[HTML][HTML] Nature-based bioreactors: Tackling antibiotic resistance in urban wastewater treatment

L Bertrans-Tubau, S Martínez-Campos… - Environmental Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics have accelerated the selection of antibiotic-resistant
bacteria, significantly impacting human, animal, and environmental health. As aquatic …

Mass variations and transfer process of shrimp farming pollutants in aquaculture drainage systems: Effects of DOM features and physicochemical properties

T Zheng, P Wang, B Hu, T Bao, X Qin - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The expansion of aquaculture produces increasing pollutant loads, necessitating the use of
drainage systems to discharge wastewater into surface water. To assess the mass variations …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrient uptake in tropical rivers receiving wastewater treatment plant discharge: high mass removal but low nutrient uptake efficiencies

NR Finkler, B Gücker, DGF Cunha - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have eliminated many problems related to sewage
inputs to aquatic systems. However, the treated effluents still affect river and stream …

Wastewater treatment plant effluent inputs influence the temporal variability of nutrient uptake in an intermittent stream

S Castelar, S Bernal, M Ribot, SN Merbt, M Tobella… - Urban …, 2022 - Springer
Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents alter water chemistry and in-stream nutrient
uptake rates of receiving freshwaters, thus changing the magnitude and fate of the nutrients …

Riparian land use and hydrological connectivity influence nutrient retention in tropical rivers receiving wastewater treatment plant discharge

NR Finkler, B Gücker, IG Boëchat… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Riparian areas are recognized for their buffering capacity regarding phosphorus and
nitrogen from agricultural and urban runoff. However, their role in attenuating nutrient loads …

Comprehensive genomic survey of antimicrobial-resistance bacteria in the sewage tank replacement with hospital relocation

M Katagiri, M Kuroda, T Sekizuka… - Infection and Drug …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Excrement containing antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (ARB) is discharged from
the hospital sewage through wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) into rivers, increasing the …

River biofilms adapted to anthropogenic disturbances are more resistant to WWTP inputs

A Freixa, N Perujo, S Langenheder… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The sensitivity and spatial recovery of river sediment biofilms along 1 km after the input of
two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) located in two river reaches with different degrees …

Prioritizing Irrigation‐System Upgrades to Maximize Improvements to Agricultural Drain‐Network Water Quality: A Graph‐Theoretic Approach

DR Harp, AS Orlando, E Hohn, A Sood… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We develop and demonstrate an approach to optimally prioritize fields for irrigation‐system
upgrades to improve agricultural‐drain discharge water quality. The approach accounts for …

Cryptic night-time trace metal and metalloid contamination in an intensively cultivated coastal catchment

SR Conrad, IR Santos, SA White, RL Woodrow… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Detailed, high resolution time-series observations were performed to investigate sources,
diel cycling, natural attenuation, and loadings of dissolved trace metals/metalloids in a …

Pharmaceutical compound removal efficiency by a small constructed wetland located in south Brazil

JPR De Vargas, MC Bastos, M Al Badany… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The fate of pharmaceuticals during the treatment of effluents is of major concern since they
are not completely degraded and because of their persistence and mobility in environment …