Hospital wastewater treatment by fungal bioreactor: Removal efficiency for pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptor compounds

Cruz-Morató, Carles; Lucas, Daniel; Llorca, Marta; Rodríguez-Mozaz, Sara; Gorga, Marina; Petrović, Mira; Barceló, Damià; Vicent, Teresa; Sarrà, Montserrat; Marco‐Urrea, Ernest

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.117

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“…For instance, Nguyen et al [161] reported only 5% CBZ removal in a whole-cell fungal membrane bioreactor. In another study, no CBZ removal was observed in a non-sterile fluidized bed fungal bioreactor during the treatment of hospital wastewater [171]. To avoid bacterial contamination, a number of strategies such as fungal biomass replacement/renovation and pre-treatment of wastewater have been proposed.…”

Section: White-rot Fungi and Their Extracellular Enzymesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Carbamazepine as a Possible Anthropogenic Marker in Water: Occurrences, Toxicological Effects, Regulations and Removal by Wastewater Treatment Technologies

Hai

Yang

Asif

et al. 2018

Water

144

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Carbamazepine (CBZ), a pharmaceutical compound, has been proposed as an anthropogenic marker to assess water quality due to its persistence in conventional treatment plants and widespread presence in water bodies. This paper presents a comprehensive literature review on sources and occurrences of CBZ in water bodies, as well as toxicological effects and regulations of the drug. Given the documented side effects of CBZ on the human body when taken medicinally, its careful monitoring in water is recommended. CBZ residues in drinking water may provide a pathway to embryos and infants via intrauterine exposure or breast-feeding, which may cause congenital malformations and/or neurodevelopmental problems over long term exposure. An in-depth technical assessment of the conventional and advanced treatment technologies revealed the inadequacy of the standalone technologies. Compared to conventional activated sludge and membrane bioreactor processes, effective removal of CBZ can be achieved by nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes. However, recent studies have revealed that harsh chemical cleaning, as required to mitigate membrane fouling, can often reduce the long-term removal efficiency. Furthermore, despite the efficient performance of activated carbon adsorption and advanced oxidation processes, a few challenges such as cost of chemicals and regeneration of activated carbon need to be carefully considered. The limitations of the individual technologies point to the advantages of combined and hybrid systems, namely, membrane bioreactor coupled with nanofiltration, adsorption or advanced oxidation process.

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Section: White-rot Fungi and Their Extracellular Enzymesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Carbamazepine as a Possible Anthropogenic Marker in Water: Occurrences, Toxicological Effects, Regulations and Removal by Wastewater Treatment Technologies

Hai

Yang

Asif

et al. 2018

Water

144

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“…Fungal pellets have been used to treat acidic olive oil washing wastewater [61], effluents from textile and dyestuff industries [62][63][64][65][66], stripped gas liquor effluent from a coal gasification plant, pulp, cotton and paper mill plant effluents [67][68], hospital and pharmaceutical effluents [69], corn-processing wastewater [70] as well as effluents from agricultural activities [71] and metal-containing effluents.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The formation of compact pellets as spheres is promoted by the air pulses [42], along with their homogeneous distribution in the reactor [90]. The fluidized bed reactor has been used for the removal of pharmaceutical active compounds [55,69,89,90], endocrine disrupting contaminants [91], dyes [92], colourants, COD, etc, among others [59,93].…”

Section: Fluidized Bed Reactormentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fungal pelleted reactors in wastewater treatment: Applications and perspectives

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Pakshirajan

et al. 2016

Chemical Engineering Journal

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“…Luminescent bacteria V. fischeri (UNI EN ISO 11348-3) was used for the conversion of NP by 4 fungi (Soares et al 2006), BPA and TCS by laccases from T. versicolor (Kim and Nicell 2006c), sulfonamide antibiotics by laccases from Perenniporia sp. (Weng et al 2013), naproxen (Marco-Urrea et al 2010b) and several pharmaceuticals and recognized EDCs by laccases from T. versicolor (Cruz-Moratò et al 2014). …”

Section: Toxicity Evaluationmentioning

confidence: 99%