Visible-light-driven, water-surface-floating antimicrobials developed from graphitic carbon nitride and expanded perlite for water disinfection

C Zhang, Y Li, D Shuai, W Zhang, L Niu, L Wang… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Waterborne pathogens, especially bacteria and viruses, pose significant health risks to the
public, calling for the development of a sustainable, efficient, and robust disinfection strategy …

Elimination of chlorine-refractory carbamazepine by breakpoint chlorination: Reactive species and oxidation byproducts

WL Wang, QY Wu, Y Du, N Huang, HY Hu - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Breakpoint chlorination can be commonly observed in the chlorination of water treatments
when ammonia is present. In this study, it was found that breakpoint chlorination can …

Fate of environmental pollutants

TJ Zad, MP Astuti, LP Padhye - Water Environment Research, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This annual review covers the literature published in 2017 on topics related to the
occurrence and fate of emerging environmental pollutants in wastewater. Due to the vast …

The impact of disinfection Ct values on cytotoxicity of agricultural wastewaters: Ozonation vs. chlorination

S Dong, N Massalha, MJ Plewa, TH Nguyen - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Toxicity arising from toxic disinfection byproducts is an unintended result of disinfection
during water reclamation. To ensure safe water reclamation treatment, it is important to …

Mystery of the high chlorine consumption in disinfecting a chemically enhanced primary saline sewage

W Li, X Zhang, X Li, JHW Lee - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Stonecutters Island Sewage Treatment Works is one of the largest sewage
treatment plants in the world and consists mainly of a chemically enhanced primary …

Can CabECO® technology be used for the disinfection of highly faecal-polluted surface water?

J Isidro, J Llanos, C Sáez, D Brackemeyer, P Cañizares… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, the disinfection of highly faecal-polluted surface water was studied using a new
electrochemical cell (CabECO® cell, manufactured by CONDIAS) specifically designed to …

Rapid degradation of brominated and iodinated haloacetamides with sulfite in drinking water: Degradation kinetics and mechanisms

S Ding, F Wang, W Chu, Z Cao, Y Pan, N Gao - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
The effective removal of haloacetamides (HAMs) as a group of emerging disinfection by-
products is essential for drinking water safety. This study investigated the degradation of 10 …

Impact of ClO2 pre-oxidation on the formation of CX3R-type DBPs from tyrosine-based amino acid precursors during chlorination and chloramination

D Yao, W Chu, T Bond, S Ding, S Chen - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
ClO 2 is frequently used as a pre-oxidant in water treatment plants. However, the effects of
ClO 2 pre-oxidation on disinfection by-product (DBP) formation, especially the highly toxic …

Biofiltration using C. fluminea for E. coli removal from water: Comparison with ozonation and photocatalytic oxidation

JF Gomes, A Lopes, D Gonçalves, C Luxo, M Gmurek… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Corbicula fluminea, an Asian clam, is one of the worst invasive species in Europe that can
survive in very adverse environmental conditions. Despite its negative impacts, the species …

Ozone initiated inactivation of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in water: Influence of selected organic solvents prevalent in wastewaters

I Ofori, S Maddila, J Lin, SB Jonnalagadda - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Absorption, stability and reactivity of ozone in water are critical parameters to determine its
efficiency in microbial inactivation. In this study, the influence of four water-soluble organic …