Treatment of heavy metals containing wastewater using biodegradable adsorbents: A review of mechanism and future trends

A Anderson, A Anbarasu, RR Pasupuleti… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The direct disposal of industrial effluents into the aquatic system is considered as a
significant environmental hazard in many countries. Because of poisonous chemicals …

Risks, characteristics, and control strategies of disinfection-residual-bacteria (DRB) from the perspective of microbial community structure

HB Wang, YH Wu, LW Luo, T Yu, A Xu, S Xue… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
The epidemic of COVID-19 has aroused people's particular attention to biosafety. A growing
number of disinfection products have been consumed during this period. However, the flaw …

Investigation of H2O2/UV advanced oxidation process on the removal rate of coliforms from the industrial effluent: A pilot-scale study

M Ashrafivala, SB Mousavi, SZ Heris, M Heidari… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater recycling and reuse is very important, specially in countries with water shortage
problem. Disinfection is very crucial step of wastewater treatment, particulary from the reuse …

Comparison of AOPs at pilot scale: Energy costs for micro-pollutants oxidation, disinfection by-products formation and pathogens inactivation

M Sgroi, SA Snyder, P Roccaro - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
This work evaluated different advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) operated at pilot-scale
as tertiary treatment of municipal wastewater in terms of energy efficiency, disinfection by …

Escherichia coli inactivation using a hybrid ultrasonic–electrocoagulation reactor

KS Hashim, SSM Ali, JK AlRifaie, P Kot, A Shaw… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
In the current study, a new hybrid ultrasonic-electrocoagulation reactor (UE reactor) has
been used to inactivate Escherichia coli in water. The new hybrid reactor consists of an …

Regrowth of bacteria after light-based disinfection—what we know and where we go from here

M Wang, M Ateia, D Awfa, C Yoshimura - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Regrowth of bacteria after water/wastewater disinfection is a serious risk to public health,
particularly when such pathogens carry antibiotic resistance genes. Despite increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies for mitigating chlorinated disinfection byproducts in wastewater treatment plants

S Albolafio, A Marín, A Allende, F García… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
A case study of 15 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) at a full-scale was assessed for the
risks of disinfection byproduct (DBP) formation, mainly the regulated trihalomethanes …

Plasmonic Ag decorated graphitic carbon nitride sheets with enhanced visible-light response for photocatalytic water disinfection and organic pollutant removal

F Wei, J Li, C Dong, Y Bi, X Han - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic disinfection with high performance is thought to be a promising way for water
purification. Herein, plasmonic Ag doped urea-derived graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) …

Low chlorine impurity might be beneficial in chlorine dioxide disinfection

J Han, X Zhang, W Li, J Jiang - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Chlorine dioxide (ClO 2) is a prevalently used disinfectant alternative to chlorine, due to its
effectiveness in pathogen inactivation and low yields of organic halogenated disinfection …

Three-step effluent chlorination increases disinfection efficiency and reduces DBP formation and toxicity

Y Li, X Zhang, M Yang, J Liu, W Li, NJD Graham, X Li… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Chlorination is extensively applied for disinfecting sewage effluents, but it unintentionally
generates disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Using seawater for toilet flushing introduces a …