Sources of antibiotic contamination in wastewater and approaches to their removal—An overview

AV Samrot, S Wilson, RS Sanjay Preeth, P Prakash… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the practice of medicine, antibiotics are extremely important and are employed in the
treatment of infections. A lot of antibiotics are consumed by humans and excreted via urine …

Water supply and wastewater treatment and reuse in future cities: a systematic literature review

JA Silva - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to climate emergencies, water stress, and fast-growing populations, many cities around
the world are adopting wastewater reclamation and reuse to improve the water supply for …

Assessing the public perceptions of treated wastewater reuse: opportunities and implications for urban communities in developing countries

VE Akpan, DO Omole, DE Bassey - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Wastewater reuse has become an integral part of Integrated Water Resources Management
and thus plays a role in securing the water needs for future generations. This study aimed at …

Wastewater treatment and reuse in urban agriculture: exploring the food, energy, water, and health nexus in Hyderabad, India

L Miller-Robbie, A Ramaswami… - Environmental …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Nutrients and water found in domestic treated wastewater are valuable and can be reutilized
in urban agriculture as a potential strategy to provide communities with access to fresh …

The reuse of reclaimed water for irrigation around the Mediterranean Rim: a step towards a more virtuous cycle?

N Ait-Mouheb, A Bahri, BB Thayer, B Benyahia… - Regional environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Climate change and a growing population around the Mediterranean Rim are increasing the
need for water and, consequently, the pressure on resources in terms of both quantity and …

Monitoring microbial community structure and variations in a full-scale petroleum refinery wastewater treatment plant

E Kim, A Yulisa, S Kim, S Hwang - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
This research investigated the process efficiency and microbial communities and their
diversity in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) fed with petroleum refining …

Social knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions on wastewater treatment, technologies, and reuse in Tanzania

GL Msaki, KN Njau, AC Treydte, T Lyimo - Water Reuse, 2022 - iwaponline.com
This study assessed the social knowledge, attitude, and perceptions (KAPs) on wastewater
treatment, the technologies involved, and its reuse across different wastewater treatment …

Evaluating the performance of faecal sludge dewatering technologies in urban settings of developing African countries: a review

P Mwamlima, KN Njau, M Rwiza… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Inadequate dewatering technologies are reported as the dominant challenge in handling
faecal sludge (FS) within urban settings of most African countries. Studies have been carried …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of microbial quality of vegetables irrigated with polluted waters in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania

MC Kayombo, AW Mayo - Environ. Ecol. Res, 2018 - academia.edu
This study was undertaken to assess microbial quality of fresh vegetables irrigated with
polluted waters from Msimbazi River in Dar es Salaam City. Samples of river water were …

Uptake of antibiotics and their toxicity to lettuce following routine irrigation with contaminated water in different soil types

JB Sallach, SL Bartelt-Hunt, DD Snow, X Li… - Environmental …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
To address the issue of global freshwater shortages, wastewater has become an
increasingly valuable alternative for crop irrigation. As a result, trace levels of emerging …