Effective water/wastewater treatment methodologies for toxic pollutants removal: Processes and applications towards sustainable development

Saravanan, A.; Kumar, P. Senthil; Jeevanantham, S.; Karishma, S.; Tajsabreen, B.; Yaashikaa, P.R.; Reshma, B.

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130595

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“…Because of its high oxidation capability, O 3 has been widely used in water treatment for color removal, disinfection, the degradation of many organic contaminants, and taste and odor control for drinking water. O3 will react with organic pollutants directly or indirectly with molecular O 3 and free radicals (hydroxyl radical OH) produced during O 3 decomposition, respectively [178].…”

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A Review on Emerging Pollutants in the Water Environment: Existences, Health Effects and Treatment Processes

Arman

Salmiati

Aris

et al. 2021

Water

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Emerging pollutants (EPs), also known as micropollutants, have been a major issue for the global population in recent years as a result of the potential threats they bring to the environment and human health. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), antibiotics, and hormones that are used in great demand for health and cosmetic purposes have rapidly culminated in the emergence of environmental pollutants. EPs impact the environment in a variety of ways. EPs originate from animal or human sources, either directly discharged into waterbodies or slowly leached via soils. As a result, water quality will deteriorate, drinking water sources will be contaminated, and health issues will arise. Since drinking water treatment plants rely on water resources, the prevalence of this contamination in aquatic environments, particularly surface water, is a severe problem. The review looks into several related issues on EPs in water environment, including methods in removing EPs. Despite its benefits and downsides, the EPs treatment processes comprise several approaches such as physico-chemical, biological, and advanced oxidation processes. Nonetheless, one of the membrane-based filtration methods, ultrafiltration, is considered as one of the technologies that promises the best micropollutant removal in water. With interesting properties including a moderate operating manner and great selectivity, this treatment approach is more popular than conventional ones. This study presents a comprehensive summary of EP’s existence in the environment, its toxicological consequences on health, and potential removal and treatment strategies.

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Section: Oxidation Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review on Emerging Pollutants in the Water Environment: Existences, Health Effects and Treatment Processes

Arman

Salmiati

Aris

et al. 2021

Water

119

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“…To control pollution and enhance water quality, researchers must examine the fluctuation of the levels of heavy metals and other components in both surface and groundwater. Unlike organic pollutants, heavy metals are not biodegradable and tend to accumulate in living organisms, and many heavy metal ions are known to be toxic or carcinogenic [16,17]. Heavy metals are those elements with atomic weights of 63.5-200.6, with a specific gravity >5.0 g cm −3 [18].…”

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Hydrochemical Assessment of the Irrigation Water Quality of the El-Salam Canal, Egypt

El‐Amier

Kotb

Bonanomi

et al. 2021

Water

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The El-Salam canal in Egypt is considered an important stream of fresh water for the agricultural sector that extends from the Nile River to Sinai, while it is subjected to several anthropogenic stresses. In this study, five-georeferenced stations (named from S1 to S5) were monitored along the El-Salam Canal before El-Sahara of the Suez Canal, via the estimation of the WQ index based on major cations and anions analysis including salinity hazard, permeability index, residual sodium carbonate, magnesium hazard, sodium percentage, sodium adsorption ratio, Kelley index, potential salinity, total hardness, and irrigation water quality index (IWQI). The sequence of average concentration of cations in water were Na+ > Ca2+ > Mg2+ > K+. The major cations constitute around 60% of the total dissolved salts. While the sequence of major anions in water were SO42− > HCO3− > Cl− > CO32−. These cations and anions showed an increasing trend from S1 (intake of the canal) to S5 (before El-Sahara) of the El-Salam Canal. Moreover, the order of heavy metals was Zn < Cd < Cr < Ni < Fe < Mn < Co < Cu < Pb. According to the US EPA (1999) guidelines, the levels of Fe and Zn in the El-Salam Canal are within the permissible limits for drinking and irrigation purposes, while Mn, Pb, Cu, Co, Ni, Cr, and Cd were detected at higher concentrations than those recommended. The value of IWQI in water samples varied from 40.26 to 114.82. The samples of S1 showed good water, the samples of region S2 (after mixing with Faraskour drainage) showed poor water quality, samples of regions S3 (after mixing with the El-Serw drain waters) and S5 (before El-Sahara) fell under the very poor water category and samples of region S4 (after mixing with the Hadous drainage) showed unsuitable water. Croplands irrigated with such water will not be exposed to any alkaline risks but will be exposed to the risk of salinity, which is more severe after mixing at the S3 and S4 sites. It is recommended to treat the drainage water before mixing with the irrigation water of El-Salam Canal to raise the suitability of irrigation water for crops, particularly for the Hadous drain.

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“…Adsorption/ion exchange is considered a good option due to its metal removal efficiency from aqueous effluents. However, the benefits of this technique are offset against the rising cost of adsorbents [8,9]. Therefore, the necessity of a widely affordable adsorbent has motivated researchers to focus on naturally available adsorbents like zeolites.…”

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“…Fig 8. Effect of competitive cations on adsorption of Ga 3+ at 298 K, 10 g/L H-CPL dosage, 250 r.p.m., free pH (initial pH: 2.8 for only Ga (III) and 3.0 for the rest), 0.9 mm of particle size, and 40 mg/L of initial concentration…”

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H-Clinoptilolite as an Efficient and Low-Cost Adsorbent for Batch and Continuous Gallium Removal from Aqueous Solutions

Sáez

Rodrı́guez

Gómez

et al. 2021

J. Sustain. Metall.

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In this paper, the gallium (III) ions’ adsorption onto protonated clinoptilolite (H-CLP) was investigated both in batch and fixed-bed column experiments. Regarding batch experiments, the influence of some parameters such as adsorbent dosage, size particle, and temperature was studied, determining that a dosage of 10 g/L for an initial pollutant concentration of 40 mg/L leads to a removal percentage over 85% regardless of particle size and temperature. On the other hand, adsorption of gallium onto H-CPL is an endothermic and spontaneous process in the studied temperature range, concluding that the maximum adsorption capacity was 16 mg/g for 60 °C. Concerning to the effect of the presence of other cations in solution, such as Na+, K+, or Ca2+, gallium adsorption capacity only drops by 20%, although the initial concentration of other cations in the solution is 50 times higher than gallium concentration. This means that clinoptilolite has a high affinity for gallium which can be very favorable for further selectivity tests. A crucial factor for this high selectivity could be the protonation of clinoptilolite which allows working without modifying the pH of the aqueous solution with acid. In the fixed-bed experiments, breakthrough curves were obtained, and the effect of operation variables was determined. A breakpoint value of 254 min for 64 g of adsorbent and flow rate of 9.0 mL/min (7.0 BV/h) were obtained, when treating a pollutant volume of 33 BV. Additionally, the breakthrough curves were fitted to different models to study the particle size effect, being the best fit corresponding to the Adams–Bohart model. This fact confirmed the influence of particle size on adsorption kinetics. Graphical Abstract

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Effective water/wastewater treatment methodologies for toxic pollutants removal: Processes and applications towards sustainable development

Cited by 693 publications

References 101 publications

A Review on Emerging Pollutants in the Water Environment: Existences, Health Effects and Treatment Processes

A Review on Emerging Pollutants in the Water Environment: Existences, Health Effects and Treatment Processes

Hydrochemical Assessment of the Irrigation Water Quality of the El-Salam Canal, Egypt

H-Clinoptilolite as an Efficient and Low-Cost Adsorbent for Batch and Continuous Gallium Removal from Aqueous Solutions

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