Water reuse in irrigation and aquaculture: inactivation of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors by solar photo-fenton

• Grant number: 14/02739-6
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2014
• End date: July 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Sanitary Engineering - Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Bessa Azevedo
• Grantee: Eduardo Bessa Azevedo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Alvaro José dos Santos Neto ; Eny Maria Vieira

Abstract

It will study the possibility of reusing treated domestic wastewater, yet containing pharmaceutical and endocrine disruptors residues, for irrigation and aquaculture. A low-cost, highly-efficient advanced oxidation process (solar photo-Fenton) is chosen for this purpose. A parabolic compound reactor (CPC, Compound Parabolic Concentrator) will be used for that process. An analytical method for the micropollutants identification and quantification, employing SPE, GC-MS or LC-MS, will be developed and validated; degradation will be optimized by experimental designs (factorial and central composite ones); micropollutants inactivation will also be assessed, based on ecotoxicological tests (Lactuca sativa, Allium cepa, Daphnia similis and Danio rerio), estrogenic activity tests (VTG and MCF-7 cells) and antimicrobial activity (Enterococcus fæcalis, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas æruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and/or Candida albicans). As the sole capital expenditure, a Shimadzu TOC-LCPH carbon analyzer is requested. It is expected that the proposed treatment enables the safe reuse of treated domestic wastewater in irrigation and aquaculture. (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)

PINTO, CAMILA FERREIRA; ANTONELLI, RAISSA; DE ARAUJO, KARLA SANTOS; DE TOLEDO FORNAZARI, ANA LUIZA; FERNANDES, DAVID MAIKEL; GRANATO, ANA CLAUDIA; AZEVEDO, EDUARDO BESSA; POINTER MALPASS, GEOFFROY ROGER. Experimental-design-guided approach for the removal of atrazine by sono-electrochemical-UV-chlorine techniques. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY, v. 40, n. 4, p. 430-440, 2019. (14/02739-6)

PEREIRA DE SOUSA, DIEGO DOMINGOS; PINTO, CAMILA FERREIRA; TONHELA, MARQUELE AMORIM; GRANATO, ANA CLAUDIA; MOTHEO, ARTUR DE JESUS; LIMA, ALEXANDRE DE FARIA; FERREIRA, DEUSMAQUE CARNEIRO; FERNANDES, DAVID MAIKEL; DE TOLEDO FORNAZARI, ANA LUIZA; POINTER MALPASS, GEOFFROY ROGER. Treatment of real dairy wastewater by electrolysis and photo-assisted electrolysis in presence of chlorides. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, v. 80, n. 5, p. 961-969, SEP 1 2019. (14/02739-6)

ANTONELLI, RAISSA; DE ARAUJO, KARLA SANTOS; PIRES, RICARDO FRANCISCO; DE TOLEDO FORNAZARI, ANA LUIZA; GRANATO, ANA CLAUDIA; POINTER MALPASS, GEOFFROY ROGER. Electrochemical production and use of free chlorine for pollutant removal: an experimental design approach. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY, v. 40, n. 3, p. 321-328, 2019. (14/02739-6)

CADAN, FELLIPE MAGIOLI; RIBEIRO, CAUE; AZEVEDO, EDUARDO BESSA. Improving g-C3N4:WO3 Z-scheme photocatalytic performance under visible light by multivariate optimization of g-C3N4 synthesis. Applied Surface Science, v. 537, JAN 30 2021. (14/02739-6, 15/14330-8, 18/01258-5)

MARCHETTI, MAYKEL DOUGLAS; AZEVEDO, EDUARDO BESSA. Degradation of NSAIDs by optimized photo-Fenton process using UV-LEDs at near-neutral pH. JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING, v. 35, JUN 2020. (14/02739-6)