Microbial community in biofilters for water reuse applications: a critical review

TC Guarin, KR Pagilla - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The combination of ozonation (O 3) and biofiltration processes has become practical and
desirable in advanced water reclamation for water reuse applications. However, the role of …

Efficient removal of organic matters and typical odor substances in rural drinking water using Ozone-BAC-UF combined system to meet new water quality standards in …

X Ren, Q Wu, J Shu, C Chen, A Tiraferri… - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
China has just implemented new drinking water quality standards, canceling the provisions
detailed in the previous standards that allowed relatively lenient water quality standards in …

Biodegradation of sulfonamide antibiotics in sludge

CW Yang, WC Hsiao, BV Chang - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Sulfonamide antibiotics are widely used in human and veterinary medicine. This study
assessed the degradation of three sulfonamides (100 mg kg− 1 each of sulfamethoxazole …

Safe purification of rural drinking water by biological aerated filter coupled with ultrafiltration

Q Wu, C Chen, Y Zhang, P Tang, X Ren, J Shu… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water resources of many rural areas are usually lakes or reservoirs, which can be easily
affected by run-off, non-point source pollution and are often of poorer quality compared with …

Bacterial community shift in response to a deep municipal tail wastewater treatment system

J Chen, Y Yang, Y Liu, M Tang, R Wang, C Zhang… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
In previous studies, ozone oyster shell fixed-bed bioreactor and membrane bioreactor
(OFBR-MBR) were developed for municipal tail wastewater treatment, and qualified good …

Performance of a laboratory-scale moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) and its microbial diversity in palm oil mill effluent (POME) treatment

SNHA Bakar, HA Hasan, AW Mohammad… - Process Safety and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The treatment performance of palm oil mill effluent (POME) using a laboratory-scale moving
bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) was investigated in this study. Two types of biofilm carriers were …

Efficiency of a combined biological aerated filter and ultrafiltration process for removal of odor compounds in rural drinking water

Q Wu, C Chen, J Shu, X Ren, Y Zhang… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Access to safe and clean drinking water is a fundamental need, and the presence of odor
compounds can seriously impact consumers' perception, undermining their trust in water …

Intensive removal efficiency and mechanisms of carbon and ammonium in municipal wastewater treatment plant tail water by ozone oyster shells fix-bed bioreactor …

J Chen, S Liu, J Yan, J Wen, Y Hu, W Zhang - Ecological engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Residual carbon and ammonium in municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) tail water
lead to membrane fouling, and prejudice the operation and life time of reverse osmosis (RO) …

Impact of upstream chlorination on filter performance and microbial community structure of GAC and anthracite biofilters

GA de Vera, D Gerrity, M Stoker, W Frehner… - … : Water Research & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Drinking water filters may be operated to promote or deter biological activity through
upstream oxidant addition. While there are several water quality benefits from biofiltration …

Microbial community structure and diversity in drinking water supply, distribution systems as well as household point of use sites in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia

B Atnafu, A Desta, F Assefa - Microbial ecology, 2022 - Springer
Understanding ecology of microbiomes in drinking water distribution systems is the most
important notion in delivering safe drinking water. Drinking water distribution systems harbor …