A comprehensive review of various approaches for treatment of tertiary wastewater with emerging contaminants: what do we know?
Environ Monit Assess
; 194(12): 884, 2022 Oct 14.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2093260
ABSTRACT
In the last few decades, environmental contaminants (ECs) have been introduced into the environment at an alarming rate. There is a risk to human health and aquatic ecosystems from trace levels of emerging contaminants, including hospital wastewater (HPWW), cosmetics, personal care products, endocrine system disruptors, and their transformation products. Despite the fact that these pollutants have been introduced or detected relatively recently, information about their characteristics, actions, and impacts is limited, as are the technologies to eliminate them efficiently. A wastewater recycling system is capable of providing irrigation water for crops and municipal sewage treatment, so removing ECs before wastewater reuse is essential. Water treatment processes containing advanced ions of biotic origin and ECs of biotic origin are highly recommended for contaminants. This study introduces the fundamentals of the treatment of tertiary wastewater, including membranes, filtration, UV (ultraviolet) irradiation, ozonation, chlorination, advanced oxidation processes, activated carbon (AC), and algae. Next, a detailed description of recent developments and innovations in each component of the emerging contaminant removal process is provided.
Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ozone
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Water Pollutants, Chemical
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Water Purification
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Cosmetics
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Endocrine Disruptors
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Environ Monit Assess
Journal subject:
Environmental Health
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S10661-022-10503-z
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