Emerging pollutants are present in wastewaters treated by conventional processes. Due to water cycle interactions, these contaminants have been reported in groundwater, surface water, and drinking waters. Since conventional processes cannot guarantee their removal or biotransformation, it is necessary to study processes that comply with complete elimination. The current literature review was conducted to describe and provide an overview of the available information about the most significant groups of emerging pollutants that could potentially be found in the wastewater and the environment. In addition, it describes the main entry and distribution pathways of emerging contaminants into the environment through the water and wastewater cycle, as well as some of the potential effects they may cause to flora, fauna, and humans. Relevant information on the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its potential spread through wastewater is included. Furthermore, it also outlines some of the Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) used for the total or partial emerging pollutants removal, emphasizing the reaction mechanisms and process parameters that need to be considered. As well, some biological processes that, although slow, are effective for the biotransformation of some emerging contaminants and can be used in combination with advanced oxidation processes.
Este estudio muestra las características dasométricas de rodales puros de mezquite (Prosopis sp) pre¬sentes en dos sitios de muestreo en el estado de Coahuila y que se caracterizan por su importancia en la producción de carbón; con ello se pretende conocer la densidad poblacional arbórea en la actualidad, además de la importancia ecológica del mezquite en los ecosistemas de la región. Se obtuvo un primer acercamiento del volumen de madera comercial disponible en los rodales de mezquite, además de la cartografía de la distribución del mezquite en el estado de Coahuila. Los resultados muestran que en el estado de Coahuila existen 73,868 ha cubiertas por rodales puros de mezquite y 3,803,149 ha son ocu¬padas por matorral desértico micrófilo, en el que también se desarrolla el género Prosopis. Los estudios dasométricos se llevaron a cabo en los municipios de Viesca y San Pedro de las Colonias, dando como resultados una densidad de población de 867 y 567 individuos/ha, respectivamente, un porcentaje de indi¬viduos comerciales de 35.23 y 27.84 % de manera respectiva y 1.64 y 39.71 m3•ha-1 de madera comercial.
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