Synergistic nanowire-enhanced electroporation and electrochlorination for highly efficient water disinfection

ZY Huo, LR Winter, XX Wang, Y Du… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conventional water disinfection methods such as chlorination typically involve the
generation of harmful disinfection byproducts and intensive chemical consumption …

The novel SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: possible environmental transmission, detection, persistence and fate during wastewater and water treatment

S Mohapatra, NG Menon, G Mohapatra… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for COVID-19 disease, has infected over 27
million people across the globe within a few months. While literature on SARS-CoV-2 …

[HTML][HTML] An antiviral trap made of protein nanofibrils and iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticles

A Palika, A Armanious, A Rahimi, C Medaglia… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Minimizing the spread of viruses in the environment is the first defence line when fighting
outbreaks and pandemics, but the current COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates how difficult …

Elimination of SARS-CoV-2 along wastewater and sludge treatment processes

A Serra-Compte, S González, M Arnaldos, S Berlendis… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is shed in
the feces of infected people. As a consequence, genomic RNA of the virus can be detected …

Data analytics for environmental science and engineering research

S Gupta, D Aga, A Pruden, L Zhang… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
The advent of new data acquisition and handling techniques has opened the door to
alternative and more comprehensive approaches to environmental monitoring that will …

Greywater biodegradability and biological treatment technologies: A critical review

M Khalil, Y Liu - International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of greywater (wastewater without fecal contamination) for reuse can play
an important role in reducing global water scarcity, especially in arid and semi-arid regions …

Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the wastewater pathway into surface water: A review

ER Bandala, BR Kruger, I Cesarino, AL Leao… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
With global number of cases 106 million and death toll surpassing 2.3 million as of mid-
February 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic is certainly one of the major threats that humankind …

Occurrence, fate and removal of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: Current knowledge and future perspectives

B Saawarn, S Hait - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a pandemic of global concern, is
caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Recently, many …

Microbial disinfection with supercoiling capacitive triboelectric nanogenerator

ZY Huo, DM Lee, JM Jeong, YJ Kim… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Water‐borne diseases resulting from pathogen infection are especially challenges in areas
with inadequate sanitation and power supply. Here a novel disinfection system is developed …

Developing a flexible national wastewater surveillance system for COVID-19 and beyond

A Keshaviah, XC Hu, M Henry - Environmental Health …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Wastewater testing offers a cost-effective strategy for measuring population
disease prevalence and health behaviors. For COVID-19, wastewater surveillance …