A review on emerging pollutants in the water environment: Existences, health effects and treatment processes

NZ Arman, S Salmiati, A Aris, MR Salim, TH Nazifa… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Emerging pollutants in the urban water cycle in Latin America: A review of the current literature

C Peña-Guzmán, S Ulloa-Sánchez, K Mora… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Emerging pollutants (EP) are increasingly studied and characterized worldwide to improve
the understanding of their environmental and toxicological impacts and their occurrence and …

Removal of Antibiotics in Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems A Critical Assessment Using the Activated Sludge Modeling Framework for Xenobiotics (ASM-X)

F Polesel, HR Andersen, S Trapp… - Environmental science & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Many scientific studies present removal efficiencies for pharmaceuticals in laboratory-, pilot-,
and full-scale wastewater treatment plants, based on observations that may be impacted by …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial electrochemical systems for bioelectricity generation: current state and future directions

F Mohammadi, GR Vakili-Nezhaad, N Al-Rawahi… - Results in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing environmental pollution is a major concern, driven by fossil fuel consumption and
growing energy demands. Energy production from various waste materials such as …

[HTML][HTML] Limitations of wastewater treatment plants in removing trace anthropogenic biomarkers and future directions: A review

J Matesun, L Petrik, E Musvoto, W Ayinde… - … and Environmental Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
This review highlights the limitations faced by conventional wastewater treatment plants
(WWTPs) in effectively removing contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), heavy metals …

Twenty-five years of ASM1: past, present and future of wastewater treatment modelling

MCM Van Loosdrecht, CM Lopez-Vazquez… - Journal of …, 2015 - iwaponline.com
Activated sludge systems have been applied for 100 years now. Over the course of the
years, researchers have developed various models to describe activated sludge processes …

Modelling cometabolic biotransformation of organic micropollutants in nitrifying reactors

E Fernandez-Fontaina, M Carballa, F Omil, JM Lema - Water Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Cometabolism is the ability of microorganisms to degrade non-growth substrates in the
presence of primary substrates, being the main removal mechanism behind the …

Biotransformation and sorption of trace organic compounds in biological nutrient removal treatment systems

N Lakshminarasimman, O Quiñones… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study determined biotransformation rates (k bio) and sorption-distribution coefficients (K
d) for a select group of trace organic compounds (TOrCs) in anaerobic, anoxic, and aerobic …

Introduction on emerging contaminants in rivers and their environmental risk

L Mandaric, M Celic, R Marcé, M Petrovic - Emerging contaminants in river …, 2016 - Springer
This chapter gives an introduction on emerging organic contaminants, defined as chemicals
that occur in water resources and pose a potential environmental risk, although currently it …

Evaluation of SimpleTreat 4.0: Simulations of pharmaceutical removal in wastewater treatment plant facilities

LS Lautz, J Struijs, TM Nolte, AM Breure… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, the removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater as predicted by SimpleTreat
4.0 was evaluated. Field data obtained from literature of 43 pharmaceuticals, measured in …