A review of emerging micro-pollutants in hospital wastewater: Environmental fate and remediation options

Ajala, Oluwaseun J.; Tijani, Jimoh Oladejo; Salau, Rasaq Bolakale; Abdulkareem, A. S.; Aremu, Oluwole Samuel

doi:10.1016/j.rineng.2022.100671

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“…The combination of techniques may be an effective alternative for groundwater resource protection, combined with stricter legislation on groundwater use, and complemented by implementation of "naturalistic techniques" for soil protection (AJALA, et al [71,86,87]). Regions with vegetation cover propitiate the interception process of this recharge from rainfall, retaining part of the water volume for maintenance of seedling structures and soil microbiota (MARGRET, et al [39,72]).…”

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Groundwater and Anthropic Activities: A Qualitative Study on Treatment Techniques

Oliveira

2024

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The hydrological water cycle comprises constant water movements, which have great influence on the maintenance of vital natural activities. Groundwater in particular constitutes a portion of aquifers, which are considered mobile reservoirs used mainly as a source of supply and human consumption. However, external influences have become largely responsible for the unbalance of the ecosystem, linked to the unbridled human consumption of finite natural resources and the consequent discharge of waste into the receiving bodies without the necessary treatment. The geological water cycle is interrupted when forests are cut down, springs and rivers are extinguished, and together with this, finally, the lack of basic sanitation alters the ecosystem, causing changes of great relevance to the world's population. Groundwater has suffered relevant impacts due to the loss of biodiversity of ecosystems, such as contamination, overuse, lack of current regulatory legislation for use, and the improvement of decontamination techniques. The analysis of the following activities is necessary, mainly due to the anthropic punctual impacts to the ecosystem, corroborating the need for satisfactory techniques. It is noticeable the need for extreme attention to the waste runoff via sanitary sewage to places that have treatment, but the same is not very efficient in retaining this liability, since some developing countries that have not reached about 90% treatment of sanitary sewage, demonstrating the lack of such activities. Thus, the objective of this study is to verify, by means of exploratory and bibliographic research in research bases, the measures that protect the water. Technological measures and sustainable management tools for this purpose will be reviewed, as well as the evolution of groundwater treatment techniques.

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Groundwater and Anthropic Activities: A Qualitative Study on Treatment Techniques

Oliveira

2024

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“…Naturally, this makes them a significant threat to several life forms vital to the ecosystem. Hospitals being a pillar of community health are major contributors to the introduction of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) into water bodies (Ajala et al, 2022; Orias & Perrodin, 2013). Personal care products containing APIs end up in domestic effluents, eventually leading to their presence in various water bodies (Brausch & Rand, 2011; Wilkinson et al, 2016).…”

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Aptasensors in environmental forensics: Tracking the silent killers

Dube

Satish

Rawtani

2023

WIREs Forensic Science

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Since its inception, environmental forensics has observed expansion of its horizons across several threats to life forms, be it pertaining to wildlife trafficking or tracking the release of effluents containing pharmaceutical drugs, toxins, pesticides, heavy metals, pathogenic microbes, and microplastics. With the substantial growth of pharmaceutical industry over the past few decades, especially with respect to therapeutic personal care products and over the counter drugs, a new threat to environment has emerged from pharmaceutical toxicity.Due to the recalcitrant nature and poor wastewater treatment practices related to these pollutants, they leach into different strata of ecosystem like aquatic, terrestrial, and atmospheric systems. These drugs pose a threat to several life forms even at trace concentrations. This article aims at providing a profound perspective by exhaustively reviewing several classes of pharmaceutical drugs that are silently threatening the wildlife and environment. The sensitive, specific, and rapid detection of such drugs menacing the environment and wildlife is pertinent and can be achieved through aptamer-based biosensors known as aptasensors. These are a rising class of biosensors with vast application potential in numerous fields including environmental and wildlife forensics. This article also highlights the gap in research in the availability of rapid sensors for trace detection of drugs in environment hence encouraging researchers to explore the under-explored potential of aptasensors in environmental forensics. Highly sensitive and selective detection of such drugs is crucial in narrowing down the origin of such pollutants so as to aid the regulatory authorities in enforcing control over their release into environment.

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“…Although most municipal wastewater treatment plants are capable of removing biodegradable compounds (e.g. organic matter, phosphorus, and nitrogen), they are not designed to remove high concentrations of these compounds, so on-site pre-treatment is required [1,2]. The integrated process, immediate one-step lime precipitation (IOSLM) followed by atmospheric carbonation (AC), has been used as a pretreatment for industrial wastewaters, such as explosives [3], vinasse from sugarcane ethanol industry [4], winery [5], cheese whey [6], urban wastewaters [7], and landfill leachate [8].…”

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Optimization of atmospheric carbonation in the integrated treatment immediate one-step lime precipitation and atmospheric carbonation. The case study of slaughterhouse effluents

Madeira

Carvalho

Almeida

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Results in Engineering

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A review of emerging micro-pollutants in hospital wastewater: Environmental fate and remediation options

Cited by 73 publications

References 205 publications

Groundwater and Anthropic Activities: A Qualitative Study on Treatment Techniques

Groundwater and Anthropic Activities: A Qualitative Study on Treatment Techniques

Aptasensors in environmental forensics: Tracking the silent killers

Optimization of atmospheric carbonation in the integrated treatment immediate one-step lime precipitation and atmospheric carbonation. The case study of slaughterhouse effluents

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