A review on occurrence and spread of antibiotic resistance in wastewaters and in wastewater treatment plants: mechanisms and perspectives

C Uluseker, KM Kaster, K Thorsen, D Basiry… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This paper reviews current knowledge on sources, spread and removal mechanisms of
antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in microbial communities of wastewaters, treatment …

Wastewater fertigation in agriculture: Issues and opportunities for improved water management and circular economy

M Mainardis, D Cecconet, A Moretti, A Callegari… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water shortages are an issue of growing worldwide concern. Irrigated agriculture accounts
for about 70% of total freshwater withdrawals globally, therefore alternatives to use of …

The configuration, purification effect and mechanism of intensified constructed wetland for wastewater treatment from the aspect of nitrogen removal: a review

LL Zhuang, T Yang, J Zhang, X Li - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Constructed wetland (CW) for wastewater treatment has attracted increasing attention. In this
review, the system configuration optimization, purification effect and general mechanisms of …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-based solutions addressing the water-energy-food nexus: Review of theoretical concepts and urban case studies

PN Carvalho, DC Finger, F Masi, G Cipolletta… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
An increasing world population is projected to increase water, energy and food
requirements, three vital resources for humankind. Projected climate change impacts will …

Constructed wetlands as hotspots of antibiotic resistance genes and pathogens: Evidence from metagenomic analysis in Chinese rural areas

N Zhang, D Lu, H Sheng, J Xia, P Kan, Z Yao… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
In rural China, many constructed wetlands (CWs) have been developed to treat rural
wastewater sustainably. However, due to the scarce information on those rural CWs, it is …

Antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria/genes in urban wastewater: A comparison of their fate in conventional treatment systems and constructed wetlands

M Hazra, H Joshi, JB Williams, JEM Watts - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a growing concern that the use and misuse of antibiotics can increase the detection
of antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in wastewater. Conventional wastewater treatment …

Floating treatment wetlands in domestic wastewater treatment as a decentralized sanitation alternative

GA Oliveira, GS Colares, CA Lutterbeck… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Floating treatment wetlands (FTW) are technologies that have stood out for their efficiency,
ease of installation and maintenance. They consist of macrophytes emerging in a floating …

Wastewater hydroponics for pollutant removal and food production: principles, progress and future outlook

C Mai, A Mojiri, S Palanisami, A Altaee, Y Huang… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
As the global population reaches eight billion, large quantities of wastewater (domestic,
industrial, livestock) need to be treated in an efficient, green, and environmentally friendly …

Development of nature-based sustainable passive technologies for treating and disinfecting municipal wastewater: Experiences from constructed wetlands and slow …

Y Mittal, P Srivastava, S Pandey, AK Yadav - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is an urgent need to develop low-cost technology for effective wastewater treatment
and its further disinfection to the level that makes it economically useful. This work has …

Evaluation of an intermittent-aeration constructed wetland for removing residual organics and nutrients from secondary effluent: performance and microbial analysis

J Li, L Zheng, C Ye, B Ni, X Wang, H Liu - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This study proposed a novel intermittent-aeration constructed wetland (CW) to resolve the
vertical loss of oxygen in tertiary treatment. Compared to the non-aeration CW, the …