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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 772, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144890
Keywords
Bacteria and pharmaceuticals occurrence; Advanced oxidation processes; DNA degradation; Bacteria inactivation; Pollutants degradation; Real wastewater treatment
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- MINCIENCIAS COLOMBIA [123384467057, 818-2019, 844-2019, 111577757323]
- Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades, Spain [RTI 2018-097417-B-100]
- Generalitat Valenciana [Prometeo 2019/040]
- MINCIENCIAS
- [2018208]
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The study investigated the presence of bacteria families and pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater effluents from Bogota, Colombia, and their treatment by the photo-electro-Fenton process. The results showed that four pharmaceuticals were found at concentrations representing an environmental risk, and various bacteria families related to water and foodborne diseases were identified in the effluents. The photo-electro-Fenton process led to a significant reduction in bacterial content and pharmaceuticals, mainly through attacks of hydroxyl and chlorine radicals.
In this work, the occurrences of bacteria families and relevant pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater effluents from Bogota (Colombia), and their treatment by the photo-electro-Fenton process were studied. Twenty-five representative pharmaceuticals (azithromycin, carbamazepine, ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin, diclofenac, enalapril, gabapentin, iopromide, metoprolol, sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim, valsartan, clindamycin, erythromycin, levamisole, lincomycin, norfloxacin, oxolinic acid, phenazone, primidone, salbutamol, sulfadiazine, tetracycline, tramadol, and venlafaxine) were quantified in the effluent by LCMS/MS analysis. Four of these target compounds (azithromycin, diclofenac, trimethoprim, norfloxacin) were found at concentrations that represent an environmental risk. In addition, several bacteria families related to water and foodborne diseases were identified in such effluents (e.g., Pseudomonadaceae, cam pylobacteraceae, Aeromonadaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, and Bacteroidaceae), via shotgun-metagenomic technique. Then, a bench-scale photo-electro-Fenton (PEF) system equipped with a DSA anode (Ti/IrO2-SnO2) and a GDE cathode was applied to treat such effluents. After 60 min, this treatment led to a decrease in the ratio of the bacterial content in the original samples, similar to 150 thousand times, and a pondered removal of 66.12% for the pharmaceuticals. The study of the process pathways indicated that the bacteria and pharmaceuticals elimination mainly occurred through attacks of hydroxyl and chlorine radicals. Interestingly, in the case of pharmaceuticals, their environmental risk quotients were diminished after the PEF application. Furthermore, the prolonged action of this electrochemical process induced similar to 15% of mineralization and a significant reduction of the total DNA (removal >85%). Hence, the photo-electro-Fenton process showed to be a promising alternative to deal with municipal effluents for limiting the waterborne diseases, pollution by pharmaceuticals, and mobility/availability of genetic material coming from microorganisms. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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