Antimicrobial activity of thin-film composite membranes functionalized with cellulose nanocrystals and silver nanoparticles via one-pot deposition and layer-by-layer assembly

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,639-651
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00826F, Paper
Jennifer C. Jackson, Camilla H. M. Camargos, Caihong Liu, Diego S. T. Martinez, Amauri J. Paula, Camila A. Rezende, Andreia F. Faria
In this study, we propose the production of a thin-film composite (TFC) membrane with efficient antimicrobial properties by modifying it with cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and silver nanoparticles (AgNP) using an one-pot and layer-by-layer strategies.
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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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A combined experimental and computational approach to unravel degradation mechanisms in electrochemical wastewater treatment

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,652-667
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00784G, Paper
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Sara Feijoo, Simona Baluchová, Mohammadreza Kamali, Josephus G. Buijnsters, Raf Dewil
Understanding electrochemical oxidation mechanisms through a combined experimental and computational approach.
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Sustainable remediation of paint factory wastewater using electrocoagulation

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,702-717
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00845B, Paper
Gabriel Horváth, Zsolt Szalay, František Šimo, Barbora Vidová, Patrik Hlavanda, Agneša Szarka, Svetlana Hrouzková, Stanislava Debnárová, František Zažímal, Tomáš Homola
Electrochemical treatment of paint-factory wastewater significantly reduces COD, turbidity, phosphorus, and pollutants, generating sludge for potential remanufacturing.
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Evaluation of environmental performance and selection of the most suitable system for MFCs with different electron acceptors by life cycle assessment and PROMETHEE approach

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,729-742
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00809F, Paper
Simge Çankaya, Elif Durna Pişkin, Nevim Genç
The aim of this study is to evaluate the environmental performance of MFCs with different electron acceptors with life cycle assessment (LCA) and to select the most suitable MFC with the PROMETHEE approach.
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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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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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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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Emerging investigator series: optimisation of drinking water biofilm cell detachment and sample homogenisation methods for rapid quantification via flow cytometry

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00553D, Paper
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Frances C. Pick, Katherine E. Fish
Establishing an optimized method to harvest and quantify cells of biofilms from drinking water systems.
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Rapid detection of viable Bacteroides in sewage-contaminated water using sodium dodecyl sulfate and propidium monoazide combined with loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00585B, Paper
Meysam Khodaparast, Dave Sharley, Stephen Marshall, Travis Beddoe
Microbial source tracking using nucleic acid-based amplification techniques, including qPCR and LAMP is now routinely used to detect indicator bacteria in human faecal-contaminated water.
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