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16 p, 2.5 MB Páramo lakes of colombia : an overview of their geographical distribution and physicochemical characteristics / Zapata, Ángela (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Departamento de Biología) ; Rivera Rondón, Carlos A. (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Departamento de Biología) ; Valoyes, Daivan (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Departamento de Biología) ; Muñoz-López, Claudia L. (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Departamento de Biología) ; Mejía-Rocha, Marino (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Instituto de Salud Pública) ; Catalán, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
The páramo lakes, Colombia, situated in the neotropical region, are of great value both as natural heritage and as water source to the most populated areas of the Andes, but are threatened by expanding agriculture, livestock, mining, and landscape fragmentation. [...]
2021 - 10.3390/w13162175
Water, Vol. 13, Issue 16 (August 2021) , art. 2175  
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56 p, 1.9 MB Effective dampening of temperature effects in an anammox reactor treating real mainstream wastewater / Juan Díaz, Xènia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Pérez Cañestro, Julio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Carrera, Julian (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the capability of an up-flow anammox sludge bed reactor (13 L) of dampening a 10 ◦C temperature drop at mainstream conditions while operating at constant nitrogen loading rates (0. [...]
2021 - 10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101853
Journal of Water Process Engineering, Vol. 40 (April 2021) , art. 101853  
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9 p, 966.3 KB Ammonium oxidation activity promotes stable nitritation and granulation of ammonium oxidizing bacteria / Juan Díaz, Xènia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Carrera, Julian (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Pérez Cañestro, Julio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
Two-stage partial nitritation/anammox (PN/AMX) processes have been pointed out as a feasible configuration for achieving mainstream anammox. For two-stage configurations, stable partial nitritation has been reported feasible in granular sludge reactors. [...]
2022 - 10.1016/j.jwpe.2021.102505
Journal of Water Process Engineering, Vol. 45 (February 2022) , art. 102505  
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16 p, 1.1 MB Biofunctionalization of cork with Moringa oleifera seeds and use of PMA staining and qPCR to detect viability of Escherichia coli / Infante, Nury (Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mèxic). Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados) ; Rodríguez, Refugio (Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mèxic). Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados) ; Bartolo, Yaneth (Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mèxic). Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados) ; Sánchez Martínez, M. Olga (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia) ; Sanz-Sáez, Isabel (Institut de Ciències del Mar) ; Bermeo, Lizeth (Universidad del Cauca. Facultad de Ingeniería Civil) ; Morató Farreras, Jordi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Cork matrices biofunctionalized with Moringa oleifera seed extracts (MoSe) have potential for use as a biofilter with antibacterial properties to reduce waterborne pathogens. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of cork biofunctionalized with active antimicrobial compounds of MoSe (f-cork) on the inhibition of Escherichia coli (InhEc). [...]
2021 - 10.3390/w13192731
Water, Vol. 13, issue 19 (Oct. 2021) , art. 2731  
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7 p, 2.2 MB Development of a heavy metal sensing boat for automatic analysis in natural waters utilizing anodic stripping voltammetry / Yang, Qiuyue (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Nagar, Bhawna (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Álvarez Diduk, Ruslan (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Balsells, Marc (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Farinelli, Alessandro (University of Verona. Department of Computer Science) ; Bloisi, Domenico (University of Basilicata. Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics) ; Proia, Lorenzo (Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya. Centre Tecnològic BETA) ; Espinosa, Carmen (Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya. Centre d'Estudis dels Rius Mediterranis) ; Ordeix, Marc (Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya. Centre d'Estudis dels Rius Mediterranis) ; Knutz, Thorsten (Go Systemelektronik GmbH (Germany)) ; De Vito-Francesco, Elisabetta (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. Institute for Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control) ; Allabashi, Roza (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. Institute for Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control) ; Merkoçi, Arben (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
Determination of the levels of heavy metal ions would support assessment of sources and pathways of water pollution. However, traditional spatial assessment by manual sampling and off-site detection in the laboratory is expensive and time-consuming and requires trained personnel. [...]
2021 - 10.1021/acsestwater.1c00192
ACS Es&t Water, Vol. 1, Issue 12 (December 2021) , p. 2470-2476  
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17 p, 4.1 MB Use of chemically treated human hair wastes for the removal of heavy metal ions from water / Zhang, Helan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Carrillo Navarrete, Fernando (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química) ; López-Mesas, Montserrat (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Palet i Ballús, Cristina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química)
Human hair is considered a ubiquitous waste product and its accumulation can cause environmental problems. Hence, the search for alternatives that take advantage of this waste as a new raw material is of interest, and contributes to the idea of the circular economy. [...]
2020 - 10.3390/W12051263
Water, Vol. 12, Issue 5 (May 2020) , art. 1263  
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24 p, 866.4 KB Eco-Efficiency Assessment of Control Actions in Wastewater Treatment Plants / Revollar, Silvana. (Universidad de Salamanca) ; Meneses Benítez, Montserrat (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Telecomunicació i Enginyeria de Sistemes) ; Vilanova i Arbós, Ramon (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Telecomunicació i Enginyeria de Sistemes) ; Vega, Pastora (Universidad de Salamanca) ; Francisco, Mario (Universidad de Salamanca)
This work explores the possibilities of improving the eco-efficiency of Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) introducing a plant-wide perspective in the formulation of the control strategy. Eco-efficiency goals are contemplated in the analysis of the appropriateness of control actions, considering the seasonal effects of temperature into the decision-making process. [...]
2021 - 10.3390/w13050612
Water, Vol. 13, Núm. 5 (February 2021) , art. 612  
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51 p, 4.2 MB Highly reduced ecotoxicity of ZnO-based micro/nanostructures on aquatic biota : influence of architecture, chemical composition, fixation, and photocatalytic efficiency / Serrà, Albert (Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) ; Zhang, Yue (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Sepúlveda, Borja (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Gomez, Elvira (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física) ; Nogués, Josep (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Michler, Johann (Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) ; Philippe, Laetitia (Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology)
Developing efficient sunlight photocatalysts with enhanced photocorrosion resistance and minimal ecotoxicological effects on aquatic biota is critical to combat water contamination. Here, the role of chemical composition, architecture, and fixation on the ecotoxicological effects on microalgae of different ZnO and ZnO@ZnS based water decontamination photocatalysts was analyzed in depth. [...]
2020 - 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115210
Water Research, Vol. 169 (Feb. 2020) , art. 115210  
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19 p, 1.9 MB The use of biochar and pyrolysed materials to improve water quality through microcystin sorption separation / Frišták, Vladimír (Trnava University in Trnava. Department of Chemistry (Slovakia)) ; Bell, Stephen Mackenzie (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Laughinghouse, H. Dail (University of Florida. Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center. Agronomy Department (USA))
Harmful algal blooms have increased globally with warming of aquatic environments and increased eutrophication. Proliferation of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and the subsequent flux of toxic extracellular microcystins present threats to public and ecosystem health and challenges for remediation and management. [...]
2020 - 10.3390/w12102871
Water, Vol. 12, Issue 10 (October 2020) , art. 2871  
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13 p, 601.2 KB Tap water, bottled water or in-home water treatment systems : Insights on household perceptions and choices / March, Hug (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)) ; Garcia, Xavier (Institut d'Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona) ; Domene, Elena (Institut d'Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona) ; Saurí i Pujol, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia)
This article addresses household strategies for coping with perceived tap water quality issues. By using a household survey (n = 581) in Catalonia (Spain) and three models, this article analyses the drivers and motivations behind the installation of in-home water treatment systems, and the use of bottled water for drinking and cooking. [...]
2020 - 10.3390/W12051310
Water, Vol. 12 Núm. 5 (january 2020) , p. 1310  

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