Water ReusePub Date : 2023-10-10DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2023.066
Zehra Betül Ocal, Ahmet Karagunduz, Bulent Keskinler, Nadir Dizge, Huthaifa I. Ashqar
{"title":"Investigation of reusability of effluents from an organized industrial zone wastewater treatment plant using a pressure-driven membrane process","authors":"Zehra Betül Ocal, Ahmet Karagunduz, Bulent Keskinler, Nadir Dizge, Huthaifa I. Ashqar","doi":"10.2166/wrd.2023.066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2023.066","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The quantity of wastewater being discharged into the environment due to the rise in industrial activities is progressively growing over time. Aside from large environmental risk posed by untreated wastewater discharge, the reuse of treated water prevents wastage of large amount of water. For this reason, in this study, the reuse potential of an organized industrial zone wastewater was investigated by membrane processes. The appropriate membrane type and rejection performance were determined for various pollutant parameters including, conductivity, chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (TN), chloride, and sulfate. Laboratory-scale batch membrane filtration experiments were performed by using three different membrane types (BW30, XLE, and X20). The experiments were conducted at 15 and 20 bar pressures and flux data were collected during the operations. The results showed that BW30 and X20 membranes could be operated comfortably with 80% recovery for the wastewater containing low and high sulfate concentrations. For the wastewater with low sulfate concentration, the fluxes of BW30 and X20 at 20 bar were 19.7 and 16.4 L/m2/h, respectively, at 80% recovery. On the other hand, for the wastewater with higher sulfate concentration, the fluxes of BW30 and X20 at 20 bar were 8.6 and 11.5 L/m2/h, respectively.","PeriodicalId":34727,"journal":{"name":"Water Reuse","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136294772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water ReusePub Date : 2023-09-16DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2023.010
Ylva Gullberg, Karl Samuelsson, S. Anders Brandt
{"title":"Key perceptions associated with attitudes towards water reuse in a Swedish town","authors":"Ylva Gullberg, Karl Samuelsson, S. Anders Brandt","doi":"10.2166/wrd.2023.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2023.010","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract As climate change and urbanization affect current water management systems, new solutions and approaches rooted in public acceptance are needed to ensure future water supply. In this study, we examine public attitudes to reuse of recycled water and associated worldviews, values, and perceptions in a site without historical water issues. A survey of 143 randomly sampled residents in the municipality of the growing Swedish town Knivsta revealed that 81.4% of the respondents had a positive attitude towards using recycled water in general. The results did not indicate any differences in attitudes between those living in and outside the municipality's urban areas. Perceived benefits and risks were found to be significantly related to both attitudes towards using recycled water in general and to the extreme case of using it for drinking purposes. Additionally, trust in public authorities was highly predictive of attitudes towards drinking recycled water. Furthermore, attitudes were found to be related to an environmental worldview and underlying biospheric, altruistic, and hedonic values. This indicates a need to consider the intended purpose as well as engaging with underlying values as part of the technology legitimation process for improving the chances of successful implementation of water recycling technologies.","PeriodicalId":34727,"journal":{"name":"Water Reuse","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135307196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water ReusePub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2023.002
Han Gu, Julio Polanco, Ken P. Ishida, Megan H. Plumlee, Michael Boyd, Erik Desormeaux, Graham J. G. Juby, Mojtaba Farrokh Shad
{"title":"Permeate quality, advanced oxidation process treatability, and cost for two concentrate treatment technologies to enhance recovery for potable reuse","authors":"Han Gu, Julio Polanco, Ken P. Ishida, Megan H. Plumlee, Michael Boyd, Erik Desormeaux, Graham J. G. Juby, Mojtaba Farrokh Shad","doi":"10.2166/wrd.2023.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2023.002","url":null,"abstract":"Closed circuit reverse osmosis (CCRO) and forward osmosis-RO (FO-RO) were evaluated at a pilot scale to generate additional permeate from RO concentrate – achieving a recovery of 61% for CCRO and 35% for FO-RO – at a full-scale advanced water purification facility. This study assessed permeate water quality, suitability of the permeate for treatment by an ultraviolet-advanced oxidation process (UV-AOP), and cost/footprint for a conceptual 10- or 20-mgd system. Both technologies demonstrated inorganic, organic, and microbiological constituent removal suitable for blending with primary RO permeate. Virus challenge testing with MS coliphage demonstrated greater than 5-log removal by both technologies. Pilot-scale UV/hydrogen peroxide AOP treatment of CCRO or FO-RO permeate yielded similar performance (∼1.4-log N-nitrosodimethylamine removal and ∼0.5-log 1,4-dioxane removal) as the full-scale UV-AOP that treats the RO permeate from the purification facility. The estimated full-scale total unit cost (capital plus operation and maintenance costs) of product water produced by the two technologies was estimated to range from $0.91 to $1.12 per cubic meter, depending on the design flow rate of RO concentrate treated, and is estimated to be similar between the two technologies given the +50%/–30% expected accuracy of the Class 5 cost estimate.","PeriodicalId":34727,"journal":{"name":"Water Reuse","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135255678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis and performance of ultrafiltration membranes incorporated with different oxide nanomaterials: experiments and modeling","authors":"Nawaf Bin Darwish, Abdulrahman Alalawi, Hamad AlRomaih, Nasser Alotaibi, Musaad AlEid","doi":"10.2166/wrd.2023.092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2023.092","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In membrane filtration technology, membrane fouling is the primary obstacle to optimizing efficiency and results in a short membrane lifetime and high operating costs. By incorporating nanomaterials into the membrane synthesis process, a mixed-matrix membrane with significantly enhanced characteristics and performance may be obtained. Graphene oxide (GO), aluminum oxide (Al2O3), tin oxide (SnO2), and titanium oxide (TiO2) were incorporated into a polyethersulfone (PESU) membrane. The water permeability of the modified membranes showed improvements when compared with the pure membrane. It increased from 65 L/m2 h bar for the pristine membrane (PES-1) to 143.6, 83.68, 92.12, 75.43 L/m2 h bar for Al2O3 (PES-2), TiO2 (PES-3), SnO2 (PES-4), and GO (PES-5) membranes, respectively. It was discovered that the membrane's surface hydrophilicity was significantly and directly affected by the incorporation of nanoparticles. Fouling parameters include Rr (Reversible fouling ratio), Rir (irreversible fouling ratio), Rt (total fouling ratio), and Frr (flux recovery ratio) and were measured to determine the membrane's fouling tendency. The results showed that the membrane's propensity for fouling could be reduced when nanoparticles were incorporated into it. The experimental results are best explained by the cake layer and both standard and intermediate blocking mechanism models, as determined by the traditional single fouling models.","PeriodicalId":34727,"journal":{"name":"Water Reuse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48700780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water ReusePub Date : 2023-08-25DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2023.061
Solomon Asefa, V. Ancha, N. Habtu, L. Sundar
{"title":"Experimental evaluation on the effect of biochar addition with anaerobic digestion of the tannery wastewater to improve biogas production","authors":"Solomon Asefa, V. Ancha, N. Habtu, L. Sundar","doi":"10.2166/wrd.2023.061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2023.061","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 The use of biochar as an additive material in various compositions to the anaerobic digestion of the tannery wastewater was investigated. Pyrolytic biochar made from Khat waste with different compositions was added to anaerobic batch digesters in laboratory-scale biogas experiments. Biogas digesters with volume of 500 ml were used to explore the effects of biochar on anaerobic digestion in the ratios of 5, 10, 15, and 20% (w/w) at constant mesophilic temperature (38 °C). The results show that for five experimental tests in digesters (D0, D1, D2, D3, and D4), which contains 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20% of biochar, the cumulative methane and volume of biogas yields were, respectively, 17.04, 41.2, 43.8, 51.6, 48.6% and 150, 520, 680, 760, 690 . Comparing the cumulative methane production efficiency of the digester containing zero biochar (D0) with the addition of 5, 10, 15, and 20% biochar had more favorable effects and increased by 58.6, 61.1, 66.98, and 64.94%, respectively. From these results, adding 15% of biochar to anaerobic digestion causes a three-fold increase in methane compared to the control and more positive effects than all other biochar e compositions. According to this result, the right dose of biochar must be added to maximize biogas production.","PeriodicalId":34727,"journal":{"name":"Water Reuse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47977259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water ReusePub Date : 2023-08-25DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2023.059
Ali Hussain, Ali Hasan, S. Sherzada, T. Noor, Shehzad Ahmad, M. Kaoma, E. Elsehly
{"title":"Biosorptive removal of selected metal ions from simulated wastewater using highly metal-resistant bacteria","authors":"Ali Hussain, Ali Hasan, S. Sherzada, T. Noor, Shehzad Ahmad, M. Kaoma, E. Elsehly","doi":"10.2166/wrd.2023.059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2023.059","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 In the current scenario of the need for cost-effective remediation, our study aimed to assess the remedial potential of bacteria obtained from metal-rich wastewater. To simulate the conditions, we prepared wastewater containing five toxic metals (Cu, Cr, Ni, Fe, and Pb). Two types of metal-resistant bacteria were isolated from a prominent wastewater drain in Lahore, Pakistan. These isolated bacteria were thoroughly characterized—both phenotypically and genotypically. Subsequently, the isolated bacteria were exposed to the wastewater solution containing each of the aforementioned metals at a concentration of 250 ppm. The exposed isolates were then incubated for a duration of 15 days. After 5 days, we measured the uptake of metals by the bacterial isolates. Following the 15-day incubation period, we observed that the bacterial isolates demonstrated the maximum efficiency in removing metals, with approximately 47.5% of Fe, 77% of Ni, 75.75% of Cu, 64% of Cr, and 82.5% of Pb being removed. These findings have significant implications for the development of environmentally friendly and cost-effective strategies for metal ion remediation.","PeriodicalId":34727,"journal":{"name":"Water Reuse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47510969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water ReusePub Date : 2023-08-25DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2023.154
L. Sundar, H. Almujibah, A. Alshahri, V. Ancha
{"title":"Assessment of carbon neutrality in waste water treatment systems through deep learning algorithm","authors":"L. Sundar, H. Almujibah, A. Alshahri, V. Ancha","doi":"10.2166/wrd.2023.154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2023.154","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Around the world, it is growing more and harder to provide clean water and safe drinking water. In wastewater treatment, sensors are employed, and the Internet of Things is used to transmit data (IoT). Chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical demand (BOD), total nitrogen (T-N), total suspended solids (TSS), and phosphorous (T-P) components all contribute to eutrophication, which must be avoided. The wastewater sector has lately made efforts to become carbon neutral; however, the environmental impact and the road to carbon neutrality have received very little attention. The challenges are caused by poor prediction. This research proposes deep learning modified neural networks (DLMNN) with Binary Spotted Hyena Optimizer (BSHO) for modeling and calculations to address this challenge. All efforts for resource recovery, water reuse, and energy recovery partially attain this objective. In contrast to previous modeling techniques, the DLMNN-training BSHOs and validation demonstrated outstanding accuracy shown by the model's high coefficient (R2) for both training and testing. Also covered are recent developments and problems with nanomaterials made from sustainable carbon and graphene quantum dots, as well as their uses in the treatment and purification of wastewater. The proposed model DLMNN-BSHO achieved 95.936% precision, 95.326% recall, 93.747% F-score, and 99.637% accuracy.","PeriodicalId":34727,"journal":{"name":"Water Reuse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44778714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water ReusePub Date : 2023-08-22DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2023.141
Sara Irki, Edet Albright, N. Merzouk, S. Hanini, Sami Barkaoui, M. Benaissa, D. Ghernaout, N. Elboughdiri
{"title":"Simulating two Algerian cities' desalination plants coupled with solar energy systems using TRNSYS","authors":"Sara Irki, Edet Albright, N. Merzouk, S. Hanini, Sami Barkaoui, M. Benaissa, D. Ghernaout, N. Elboughdiri","doi":"10.2166/wrd.2023.141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2023.141","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 The Bouzaréah in northern Algeria's province and Ghardaïa in southern Algeria's province are particularly vulnerable to drought and water scarcity, even if apparent differences in climatic conditions mark each region. Though it may seem counterintuitive, Ghardaïa has considerable water resources that could be tapped for agriculture. Our study aimed to design a prototype of a desalination unit coupled with a solar collector for these two provinces using the TRNSYS 16. The desalination unit is composed of vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) coupled with a solar collector, and the photovoltaic has been designed according to the climatic conditions of each region. In this work, the approach adopted is to integrate a model developed in the literature into a simulation environment (TRNSYS) coupled with the CODE-BLOCKS compiler and FORTRAN programming language to create a new component (i.e., VMD process). The permeation flux and the power to load reached their maximum values with the charge of solar irradiation 48 kg/h m2 and 6,300 kJ/h, respectively, for Ghardaïa at the sun irradiation value 800 W/m2 and temperature of 34 °C. Results showed that Ghardaïa had a higher GOR value than Bouzaréah over the year (10.947 vs. 8.3389).","PeriodicalId":34727,"journal":{"name":"Water Reuse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47626319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water ReusePub Date : 2023-08-14DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2023.050
A. Muniappan, T. Jarin, R. Sabitha, Ayman A. Ghfar, I. M. A. Fattah, C. Bowa, M. Mwanza
{"title":"Bi-LSTM and partial mutual information selection-based forecasting groundwater salinization levels","authors":"A. Muniappan, T. Jarin, R. Sabitha, Ayman A. Ghfar, I. M. A. Fattah, C. Bowa, M. Mwanza","doi":"10.2166/wrd.2023.050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2023.050","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Fresh-saline groundwater is currently distributed in a highly heterogeneous way throughout the world. Groundwater salinization is a serious environmental issue that harms ecosystems and public health in coastal regions worldwide. Because of the complexities of groundwater salinization processes and the variables that influence them, it is still challenging to predict groundwater salinity concentrations precisely. This study compares cutting-edge machine learning (ML) algorithms for predicting groundwater salinity and identifying contributing factors. This study employs bi-directional long short-term memory (BiLSTM) to indicate the salinity of groundwater. The input variable selection problem has recently attracted attention in the time series modeling community because it has been shown that information-theoretic input variable selection algorithms provide a more accurate representation of the modeled process than linear alternatives. To generate a variety of sample combinations for training multiple BiLSTM models, the PMIS-selected predictors are used, and the predicted values from various BiLSTM models are also used to calculate the degree of prediction uncertainty for groundwater levels. The findings give policymakers insights for recommending groundwater salinity remediation and management strategies in the context of excessive groundwater exploitation in coastal lowland regions. To ensure sustainable groundwater management in coastal areas, it is essential to recognize the significant impact of human-caused factors on groundwater salinization.","PeriodicalId":34727,"journal":{"name":"Water Reuse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46320664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water ReusePub Date : 2023-08-14DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2023.052
Dwarakanath B., Kalpana Devi P., Ranjith Kumar, A. S. M. Metwally, G. A. Ashraf, Bheema Lingaiah Thamineni
{"title":"Smart IoT-based water treatment with a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system process","authors":"Dwarakanath B., Kalpana Devi P., Ranjith Kumar, A. S. M. Metwally, G. A. Ashraf, Bheema Lingaiah Thamineni","doi":"10.2166/wrd.2023.052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2023.052","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Water treatment is necessary to ensure the availability of clean and safe water for various uses. Integrating Internet of Things (IoT) technology with water purification systems has shown enormous potential in recent years for enhancing the efficiency and efficacy of the treatment process. Monitoring the disposal of sewage in treatment facilities is the primary obstacle. As a result, a Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, including the IoT, has been proposed to ensure the proper operation of these sewer systems and limit the risk of overflow and malfunction. In this paper, we suggest a novel approach that blends Deep Belief Networks (DBNs) with an IoT-based water treatment system equipped with a SCADA system for increased monitoring and control. An IoT–SCADA system can be implemented at various wastewater collection and treatment phases. Secondly, incorporating DBNs enhances the system's predictive capabilities, enabling proactive maintenance and decision-making to prevent potential failures and optimize resource allocation. The proposed technique computes the efficacy of the effluent treatment facility and ensures that chemical emissions do not exceed permissible limits. Furthermore, Complex Event Processing (CEP) can be utilized to evaluate and analyze the massive influx of real-time data sets provided by IoT sensors.","PeriodicalId":34727,"journal":{"name":"Water Reuse","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41543819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}