Odorous emissions from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) cause negative impacts on the surrounding areas and possible health risks nearby residents. However, efficient reliable identification of WWTPs’ odorants is still challenging. In this study, odorous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) domestic at different processing units were profiled identified using gas chromatography-ion mobility spe...

Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a growing global concern, threatening human and environmental health, particularly among urban populations. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are thought be “hotspots” for antibiotic dissemination. The conditions of WWTPs, in conjunction with the persistence commonly used antibiotics, may favor selection transfer genes bacterial WWTPs provide an importan...

Nowadays, the main challenge for industrial and municipal enterprises is related to tightening regulations recommendations regarding environmental protection, which have been included in circular economy (CE) package. Enterprises from all sectors, including water sewage management, are obliged actively participate CE transition. Modern wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) should include actions ...

A simple and consolidated reliability-based method widely used to unveil the real reliability stability of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is herein proposed trigger decision making on operational improvements asset management for maintaining or improving effectiveness, reliability, efficiency. Five-year data (2015–2019) from 16 Portuguese activated sludge WWTPs were used. For 73% yearly wh...

Institute of Hydraulics and Transportation Infrastructures Marche Polytechnical University, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy, Email: [email protected] Department of Science and Technology University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15, Cà Vignal 37134 Verona, Italy. Department of Environmental Sciences University of Venice “Cà Foscari”, Calle Larga Santa Marta, Dorsoduro 2137 Venice, Italy.

In the paper, control possibilities for the nitrogen removal process within activated sludge wastewater treatment plants are discussed. A predictive controller is introduced which aims to reduce the peaks in effluent concentration for ammonia nitrogen. Additionally, the controller improves the overall nitrogen removal using less aeration energy. A parsimonious deterministic model is used for th...

This study aims to demonstrate the application of deep learning quantitatively describe long-term full-scale data observed from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) perspectives process modeling, analysis, and forecasting modeling. Approximately, 750,000 measurements including influent flow rate, air temperature, ammonium, nitrate, dissolved oxygen, nitrous oxide (N2O) collected for more than a ...

The presence of pharmaceutical compounds in the environment is a growing concern to analytical chemists and the general public. Pharmaceutical compounds such as naproxen, ibuprofen and diclofenac are useful compounds that belong to the group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). These organic compounds are polar and acidic. Both naproxen and diclofenac have a pKa value of 4.2, wher...

Abstract There is an increasing eco-toxicological risk associated with pharmaceuticals globally. The prevalence of six active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) was studied in effluents three manufacturing plants (PMPs) and two wastewater treatment (WWTPs) Kampala, Uganda to ascertain the removal potentials for APIs. APIs include atenolol, losartan, carbamazepine, sulfamethoxazole, clarithromyci...