Ativa-ETE: evaluation of innovative technologies for the removal of nitrogen and micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP)

• Grant number: 20/09912-6
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research Partnership for Technological Innovation - PITE
• Start date: March 01, 2022
• End date: December 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Sanitary Engineering - Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
• Agreement: SABESP
• Principal Investigator: José Alberto Domingues Rodrigues
• Grantee: José Alberto Domingues Rodrigues
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• City: São PauloSão Carlos
• Partner institutions: Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo (SABESP)
• Pesquisadores principais: Juliano José Corbi ; Márcia Helena Rissato Zamariolli Damianovic ; Pedro Sergio Fadini ; Suzana Maria Ratusznei
• Associated researchers: Bruno Garcia Silva ; Edson Luiz Silva ; Eugenio Foresti ; Giovanna Lovato ; Marcelo Zaiat ; Maria Bernadete Amâncio Varesche ; Roberta Albanez Toreta ; Valéria Del Nery
• Associated research grant(s): 22/12396-5 - Multi-user Equipment approved in grant 2020/09912-6: solid phase extraction, AP.EMU
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/05717-5 - Operation of UPLC-MS/MS with online SPE System for determining micropollutants in sewage, BP.TT; 23/07435-4 - UPLC-MS/MS operation with online SPE System for determination of micropollutants in sewage, BP.TT

Abstract

Conventional wastewater treatment is insufficient to protect our water bodies from so-called micropollutants (or emerging contaminants), which have adverse effects such as reducing the diversity of bacteria and algae in running waters, modifications in the behavior and morphology of aquatic biota and interference with the hormonal system of wildlife and humans. In addition, due to less restrictive regulations, sewage treated in Brazil has enough nitrogen compounds to cause algae to bloom in dams and lakes, which may make the use of these water resources infeasible for public supply. Therefore, the main challenge of this project will be the implementation of bioreactors in unconventional configurations (continuous fixed bed and fluidized bed reactors, continuous expanded bed or membrane reactors, and discontinuous sequencing batch reactors) for removal of micropollutants and nitrogen to mitigate the environmental impacts caused by these substances. The most important aspect of this project is the combined approach of bioprocess technology and engineering, instrumental analytical chemistry, molecular microbiology and toxicology for the conduction of experimental protocols which will be implemented by a multidisciplinary team with experience in applied research in Environmental Sanitation in Brazil. We propose different innovative possibilities for the removal of micropollutants and nitrogen by using different operational conditions of the bioreactors, allowing us to compare the best conditions by monitoring the emerging compounds and their relationship with the microbiota developed in biofilms, in addition to differential technology for the autotrophic nitrogen removal process. In this context, the areas of expertise related to biological process engineering, taxonomic and functional identification, as well as chemical-analytical and ecotoxicological assessment will be dealt with, to achieve completeness of the results, both scientifically and technologically as to the implementation in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

TAKEDA, PAULA YUMI; PAULA, CAROLINA TAVARES; DO VALE BORGES, ANDRE; SHIBATA, ANTONIO EMILIO; GRANGEIRO, LUANA CARDOSO; DAMIANOVIC, MARCIA HELENA RISSATO ZAMARIOLLI. A critical review of the mainstream anammox-based processes in warm climate regions: Potential, performance, and control strategies. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, v. 12, n. 5, p. 16-pg., 2024-08-02. (20/09912-6, 21/12399-1)

TAKEDA, PAULA YUMI; PAULA, CAROLINA TAVARES; CARNEIRO, RODRIGO BRAZ; BORGES, ANDRE DO VALE; GRANGEIRO, LUANA CARDOSO; DAMIANOVIC, MARCIA HELENA RISSATO ZAMARIOLLI. Challenges in achieving partial nitrification: Simultaneous nitrification-denitrification as the dominant pathway in municipal wastewater treatment. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, v. 13, n. 2, p. 10-pg., 2025-04-01. (21/12399-1, 20/09912-6, 19/22532-0)

CUNHA DE SOUZA, TALLYSON TAVARES; CASTRO, GLEYSON BORGES; BERNEGOSSI, ALINE CHRISTINE; FELIPE, MAYARA CAROLINE; PINHEIRO, FERNANDA RODRIGUES; COLOMBO-CORBI, VANESSA; GIROLLI, DOUGLAS APARECIDO; GORNI, GUILHERME ROSSI; CORBI, JULIANO JOSE. Pristina longiseta reproduction test: chronic exposure to environmental contaminants. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. N/A, p. 11-pg., 2022-11-03. (20/11042-0, 20/09912-6)

REZENDE, WALLACE S.; NETO, ANTONIO MARCAL; CORBI, JULIANO J.; CORBI, PEDRO P.; DE PAIVA, RAPHAEL E. F.; BERGAMINI, FERNANDO R. G.. Coordination Compounds as Antivirals against Neglected Tropical Diseases. CHEMMEDCHEM, v. N/A, p. 18-pg., 2024-12-09. (21/10265-8, 20/09912-6)