-Sacrement, Suite 210, Québec (Québec), G1N 3X6, Canada
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- École Supérieure d'aménagement du territoire et de développement Régional (ESAD), Université Laval, Pavillon F-A. Savard, 2325, Rue des Bibliothèques, Local 1612, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
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Water quality affects human health and ecological biodiversity, as water ingestion is the primary exposure pathway of human health risk, and water is the most active natural element participating in the transformation of ecological system. In this paper, the background of editing this special issue was outlined, and the main contents and contributions of papers published in this special issue were introduced. Several research directions that are important to guarantee the water safety in the Yellow River basin were proposed. This special issue provides a platform for researchers to share their latest research results, which will not only be helpful for enhancing water protection and management in the Yellow River basin, but also benefit the international community in addressing similar issues.
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- Peiyue Li
- School of Water and Environment, Chang’an University, No. 126 Yanta Road, Xi’an, 710054 Shaanxi China
- Key Laboratory of Subsurface Hydrology and Ecological Effects in Arid Region of the Ministry of Education, Chang’an University, No. 126 Yanta Road, Xi’an, 710054 Shaanxi China
- School of Water Resources and Environment, Hebei GEO University, No. 136 East Huai’an Road, Shijiazhuang, 050031 Hebei China
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Ordoñez-Ordoñez A, Revelo-Romo DM, Garcia-Mora AM, Hidalgo-Troya A, Galeano LA. MS2 coliphage inactivation by Al/Fe PILC-activated Catalytic Wet Peroxide Oxidation: multiresponse statistical optimization. Heliyon 2019; 5:e01892. [PMID: 31294096 PMCID: PMC6595173 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The optimization of the Catalytic Wet Peroxide Oxidation (CWPO) assisted by an Al/Fe-pillared clay (Al/Fe-PILC) was assessed in the inactivation of the MS2 coliphage in the presence of a synthetic surrogate of natural organic matter (NOM). The simultaneous effect of two experimental factors (i) H2O2 dose - (H2O2)d (3.00-25.50 % of the H2O2 theoretically required for full mineralization) and (ii) catalyst concentration (0.33-2.60 g/L), and four non-controllable variables (covariates) (a) circumneutral pH (6.00-9.00), (b) temperature (5.00-25.0 °C), (c) synthetic NOM concentration (2.0-20.0 mg C/L) and (d) MS2 titer (104, 105 and 106 PFU/mL) was investigated by Response Surface Methodology (RSM). Every response was modeled and maximized: (1) MS2 inactivation, (2) fraction of reacted H2O2, (3) decolourization and (4) NOM mineralization. Multi-response optimization via desirability function based on responses (1) to (3) achieved excellent fitting (0.94 out of 1.0) and following set of optimal experimental conditions: 0.33 g Al/Fe-PILC/L, 3.36 % (H2O2)d (Feactive/H2O2) = 0.46, giving rise to 92.9 % of MS2 inactivation and 100 % of reacted H2O2 at pH 7.07, 25.0 +/- 0.1 °C, 16.06 mg C/L as starting NOM concentration, and MS2 titer of 106 PFU/mL after just 70 min of reaction.
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- Alejandra Ordoñez-Ordoñez
- Grupo de Investigación en Materiales Funcionales y Catálisis (GIMFC), Departamento de Química, Universidad de Nariño, Pasto, 520002, Colombia.,Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Nariño, Pasto, 520002, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Materiales Funcionales y Catálisis (GIMFC), Departamento de Química, Universidad de Nariño, Pasto, 520002, Colombia
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- Centro de Estudios y Asesorías en Estadística - CEASE, Universidad de Nariño, Pasto, 520002, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Materiales Funcionales y Catálisis (GIMFC), Departamento de Química, Universidad de Nariño, Pasto, 520002, Colombia
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Learbuch KLG, Lut MC, Liu G, Smidt H, van der Wielen PWJJ. Legionella growth potential of drinking water produced by a reverse osmosis pilot plant. Water Res 2019; 157:55-63. [PMID: 30952008 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.03.037] [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: 11/06/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Treatment processes, such as membrane filtration with reverse osmosis (RO), are used to produce drinking water with a high degree of biostability. To our knowledge, the influence of RO water on biofilm formation and growth of L. pneumophila has not yet been investigated. Therefore, this study aimed (i) to determine the Legionella growth potential of (remineralised) RO-water produced by a pilot plant and to compare this to conventional treated groundwater, and (ii) to determine if different pipe materials, in contact with remineralised RO-water, can cause growth of L. pneumophila. The Legionella growth potential of water was determined with the boiler biofilm monitor (BBM) that mimics the flow of water in a premise plumbing system. The Legionella growth potential of materials in contact with remineralised RO-water was determined by using the biomass production potential (BPP)-test. ATP concentrations in the biofilm on the glass rings from the BBM fed with (remineralised) RO water fluctuated around 100 pg ATP cm-2. In contrast, BBMs fed with conventionally treated water resulted in ten-fold higher ATP concentrations in the biofilm. Moreover, conventionally treated water had a Legionella growth potential that was 1000-fold higher than that of (remineralised) RO-water. Furthermore, glass, copper and PVC-C had the lowest biofilm concentrations and Legionella growth potential in the BPP-test, followed by PE-Xb, PE-Xc and PE-100. The highest biofilm concentration and Legionella growth potential were with PVC-P. Hence, our study demonstrated that remineralised RO-water did not enhance growth of L. pneumophila in the BBM that mimics the premises plumbing system. However, when PE or PVC-P materials are used growth of L. pneumophila can still occur in the premises plumbing system despite the high quality of the supplied remineralised RO-water.
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- K L G Learbuch
- KWR Watercycle Research Institute, Groningenhaven 7, 3433PE, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.
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- Oasen N.V., Nieuwe Gouwe O.Z. 3, 2801 SB, Gouda, the Netherlands
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- Oasen N.V., Nieuwe Gouwe O.Z. 3, 2801 SB, Gouda, the Netherlands; Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, PR China; Sanitary Engineering, Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5048, 2600GA Delft, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- KWR Watercycle Research Institute, Groningenhaven 7, 3433PE, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands; Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Rezaeinia S, Nasseri S, Binesh M, Dezfuli FG, Abdolkhani S, Gholami M, Jaafarzadeh N. Qualitative and health-related evaluation of point-of-use water treatment equipment performance in three cities of Iran. J Environ Health Sci Eng 2018; 16:265-275. [PMID: 30728998 PMCID: PMC6277344 DOI: 10.1007/s40201-018-0315-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Application of the point-of-use water treatment (POU-WT) systems has consistently increased during the last decade in Iran. In this study, the qualitative performances of reverse osmosis-based POU devices in selected cities of Iran were investigated. METHODS This applied- descriptive study was conducted in three cities of Tehran, Rasht, and Ahvaz in 2016 (selected based on the level of POU devices sale index in three phases). After choosing the most popular five brands of six stages POU devices, 360 water sampling zones and POU consumer households of the selected cities were measured. Also, the awareness of the consumers about POU-WT systems selection and performance was investigated through a designed questionnaire. RESULTS The qualitative parameters in the three cities were acceptable (p < 0.05) for tap water (except for EC in Ahvaz), the output water were as follows: pH = 6.05-7.5, EC = 49.8-58.2 μs/cm, TOC = 0.01-0.23 mg/L and Nitrate = 0.52-4.5 mg/LNO3 (lower or within the range of regulatory limits), Total Hardness = 33-41.5 mg/L and Fluoride = 0.01-0.23 mg/L (which were lower than the admissible limit, with p < 0.05), HPC values were in the range of 543-676 CFU/mL, which exceeded the regulatory level. Results of ANOVA analysis showed significant differences between the selected cities. The results of the questionnaire survey showed that the dissatisfaction of tap water quality and health-related concerns were the two main reasons for household POU-WT systems; awareness levels of 64% of these households about the performances of their POU systems were weak. Also, social media were mostly used by POU-WT users for brand selected. CONCLUSION Based on the results of the tap-water quality application of POU-WT systems are not recommended in Tehran and Rasht, and regarding the outputs of these systems, side effects of softened water, lack of Fluoride and a remarkable increase of the number of bacteria should be considered. In Ahvaz, application of POU-WT systems can decrease the health-related problems and it is necessary to increase the access to read POU-WT efficiency information for the consumers.
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- Salimeh Rezaeinia
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Center for Water Quality Research, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Water Science Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Ahvaz Health Care Office, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Environmental Technologies Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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