Application of solar energy in water treatment processes: A review

Y Zhang, M Sivakumar, S Yang, K Enever… - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
The utilization of solar energy to drive water treatment processes is a potential sustainable
solution to the world's water scarcity issue. In recent years, significant efforts have been …

Review of low-cost point-of-use water treatment systems for developing communities

CK Pooi, HY Ng - npj Clean Water, 2018 - nature.com
For communities in developing countries, the majority of drinking water-related issues are
due to pathogens from poor sanitation, resulting in infection and diarrhea. One cause of this …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing solar disinfection (SODIS) with the photo-Fenton or the Fe2+/peroxymonosulfate-activation process in large-scale plastic bottles leads to …

PO Diez, S Giannakis, J Rodríguez-Chueca, D Wang… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Solar disinfection (SODIS) in 2-L bottles is a well-established drinking water
treatment technique, suitable for rural, peri‑urban, or isolated communities in tropical or sub …

Ozone and photocatalytic processes for pathogens removal from water: A review

J Gomes, A Matos, M Gmurek, RM Quinta-Ferreira… - Catalysts, 2019 - mdpi.com
The search for alternative water sources is pushing to the reuse of treated water coming from
municipal wastewater treatment plants. However, this requires that tightened standards be …

Intracellular mechanisms of solar water disinfection

M Castro-Alférez, MI Polo-López… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Solar water disinfection (SODIS) is a zero-cost intervention measure to disinfect drinking
water in areas of poor access to improved water sources, used by more than 6 million …

Identifying the mediators of intracellular E. coli inactivation under UVA light: The (photo) Fenton process and singlet oxygen

S Giannakis, A Gupta, C Pulgarin, J Imlay - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar disinfection (SODIS) was probed for its underlying mechanism. When Escherichia coli
was exposed to UVA irradiation, the dominant solar fraction acting in SODIS process, cells …

Ag@ SnO2@ ZnO core-shell nanocomposites assisted solar-photocatalysis downregulates multidrug resistance in Bacillus sp.: A catalytic approach to impede …

S Das, AJ Misra, APH Rahman, B Das… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, we report the solar-photocatalytic disinfection (SPCD) of a multidrug
resistant (MDR) bacterium, Bacillus sp. CBEL-1 using Ag@ SnO 2@ ZnO core-shell …

[HTML][HTML] Fluence-based QMRA model for bacterial photorepair and regrowth in drinking water after decentralized UV disinfection

D Ma, MH Weir, NM Hull - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultraviolet disinfection is a promising solution for decentralized drinking water systems such
as communal water taps. A potential health risk is enzymatic photorepair of pathogens after …

Development of solar water disinfection systems for large-scale public supply, state of the art, improvements and paths to the future–a systematic review

BJM Chaúque, FG Brandão, MB Rott - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar drinking water treatment technologies are one of the most promising strategies to
increase access to safe drinking water worldwide, as they are effective, affordable and …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the natural coagulant Moringa oleifera as a pretreatment for SODIS in contaminated turbid water

MB Keogh, K Elmusharaf, P Borde, KG McGuigan - Solar energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Solar Disinfection of water (SODIS) is a treatment method that traditionally exposes low
turbidity water filled in clear bottles to direct sunlight up to 6 h. Typically, water should have …