Application of the Fenton process in the elimination of helminth eggs

Escobar-Megchún, Sandra Isabel; Aguilar, Hugo Alejandro Nájera; González-Hilerio, Magaly; Gutiérrez-Jiménez, Javier; Gutiérrez-Hernández, Rubén Fernando; Rojas-Valencia, María Neftalí

doi:10.2166/wh.2014.092

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“…Owing to the resistance of these parasites, traditional disinfection methods are not able to inactivate them (Escobar-Megchún et al 2014). Therefore, in order to successfully eliminate these pollutants, the biological treatments tested in this study were implemented to determine their effectiveness in reducing leachate helminths.…”

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Evaluation of the effectiveness of leachate biological treatment using bacteriological and parasitological monitoring

Mherzi

Lamchouri

Zalaghi

et al. 2020

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Leachate of the uncontrolled landfill contains pollutants, which is discharged directly into the environment. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the reduction of bacteriological and parasitological risks by four biological treatments: sequencing batch reactor, anaerobic, intensive aeration and combination of the three processes. The results showed high bacteriological pollution in the raw leachate: 1.12 × 10 7 CFU/ml, 6.7 × 10 6 and 5.26 × 10 4 for total coliforms, faecal coliforms and Streptococci, respectively, parasites of intestinal helminths are also present: 11.86, 9.49, 9.83, 8.81 eggs/L for Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris and Hymenolepis nana, and the values are higher than the standards for discharge into the natural environment. After sequencing batch reactor treatment, a decrease is noted in bacteria, Staphylococci, total coliforms and Streptococci with 99.63%, 97.11%, 99.93% and 94.62% abatement, respectively. This process also removes 75% of total unviable form and 80% of viable form of parasites. Intensive aeration and anaerobic treatments allowed the total elimination of total coliforms. Anaerobic processing allowed a reduction of 33.4% of unviable forms and 37% of viable forms of parasites, while a reduction of 63% of unviable and 77% of viable parasites was reported by intensive aeration. The combined treatment improves the results with abatement rates to 100% for total coliforms bacteria, and viable forms of the genus parasites: Capillaria sp., Toxocara (nematodes), Hymenolepis nana and Taenia (cestodes). A principal component analysis showed very significant correlations between all measured variables (bacteria and parasites). Combined treatment appears to be the best treatment to reduce biological risks of leachate.

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confidence: 99%