4-nonylphenol (4-NP) is one of the most relevant endocrine-disrupting compounds that can be found in wastewaters. In this work, the effect of dosing 1 mg·L−1 of 4-NP to simulated wastewater on the activated sludge process was assessed. For it, two laboratory sequencing batch reactors (SBR) were operated for 94 days, […]
According to previous research, it has been proved that wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) can retain more than 90% of the MPs contained in wastewater. However, a significant fraction of the MPs removed in WWTPs is retained in the sludge floc and this may lead to an environmental issue since biosolids […]
Background. Environmental surveillance by testing of wastewater for evidence of pathogens has a long history of use in public health, particularly for poliovirus1 and more recently antimicrobial resistance (AMR).2 In the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is being used for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 shed into wastewater from […]
In this study, 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing was performed to identify bulking filamentous bacteria in an industrial wastewater treatment plant that threats effluents of bioethanol production process from cereal cooking. The presence of Pseudonocardia sp. was confirmed by comparing the 16SrRNA of the most abundantly amplified sequence (OTU; 12.35%) […]
Reduction of sludge production is one of the most desired goals in the wastewater treatment plants operation. Alternatives like the enhancement of metabolism uncoupling or the increase of endogenous respiration by different chemicals have been reported in the bibliography. In this work, two folic acid concentrations (0.8 and 1.6 mg L−1) added […]
Introduction. In this paper, bacterial communities of the mixed liquor (ML) from two full-scale membrane bioreactors (MBRs) with external membrane configuration (side-stream MBRs), treating effluents of two organic fractions from municipal solid wastes (OFMSW) have been evaluated. Both plants consist of anaerobic digestion plus composting processes. However, in one plant […]
Un estudio de la Universitat de València, el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) y la Entidad Pública de Saneamiento de Aguas de la Comunidad Valenciana ha detectado material genético del coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 en aguas residuales no depuradas del área metropolitana de Valencia antes del 24 de febrero, fecha en […]
El estudio realizado por los investigadores del IIAMA-UPV, Carmen Hernández, Miriam Fernández, Miguel Martín e Ignacio Andrés, ha sido publicado en la revista científica «Science of the Total Environment». La investigación evalúa la influencia de distintas variables ambientales en el rendimiento hidráulico y calidad del agua de los pavimentos permeables. […]
What is COVID-19? Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), or simply the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). In terms of its genome, this virus is closely related to the viruses responsible for SARS in 2003 and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 2012. […]
Nowadays, alternative options to conventional wastewater treatment should be studied due to rising concerns emerged by the presence of pharmaceuticals compounds (PhCs) in the aquatic environment. In this work, a combined system including biological treatment by activated sludge plus adsorption with activated carbon is proposed to remove three selected drugs […]