Preparation of a microbial char adsorbent from polyethyleneimine-modified and nickel-loaded microorganisms for efficient removal of metronidazole

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,588-602
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00752A, Paper
Tao Hu, Junwu Liu, Yingchun Fang, Ningning Feng, Guozhen Wang, Jiaxin Tong, Kuan Lu, Quan Yang, Wangrui Ma, Haiyan Wu, Jianping Xie
Biochar has become a frontier of research in recent years and has broad potential for application in antibiotic adsorption.
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Reactions of hypobromous acid with dimethyl selenide, dimethyl diselenide and other organic selenium compounds: kinetics and product formation

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,620-630
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00787A, Paper
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Emanuel Müller, Urs von Gunten, Julie Tolu, Sylvain Bouchet, Lenny H. E. Winkel
We studied reactions between a variety of organic forms of the essential element selenium (Se) and the oxidant hypobromous acid (HOBr). The studied Se compounds, especially selenomethionine, had a high reactivity with HOBr.
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Evidence-based framework to use in situ phycocyanin readings for cyanobacterial risk assessment within drinking water treatment plants

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,688-701
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00922J, Paper
Liya Ma, Sarah Dorner, Michèle Prévost
A framework is proposed using multi-stream phycocyanin probe readings to manage cyanobacterial risks at the source water and across the drinking water treatment processes.
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Financial analysis of decentralized water reuse systems in mission critical facilities at U.S. Army installations

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,603-613
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00624G, Paper
Andy Y. Hur, Martin A. Page, Jeremy S. Guest, Christine M. Ploschke
Decentralized water reuse is a financially viable fit-for-purpose approach for water sustainment in mission critical facilities.
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Effects of carbon diversion to primary sludge production on thermal hydrolysis pretreatment-enhanced anaerobic digestion

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,677-687
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00695F, Paper
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Hao Luo, Xueyao Zhang, Caroline Nguyen, Malcolm Taylor, Zhi-Wu Wang
Solid mass flow through the WRRF (a) without primary settling, (b) with primary settling and a PS-to-WAS ratio of 1 : 1, and (c) with primary settling and a PS-to-WAS ratio of 3 : 1.
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Effects of an electrocoagulation–air flotation–microfiltration pretreatment process on the start-up of a moving bed biofilm reactor: performance and microbial community structure

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,743-756
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00497J, Paper
Jianping Xu, Yishuai Du, Jiawei Zhang, Hexiang Wang, Guogen Su, Li Zhou, Tianlong Qiu, Jianming Sun
A moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) is an efficient water treatment process, widely used in recirculating aquaculture systems.
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A comparative study on the degradation of iohexol and diatrizoate during UV/persulfate process: kinetics, degradation pathways and iodinated disinfection by-products

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,718-728
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00696D, Paper
Chen-Yan Hu, Ling Xu, Yi-Li Lin, Cong Li
Iodinated X-ray contrast media (ICM) are widely used in medical imaging due to their stable properties, but they cannot be effectively removed in wastewater treatment plants (especially hospital wastewater).
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Identification and quantification of diffuse groundwater pollution in a mineralised watershed

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,668-676
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00194F, Paper
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Aaron M. L. Todd, Iain Robertson, Patrick Byrne, Rory P. D. Walsh, Tom Williams, Paul Edwards
Locating and quantifying sources of metals in a mineralised catchment, using tracer injection and synoptic sampling.
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