Browsing by Subject "Water treatment"
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Antibiotic resistance in urban aquatic environments: can it be controlled?
(2016)Over the last decade, numerous evidences have contributed to establish a link between the natural and human-impacted environments and the growing public health threat that is the antimicrobial resistance. In the environment, ...
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Biodegradation potential of ofloxacin and its resulting transformation products during photolytic and photocatalytic treatment
(2013)The release of pharmaceuticals in the environment, as parent compounds, metabolites and transformation products, and the consequent risks posed to living organisms due to the unintended exposure of the latter to these ...
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Boron in groundwaters of Nicosia (Cyprus) and its treatment by reverse osmosis
(2007)Boron levels in groundwaters of Nicosia have been determined, compared to previous concentration data and correlated to the concentration of other chemical species contained in the groundwaters under investigation. According ...
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Existence of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Tertiary Treated Urban Wastewater that is Utilized for Reuse Applications
(2011)Research on the effects of chemical pollution in the environment that is related to urban wastewaters' discharge and reuse until recently was focused almost exclusively on conventional pollutants. During the last several ...
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High Throughput Analysis of Integron Gene Cassettes in Wastewater Environments
(2016)Integrons are extensively targeted as a proxy for anthropogenic impact in the environment. We developed a novel high-throughput amplicon sequencing pipeline that enables characterization of thousands of integron gene ...
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Solar/TiO^sub 2^ photocatalytic decomposition of [Beta]-blockers atenolol and propranolol in water and wastewater
(2011)The photocatalytic conversion of two &beta
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Spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use in Europe quantified by wastewater analysis
(2014)Aims To perform wastewater analyses to assess spatial differences and temporal changes of illicit drug use in a large European population. Design Analyses of raw wastewater over a 1-week period in 2012 and 2013. Setting ...