Featured Application: The device is envisaged as a flexible tool with which to degrade organic compounds and sanitize various types of contaminated water, even on-site. Effective treatments improving both the chemical and microbiological quality of reclaimed wastewater are urgently needed. Ozone is a clean, economic, and environmentally friendly method to sanitize solutions and surfaces and to degrade organic pollutants. A simple, continuous-flow water-ozoniser system was tested to evaluate its effectiveness in batch treating various kinds of wastewater, including the effluent from small municipal plants. The degradation effects on a mixture of urban and industrial standard pollutants were investigated by HPLC-UV-MS analysis and biotoxicological assays. The results revealed that the concentration of most organic pollutants was reduced to 20–0% of the initial one within one hour. One resultant compound was recalcitrant (40% reduction only). The bioassays indicated the definitive reduction in toxic effects after treatment. Similar results were obtained when secondary, post sedimentation, wastewater treatment plant effluents were treated. Heterotrophic plate counts confirmed the strong biocidal activity of ozone. The developed prototype can successfully treat locally produced wastewater, secondary effluents from small–medium plants, and non-potable water resources.

Esposito B., Capobianco M., Navacchia M.L., Sabia G., Guzzinati R., Riminucci F., et al. (2023). Safe Reuse of Wastewater: Organic Contaminants Degradation and Sanitization by Ozone in a Modulable Continuous-Flow System. APPLIED SCIENCES, 13(12), 1-5 [10.3390/app13127087].

Safe Reuse of Wastewater: Organic Contaminants Degradation and Sanitization by Ozone in a Modulable Continuous-Flow System

Esposito B.
Primo
Conceptualization
;
Navacchia M. L.
Investigation
;
Guzzinati R.
Methodology
;
Riminucci F.
Supervision
;
Bolelli L.
Investigation
;
Ferri E. N.
Ultimo
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2023

Abstract

Featured Application: The device is envisaged as a flexible tool with which to degrade organic compounds and sanitize various types of contaminated water, even on-site. Effective treatments improving both the chemical and microbiological quality of reclaimed wastewater are urgently needed. Ozone is a clean, economic, and environmentally friendly method to sanitize solutions and surfaces and to degrade organic pollutants. A simple, continuous-flow water-ozoniser system was tested to evaluate its effectiveness in batch treating various kinds of wastewater, including the effluent from small municipal plants. The degradation effects on a mixture of urban and industrial standard pollutants were investigated by HPLC-UV-MS analysis and biotoxicological assays. The results revealed that the concentration of most organic pollutants was reduced to 20–0% of the initial one within one hour. One resultant compound was recalcitrant (40% reduction only). The bioassays indicated the definitive reduction in toxic effects after treatment. Similar results were obtained when secondary, post sedimentation, wastewater treatment plant effluents were treated. Heterotrophic plate counts confirmed the strong biocidal activity of ozone. The developed prototype can successfully treat locally produced wastewater, secondary effluents from small–medium plants, and non-potable water resources.
2023
Esposito B., Capobianco M., Navacchia M.L., Sabia G., Guzzinati R., Riminucci F., et al. (2023). Safe Reuse of Wastewater: Organic Contaminants Degradation and Sanitization by Ozone in a Modulable Continuous-Flow System. APPLIED SCIENCES, 13(12), 1-5 [10.3390/app13127087].
Esposito B.; Capobianco M.; Navacchia M.L.; Sabia G.; Guzzinati R.; Riminucci F.; Bolelli L.; Ponti F.; Longino G.; Ferri E.N.
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