The challenge of removing waste from wastewater: let technology use nature!

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2021

Autores

Olga C. Nunes (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: Microbial Biotechnology

Vol. 14

Páginas: 63-67

ISSN: 1751-7907

Editora: Wiley-Blackwell

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ID Authenticus: P-00T-3C9

DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13711

Abstract (EN): Tertiary treatments capable of removing chemical and biological contaminants of emerging concern have been successfully developed and implemented at full scale, opening the possibility of using wastewater treatment plants as recycling units, capable of producing wastewater that can be reused in various activities, such as agriculture irrigation; However, tertiary treatments remove only part of the wastewater microbiota, leaving the opportunity for regrowth and/or reactivation of potentially hazardous microorganisms, facilitated by the poor competition among the surviving microorganisms; Under the motto 'added by technology, lead by nature', the treatment and storage of treated wastewater must find the balance to develop a protection shield against the impoverishment the microbial quality and the development of potentially hazardous bacteria.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 5