Abstract
The continuous release of chemical and microbiological pollutants into the environment and the increasing demand for safe water call for effective water and wastewater treatment processes. In particular, the detection of resistant microorganisms (e.g. antibiotic-resistant bacteria) in the effluents of urban wastewater treatment plants disposed into surface water or reused (e.g. in crop irrigation) shows that conventional treatments and disinfection processes do not effectively control the spread of pathogens into the environment. There is a need for new and more effective disinfection processes and technologies. The aim of this chapter is to briefly describe some of the emerging and antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms detected in wastewater, as well as the conventional and new advanced available technologies for wastewater disinfection, and to evaluate and discuss their effect on these microorganisms. Moreover, regulations and policies on wastewater reuse are also critically discussed and compared.
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Abbreviations
- AOP:
-
Advanced oxidation process
- ARB:
-
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
- ARG:
-
Antibiotic-resistant gene
- HAV:
-
Hepatitis A virus
- HEV:
-
Hepatitis E virus
- NDT:
-
N-doped TiO2
- USEPA:
-
US Environmental Protection Agency
- WHO:
-
World Health Organisation
- WWTP:
-
Urban wastewater treatment plant
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Giovanna Ferro wishes to thank the University of Salerno for funding the projects “Trattamento avanzato di acque reflue urbane mediante fotocatalisi: effetto sui batteri resistenti agli antibiotici.” (Ex 60%, anno 2012) and the funding of the European Commission under the SFERA grant (Solar Facilities for the European Research Area project. Contract no. 228296). PFI and MIPL wish to thank the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation for the financial support under the WATER4CROP project (reference: CTQ2014-54563-C3-3).
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Ferro, G., Polo-López, M.I., Fernández-Ibáñez, P. (2015). Conventional and New Processes for Urban Wastewater Disinfection: Effect on Emerging and Resistant Microorganisms. In: Fatta-Kassinos, D., Dionysiou, D., Kümmerer, K. (eds) Advanced Treatment Technologies for Urban Wastewater Reuse . The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 45. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2015_390
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