Wastewater reuse for livestock feed irrigation as a sustainable practice: A socio-environmental-economic review

Lahlou, Fatima-Zahra; Mackey, Hamish R.; Al‐Ansari, Tareq

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126331

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“…However, several factors might influence farmers' attitudes towards the safe reuse of agriculture and drainage water for cultivation of forage crops. A detailed study about different regions, farmers attitude, and livestock feed irrigation that indicates different responses from different regions has already been published [3,4].…”

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“…Domesticated animals, chickens and birds are among the important nature creatures that can be utilized for biomonitoring of ecological contamination due to trace metals in the plant-soil-water environment [5,6]. Biomonitoring of the birds and ruminants offers lifetime expectancy, tremendous accessibility of essential information and moderately basic inspecting methodology [3]. Meanwhile, cattle slurries have lethal impact due to the presence of these metals that are unsafe to human wellbeing and remain in soil for a long time [25].…”

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Blood, Hair and Feces as an Indicator of Environmental Exposure of Sheep, Cow and Buffalo to Cobalt: A Health Risk Perspectives

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Exposure to toxic metals (TMs) such as cobalt (Co) can cause lifelong carcinogenic disorders and mutagenic outcomes. TMs enter ground water and rivers from human activity, anthropogenic contamination, and the ecological environment. The present study was conducted to evaluate the influence of sewage water irrigation on cobalt (Co) toxicity and bioaccumulation in a soil-plant environment and to assess the health risk of grazing livestock via forage consumption. Cobalt is a very necessary element for the growth of plants and animals; however, higher concentrations have toxic impacts. Measurement of Co in plant, soil and water samples was conducted via wet digestion method using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The Co pollution severity was examined in soil, forage crops (Sorghum bicolor Kuntze, Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W. Wight, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Suaeda fruticosa (L.) Forssk. and Tribulus terrestris L.) in blood, hair and feces of sheep, cow and buffalo from district Toba-Tek-Singh, Punjab, Pakistan. Three sites were selected for investigation of Co level in soil and forage samples. Highest concentration of Co was 0.65 and 0.35 mg/kg occurring in S. bicolor at site I. The sheep blood, cow hair and sheep feces samples showed highest concentrations of 0.545, 0.549 and 0.548 mg/kg, respectively at site I and site II. Bioconcentration factor, pollution load index, enrichment factor and daily intake were found to be higher (0.667, 0.124, 0.12 and 0.0007 mg/kg) in soil, S. bicolor, S. fruticosa and in buffalo, respectively, at site I. It was concluded that forage species irrigated with wastewater are safe for consumption of livestock. However, though the general values were lower than the permissible maximum limit, it was observed that the bioaccumulation in the forage species was higher. Therefore, soil and food chain components should be avoided from trace metal contamination, and other means of nonconventional water resources should be employed for forages irrigation.

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Blood, Hair and Feces as an Indicator of Environmental Exposure of Sheep, Cow and Buffalo to Cobalt: A Health Risk Perspectives

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“…Water scarcity has become an increasingly complex challenge with the growth of the global population, economic expansion, and climate change, highlighting the demand for advanced water treatment technologies that can provide clean water in a scalable, consistent, cheap, and sustainable manner. As water scarcity continues to be a global challenge, there is a need to explore various pathways to close the water consumption cycle at the nexus of food, water, and energy systems [ 1 ]. There is a paradigm shift needed towards the circular economy considering municipal and industrial wastewater as a valuable source of clean water, nutrients, and fertilizer instead of a grave environmental issue [ 2 ].…”

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“…There is a paradigm shift needed towards the circular economy considering municipal and industrial wastewater as a valuable source of clean water, nutrients, and fertilizer instead of a grave environmental issue [ 2 ]. In fact, treated water has been considered as an alternative source to augment the clean water supply and tackle issues caused by a shortage of fresh water in different parts of the world, especially arid regions [ 1 ]. Recent interest in the reuse of wastewater has spurred new research aiming to convert wastewater treatment plants into resource recovery facilities [ 3 ].…”

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Advances in the Synthesis and Application of Anti-Fouling Membranes Using Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials

Shahzad

Azam

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This article provides a comprehensive review of the recent progress in the application of advanced two-dimensional nanomaterials (2DNMs) in membranes fabrication and application for water purification. The membranes fouling, its types, and anti-fouling mechanisms of different 2DNMs containing membrane systems are also discussed. The developments in membrane synthesis and modification using 2DNMs, especially graphene and graphene family materials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), MXenes, and others are critically reviewed. Further, the application potential of next-generation 2DNMs-based membranes in water/wastewater treatment systems is surveyed. Finally, the current problems and future opportunities of applying 2DNMs for anti-fouling membranes are also debated.

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“…Modeling, simulation, anticipation, and analysis of earlier data are some of the operational solutions that can help to optimize the economic costs of WWTPs which could get complicated by unpredictable factors such as operational problems, especially in biological methods [6][7][8]. Every one of these complexities necessitates the sensitivity analysis of parameters affecting the economic performance of treatment plants to form a correct managerial perspective [9][10][11].…”

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Sensitivity analysis of parameters affecting suspended growth in industrial wastewater treatment plants; with emphasis on economic performance criteria

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chahkandi²,

Kian³

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Ann Environ Sci Toxicol

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Industrial wastewater treatment is of high priority due to the presence of an extraordinary concentration of dangerous pollutants. Similar to urban wastewater treatment plants, there are plenty of options while designing industrial ones which need various analyses and researches to choose correctly. One of the most effi cient ways to solve this problem is to implement Economic and Sensitivity Analysis. This research has studied designing an industrial wastewater treatment plant utilizing three different biological treatment methods (including Sequential Batch Reactors (SBR), plug-fl ow activated sludge with a secondary clarifi er, and step aeration activated sludge with a secondary clarifi er). It also measures the sensitivity of performance cost parameters to factors affecting the suspended growth unit. The results of the economic analysis showed that using SBR has the highest construction cost of $ 70,200,000 and the highest total cost of 96,900,000. Sensitivity analysis showed that by adjusting design retention time and variance between heterotrophic microorganism decay rate and the reality, using activated carbon-based systems could signifi cantly reduce total annual costs.

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Wastewater reuse for livestock feed irrigation as a sustainable practice: A socio-environmental-economic review

Cited by 71 publications

References 73 publications

Blood, Hair and Feces as an Indicator of Environmental Exposure of Sheep, Cow and Buffalo to Cobalt: A Health Risk Perspectives

Blood, Hair and Feces as an Indicator of Environmental Exposure of Sheep, Cow and Buffalo to Cobalt: A Health Risk Perspectives

Advances in the Synthesis and Application of Anti-Fouling Membranes Using Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials

Sensitivity analysis of parameters affecting suspended growth in industrial wastewater treatment plants; with emphasis on economic performance criteria

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