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GroundwaterMicropollutantsProcessesSewageSelectiveDegradationContaminantReuseImpactsReactorAntimicrobialKineticAnaerobicIndicatorsContaminantsPollutionQualityDisposalSewerMicrobiologicalAquatic2016ScenariosFrameworkEnvironmental risksReliability assessmentClimate changeMechanismsConcentrationProductsEpidemiologicOrganismsEffectsCarbonEfficiencySystemsEvolutionChemicalHuman healthStudyApproachTechnologiesPathEnvironmentCriteriaLevels
Groundwater3
  • On the other hand, our approach also provides multiple lines of evidence that chemical gradients in the deeper part of the groundwater system are regulated by microbial processes. (nomedicalcare.com)
  • The combination of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) with soil-aquifer treatment (SAT) has clear advantages for the future sustainable quality and quantity management of groundwater, especially when using treated wastewater. (mdpi.com)
  • Recent interests are on aerobic and anaerobic processes for the treatment of domestic and industrial wastewaters, and the movement, fate, and control of groundwater contaminants. (stanford.edu)
Micropollutants5
  • Wang Y (2014-2018) Improving modelling and prediction of removal of micropollutants during wastewater treatment. (edu.au)
  • Wastewater treatment plants are known as major sources for the release of micropollutants and bacteria into surface waters. (springeropen.com)
  • After the upgrading, the release of antibiotic resistant and non-resistant bacteria, micropollutants, and their effect potentials was significantly lower in the effluent. (springeropen.com)
  • In addition, in the Schussen River downstream of the wastewater treatment plant, reduced concentrations of micropollutants were accompanied by both a significantly improved health of fish and invertebrates, along with a better condition of the macrozoobenthic community. (springeropen.com)
  • The outcome of this study urgently advocates an investment in further wastewater treatment as a basis for decreasing the release of micropollutants and both resistant and non-resistant bacteria into receiving water bodies and, as a consequence, to sustainably protect river ecosystem health and drinking water resources for mankind in the future. (springeropen.com)
Processes6
  • The overall objectives of the IPCS are to establish the scientific basis for assessment of the risk to human health and the environment from exposure to chemicals, through international peer review processes, as a prerequisite for the promotion of chemical safety, and to provide technical assistance in strengthening national capacities for the sound management of chemicals. (inchem.org)
  • Sewage sludge is a semisolid residual material resulting from the sedimentation of the suspended solid during the wastewater-treatment processes. (ac.ir)
  • Generally, chemical gradients are indicators of redox boundaries caused by active microbial degradation processes. (nomedicalcare.com)
  • The bio-treatment processes, based on microorganisms and/or enzymes consuming nutrients available in food-processing wastewater as low-cost substrates to produce valuable products, will be discussed in detail, including the production of microalga biomass in wastewater treatment systems. (preprints.org)
  • The interactions between pathogens and their hosts involve complex and diverse processes at the genetic, biochemical, phenotypic, population, and community levels, while the distribution and abundance of microorganisms in nature and their microbial processes are affected by both biotic and abiotic factors that act at different scales. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Traditional strategies for the treatment of effluents contaminated with azo dyes are limited to physical and chemical processes that have a high energy and economic cost. (gjesm.net)
Sewage2
  • The technical ability to provide extremely high quality safe drinking water from recycled municipal wastewater (sewage) is poorly appreciated by much of the community. (edu.au)
  • Recently, worldwide findings of antimicrobial resistance in sewage plant effluents, surface waters, and sediments, against both commonly used antibiotics and last-line antibiotics such as colistin, have caused great concern [ 7 , 10 ]. (springeropen.com)
Selective1
  • This chapter describes basic principles of ecology and evolution for waterborne viruses, bacteria, and protozoa (and yeasts and molds to a lesser extent) of public health concern as an aid to better understand how selective forces may alter one's ability to assess the microbial quality of water. (nationalacademies.org)
Degradation1
  • Microbial Degradation of Natural Rubber Latex by a novel Species of Bacillus sp. (ac.ir)
Contaminant2
  • Microbial water quality indicators are used in a variety of ways within public health risk assessment frameworks, including assessment of potential hazard, exposure assessment, contaminant source identification, and evaluating effectiveness of risk reduction actions. (nationalacademies.org)
  • To reduce this contaminant and microbial input, new technologies for effluent treatment have become available. (springeropen.com)
Reuse1
  • There is therefore increasing pressure to reuse wastewater and to consider and use non-traditional sources of raw water supply 7 , 8 , 9 . (openaccesspub.org)
Impacts2
  • Our data emphasize the importance of introducing measures to reduce the disposal of antibiotics and other pollutants capable of promoting the occurrence and spread of the microbial resistome on aquatic environments and predicting possible negative impacts on human health. (researchsquare.com)
  • The environmental impacts that most affect the quality of aquatic ecosystems and, consequently, public health are strongly associated with inadequately treated or untreated wastewater 1 , 2 . (researchsquare.com)
Reactor1
  • These results can be integrated with appropriate microbial kinetic expressions to estimate reactor performance. (iuva.org)
Antimicrobial1
  • Even when antimicrobial contamination is eliminated, the resistance determinants can be maintained and disseminated within and between microbial populations 12 , 13 . (researchsquare.com)
Kinetic1
  • Enzymatic destabilization of chemical surfactant in wastewater-a potent ultrafiltration foulant: kinetic studies. (icontrolpollution.com)
Anaerobic1
  • The aim of this study is the single-stage anaerobic co-digestion assessment, valorizing Northern and Southern Greece mixtures, resulting from previous literature reviews, experimental designs, and biochemical methane potential (BMP) assays. (mdpi.com)
Indicators3
  • This chapter describes desirable attributes of an indicator, typical applications of indicators, indicator attributes that are appropriate for such applications, and provides an assessment of whether current indicators and indicator approaches are meeting the needs of each application. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Historic definitions of microbial indicators, such as coliforms, have been tied to the methods used to measure them. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Indeed, indicators of microbial water quality can be the pathogenic organisms themselves, other microorganisms, or other physical or chemical aspects of the aquatic environment (see Chapter 4 for further information), and any biological indicator is subject to evolutionary and ecological changes. (nationalacademies.org)
Contaminants1
Pollution5
  • Specified Elective Courses" must exclusively be selected from amongst a list of courses within the categories of either "Pollution Control and Modeling", or "Molecular Ecology and Microbial Biotechnology", or "Socio-Ecological Sustainability" concentration areas. (boun.edu.tr)
  • A brief fact sheet providing risk, cost, and performance information on alternative methods and other pollution prevention ideas, compliance initiatives, voluntary efforts, etc. (frtr.gov)
  • The assessment of the concentration levels of suspended particulate trace metals like Zn and Pb in the cities of Enugu and Abakaliki southeastern Nigeria was performed to assess the concentrations of atmospherically suspended metals in the area, their sources, and their pollution status. (springeropen.com)
  • This study therefore which applied statistical and pollution assessment of atmospherically suspended particulate matter has revealed the importance of monitoring atmospherically suspended materials resulting from anthropogenic sources like mining, quarrying, construction, etc. (springeropen.com)
  • Similarly, the use of statistical techniques like PCA, HCA, and Pearson's Correlation Coefficient to the study of ambient air quality has proved to be a useful tool in the assessment of atmospheric pollution. (springeropen.com)
Quality4
  • Characterising the quantity & quality of domestic wastewater inflows. (technion.ac.il)
  • Quantifying the inherent uncertainty in the quantity and quality of domestic wastewater. (technion.ac.il)
  • I do this by improving our understanding of water treatment capabilities, water quality monitoring and risk management. (edu.au)
  • The Guidelines state that 5 log poliovirus inactivation requires a UV dose of 50 mJ/cm2, and that the required higher UV dose of 80 and 100 mJ/cm2 accounts for variability in the effluent quality with membrane and tertiary filtered effluents, respectively. (iuva.org)
Disposal1
  • The antimicrobials carried by effluent disposal in the environment, even at low levels, are a key signal that promotes gene dissemination and consequently increased resistance 11 . (researchsquare.com)
Sewer1
  • A technology-based effluent limitation for an industrial facility discharging into a municipal sewer system. (frtr.gov)
Microbiological1
  • The present paper reports the chemical, microbiological, biochemical, and biological effects of upgrading a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) with a powdered activated carbon stage in the catchment area of the Schussen River, the largest German tributary of Lake Constance. (springeropen.com)
Aquatic1
  • The risk posed by such chemical mixtures for aquatic wildlife is far from being understood and most probably underestimated due to monitoring practices regarding only a small portion of selected or priority substances. (springeropen.com)
20161
  • Kobayashi Y (2012-2016) Deeper and broader life cycle risk assessment - extending the frontier for hybrid methodologies. (edu.au)
Scenarios1
  • This assessment report does not provide a detailed examination of potential effects from exposure to polymeric aluminum, as polymeric aluminum is most likely to form, and to cause toxicity, during the neutralization of acidic aluminum-rich waters and this is unlikely to occur in the release scenarios considered in this assessment (Roy 1999b). (canada.ca)
Framework1
  • Michel P (2015-continuing) Optimised Decision Making Framework for Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade and Operation. (edu.au)
Environmental risks1
  • The journal facilitates better understanding of environmental risks to humans and ecosystems and it also shows the methods for their analysis as well as trends in the search of effective solutions to minimize these risks. (pan.pl)
Reliability assessment1
  • Carvajal Ortega, GEA (2013-2017) Reliability assessment for direct potable water recycling systems. (edu.au)
Climate change1
  • However, a higher frequency of severe rainfall events is also predicted with future climate change, resulting in an increased volume of raw wastewater released into surface water bodies via storm water overflow basins. (springeropen.com)
Mechanisms1
  • Basic mechanisms of explosive compounds in wastewater. (cdc.gov)
Concentration2
  • The most important biological attribute is a strong quantitative relationship between indicator concentration and the degree of public health risk. (nationalacademies.org)
  • 1987). An alternative means of demonstrating the relationship to health risk is through correlation between prospective indicator concentration and pathogen levels (Gerba et al. (nationalacademies.org)
Products2
  • Database assessment of health and environmental effects of munition production waste products. (cdc.gov)
  • Li AR (2017-continuing) Formation of Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) from Soluble Microbial Products (SMPs) in Water Distribution Systems. (edu.au)
Epidemiologic1
  • Their presentations considered (a) the positive influences of water consumption on kidney diseases and urinary tract infection (UTI), (b) human neuroendocrine regulation of water and electrolytes, and (c) low daily water consumption as an epidemiologic risk factor for chronic diseases. (thefactsaboutwater.org)
Organisms1
  • When metals reach vertebrate organisms, they become a risk factor for diseases. (springeropen.com)
Effects2
  • Conventional weapons demilitarization: A health and environmental effects database assessment. (cdc.gov)
  • Cytological effects of polyene antibiotic A-435, S. C. Santra and A. L. Chanda, 1979, Microbial. (deskuenvis.nic.in)
Carbon1
  • In mid-century, G.E. Hutchinson, while always one to praise aesthetic values, commented disparagingly about the quantitative science of element cycling, specifically that ecosystem carbon (C) data were "wretchedly inadequate" (Hutchinson 1954). (springer.com)
Efficiency1
  • For almost 40 years, Bonde's (1966) attributes of an ideal indicator have served as an effective model of how a fecal contamination index for public health risk and treatment efficiency should function ( Box 4-1 ). (nationalacademies.org)
Systems2
  • Environmental science provides an integrated, quantitative, and interdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental systems. (wikipedia.org)
  • Finally, future research direction will be proposed to integrate the circular economy and develop integrated food processing wastewater management systems. (preprints.org)
Evolution1
  • Plasmids, in particular, are rapidly disseminated in the environment and play a major role in microbial evolution and adaptation as vehicles of gene transfer 16 . (researchsquare.com)
Chemical1
  • Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents (CICADs) are the latest in a family of publications from the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) a cooperative programme of the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). (inchem.org)
Human health1
Study3
  • In this study, we report the formation and cancer risk estimation of trihalomethanes (THMs) emanating from 'ex-situ' chlorination of shallow hand-dug well water obtained from a peri-urban area of Mufulira District, Zambia. (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim of the study was to evaluate the potential cancer risks for people in this area where chlorine water disinfection at the household level is commonly practiced. (bvsalud.org)
  • Study on Treatment of High Content Alkyl Polyglycoside Wastewater by Ozone Oxidation by Aeration Method. (icontrolpollution.com)
Approach3
  • Therefore, it is considered a promising approach that provides information about the types of plasmids present in the studied microbial community, and the MGE contained in these plasmids 18 . (researchsquare.com)
  • The CV approach stems from the fact that the log inactivation (LogI) for a single microbial path will be directly proportional to the UV lamp intensity and inversely proportional to the flow rate and organism sensitivity. (iuva.org)
  • Specifically, the talk will discuss the theoretical merit of the approach, theoretical aspects related to non-linear microbial kinetics and the theory associated with putting reactors in series. (iuva.org)
Technologies1
  • Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 48. (ljmu.ac.uk)
Path1
  • The demographic change in developed countries will lead to a further increase in product and drug consumption, which will also result in increased emissions of substances via the wastewater path. (springeropen.com)
Environment1
  • A class of actions which either individually or cumulatively would not have a significant effect on the human environment and therefore would not require preparation of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). (frtr.gov)
Criteria1
  • CICADs join the Environmental Health Criteria documents (EHCs) as authoritative documents on the risk assessment of chemicals. (inchem.org)
Levels1
  • These drugs are only partially removed by wastewater treatment and, depending on the compound, they can still be found at levels ranging between 10 to 1000 ng L − 1 in effluents 9 , 10 . (researchsquare.com)