Antibiotics have been recognized as a significant class of contaminants, and in the past decades, this class was regarded as a new class of “contaminants of emerging concerns.” This is because the presence of antibiotics in the environment poses potential effects on human health, fauna, and ...
The results prove a potential to save up to 5000 MWh of the annual energy consumption of the plant, in addition to improve the effluent quality through operational changes only. Even for what concerns the sludge line a model was proposed for the optimization of the energy recovery from the ...
Unfortunately, processing these crudes often leads to additional problems in the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). In WWTPs, these opportunity crudes bring increased concentrations of contaminants such as oil entrained solids and heavy metals that create new bottlenecks. For instance, up to half of...
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For many entities, it may be daunting to consider the increased capital outlay and a significant commitment to long-term maintenance for a technically demanding process that requires specialized personnel. However, new modes for delivering MBR have evolved to address such vital concerns. ...
Human health concerns of antibiotics revolve primarily around their ability to induce resistance to multiple drugs in microbial pathogens. Buildup of antibiotics in the human body is a lesser concern, since the antibiotics' various polar moieties facilitate rapid urinary excretion; however, recent ...
These chemicals are not naturally occurring in the marine environment, which raises concerns about their presence and impact. It should be noted that numerous other pharmaceu- ticals, herbicides, industrial chemicals and other endocrine- disrupting chemicals are also present in sewage effluents (Swartz...
wastewater treatment systems. Meanwhile, the opportunistic mycobacterial pathogens detected suggested the possible health risk of mycobacteria in WWTPs although the chance may not be high as showed by our results. It raised concerns to further study the viability of these organisms (i.e., live or ...
Wastewater treatment plantDetectionIdentificationThis review highlights the methodologies for sampling, sample preparation, and identification of microplastics found in wastewater treatment plants. The presence and deposition of microplastics in the environment lead to serious environmental and ecological concerns....
Fig. 2. Wastewater treatment strategies and concerns during Covid-19. Based on the discussion on strategies for viral contaminated wastewater disinfection, present study summarized following points that need immediate attention: 1) Need of additional research to reassure the effectiveness, adequacy and ...