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Raashid, Muhammad (author), Kazmi, Mohsin (author), Ikhlaq, Amir (author), Iqbal, Tanveer (author), Sulaiman, Muhammad (author), Shakeel, A. (author)Due to the importance of water for human survival and scarcity of freshwater resources, wastewater treatment has become very important recently. Some persistent pollutants, such as pesticides, are not removed even after multiple conventional wastewater treatment techniques. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are one of the novel techniques that...journal article 2021
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Chen, M. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author)Membrane filtration is considered to be one of the most promising methods for oily wastewater treatment. Because of their hydrophilic surface, ceramic membranes show less fouling compared with their polymeric counterparts. Membrane fouling, however, is an inevitable phenomenon in the filtration process, leading to higher energy consumption and a...review 2021
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Pallares Vega, R. (author), Macedo, G. (author), Brouwer, Michael S.M. (author), Hernandez Leal, Lucia (author), van der Maas, Peter (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Weissbrodt, D.G. (author), Heederik, Dick (author), Mevius, Dik (author), Schmitt, Heike (author)Plasmid-mediated dissemination of antibiotic resistance among fecal Enterobacteriaceae in natural ecosystems may contribute to the persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in anthropogenically impacted environments. Plasmid transfer frequencies measured under laboratory conditions might lead to overestimation of plasmid transfer potential...journal article 2021
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Toja Ortega, S. (author), Pronk, M. (author), de Kreuk, M.K. (author)High concentrations of particulate COD (pCOD) in the influent of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) systems are often associated to small granule diameter and a large fraction of flocculent sludge. At high particulate concentrations even granule stability and process performance might be compromised. However, pilot-or full-scale studies focusing...journal article 2021
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Vij, Sumit (author), Moors, Eddy (author), Kujawa-Roeleveld, Katarzyna (author), Lindeboom, R.E.F. (author), Singh, Tanya (author), de Kreuk, M.K. (author)Freshwater scarcity has increased in the cities of the global South due to rapid urban agglomeration and changing climate. Alternative water resources such as treated wastewater can play a significant role to reduce the water supply-demand gap. In the recent past, wastewater has been used solely for irrigation and other allied agriculture...journal article 2021
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Bonyadi, Ziaeddin (author), Noghani, Farzaneh Akhound (author), Dehghan, Aliakbar (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Giannakoudakis, Dimitrios A. (author), Ghadiri, Seid Kamal (author), Anastopoulos, Ioannis (author), Sarkhosh, Maryam (author), Colmenares, Juan Carlos (author), Shams, Mahmoud (author)The presence of trace levels of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in the aquatic environment threatens human health and the environment. Metronidazole (MNZ) is a soluble PhAC with low biodegradability, a possible human mutant and carcinogen. This study aimed the synthesis, physicochemical characterizations, and employment of porous...journal article 2021
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Ampe, K.V.J. (author), Paredis, Erik (author), Asveld, L. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author), Block, Thomas (author)Environmental problems are usually not tackled with path-departing policies but rather with incrementally adjusted or unchanged policies. One way to address incremental change is the policy feedback approach, which initially focussed on self-reinforcing feedback and path-dependency. Today, self-undermining feedback is also increasingly being...journal article 2021
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Calderon Franco, D. (author), Apoorva, Seeram (author), Medema, G.J. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Weissbrodt, D.G. (author)Wastewater treatment is challenged by the continuous emergence of chemical and biological contaminants. Disinfection, advanced oxidation, and activated carbon technologies are accessible in high-income countries to suppress them. Low-cost, easily implementable, and scalable solutions are needed for sanitation across regions. We studied the...journal article 2021
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Ampe, K.V.J. (author), Paredis, Erik (author), Asveld, L. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author), Block, Thomas (author)More pluralised understandings of incumbencies are often overlooked in transitions research, which may lead to underestimating the enabling roles of incumbents in niche projects. This study explores these roles by applying a power framework to five struggles revolving around a path-breaking decentralised wastewater treatment project in the...journal article 2021
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Kim, E. (author), Ćurko, Josip (author), Gajdoš Kljusurić, Jasenka (author), Matošić, Marin (author), Crnek, Vlado (author), López-Vázquez, Carlos M. (author), Garcia, H. (author), Brdjanovic, Damir (author), Valinger, Davor (author)The use of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy in wastewater treatment has continuously expanded. As an alternative to conventional analytical methods for monitoring constituents in wastewater treatment processes, the use of NIR spectroscopy is considered to be cost-effective and less time-consuming. NIR spectroscopy does not distort the...journal article 2021
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Peng, Liqi (author), Wang, Feifei (author), Zhang, Di (author), Fang, Chao (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Chu, Wenhai (author)The high chlorine dosages in wastewater treatment plants during the COVID-19 pandemic may result in increased formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs), posing great threat to the aquatic ecosystem of the receiving water body and the public health in the downstream area. However, limited information is available on the effect of biological...journal article 2021
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Salem, Rana (author), Soliman, Moomen (author), Fergala, A.M.A.A. (author), Audette, Gerald F. (author), Eldyasti, Ahmed (author)With the adverse environmental ramifications of the use of petroleum-based plastic out-weighing the challenges facing the industrialization of bioplastics, polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymer has gained broad interest in recent years. Thus, an efficient approach for maximizing polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) polymer production in methanotrophic...journal article 2021
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Harris, Steve (author), Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Corbera, Joan Berzosa (author), Espi Gallart, Jose Jorge (author), Tegstedt, Fredrik (author)Technological developments are opening new avenues to facilitate the circular economy through resource recovery from industrial wastewater. This paper presents the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) in the development of technology solutions for the treatment of brine wastewater and recovery of by-products. Four...journal article 2021
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Pereira Espíndola, S. (author), Pronk, M. (author), Zlopasa, J. (author), Picken, S.J. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)Wastewater solids could be an attractive source of secondary raw cellulose, mainly originating from toilet paper. Cellulose can be recovered through sieving of raw wastewater, return sludge, or excess sludge. In particular, a large fraction of cellulose (13–15%) can be found in the excess sludge of the aerobic granular sludge produced by the...journal article 2021
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Toja Ortega, S. (author), Pronk, M. (author), de Kreuk, M.K. (author)Complex substrates, like proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids, are major components of domestic wastewater, and yet their degradation in biofilm-based wastewater treatment technologies, such as aerobic granular sludge (AGS), is not well understood. Hydrolysis is considered the rate-limiting step in the bioconversion of complex substrates, and as...journal article 2021
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Wu, Jiahao (author)Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a promising technology to process protein-rich wastewater. However, incomplete protein degradation during the acidification of organic matter is frequently observed when carbohydrates are present. Literature reports little information to explain the mechanisms behind this phenomenon. This MSc study investigated the...master thesis 2020
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Peschard Navarrete, Rogelio (author)Fouling is the main limitation to the application of membrane bioreactors (MBRs). Understanding the complexity of fouling has led to better decision making for design and operation of MBRs. However, studies have shown contradictory results of the impact of sludge characteristics on membrane filtration performance and fouling propensity. The...master thesis 2020
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von Meijenfeldt, C.W. (author)Essential service systems, such as energy provision and wastewater treatment, are important elements within spatial planning as they cater the most fundamental needs of the built environment. The recent rise in decentralized or local systems compared to the common centralized approach have left spatial planners with a dilemma: on which scale...master thesis 2020
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Lam, K.L. (author), Zlatanovic, L. (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author)Recovering resources from wastewater systems is increasingly being emphasised. Many technologies exist or are under development for recycling nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater to agriculture. Planning and design methodologies are needed to identify and deploy the most sustainable solutions in given contexts. For the...review 2020
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Huisman, Daniël (author)Aniline, a toxic aromatic amine present in certain wastewaters from the petroleum-, pharmaceutical- , and textile industry is regarded recalcitrant under strict anaerobic conditions. This study assessed the feasibility of methanogenic aniline biodegradation under saline (8 gNa+/L) conditions (1) by performing biodegradability batch assays using...master thesis 2020