Removal of Organic Pollution in Water Environment

156 Pages·2019·13.729 MB·English

by  Joanna Karpińska (editor), Urszula Kotowska (editor)

Removal of Organic
Pollution in Water
Environment
Edited by
Joanna Karpińska and Urszula Kotowska
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Removal of Organic Pollution in Water
Environment

Removal of Organic Pollution in Water
Environment
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Contents
AbouttheSpecialIssueEditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
JoannaKarpin´skaandUrszulaKotowska
RemovalofOrganicPollutionintheWaterEnvironment
Reprintedfrom:Water2019,11,2017,doi:10.3390/w11102017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
KatarzynaMielech-ŁukasiewiczandBarbaraStarczewska
The Use of Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode for the Determination of Selected Biocides in
WaterSamples
Reprintedfrom:Water2019,11,1595,doi:10.3390/w11081595. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Marta Hryniewicka, Barbara Starczewska and Agnieszka Gołębiewska
Determination of Budesonide and Sulfasalazine in Water and Wastewater Samples Using
DLLME-SFO-HPLC-UV Method
Reprintedfrom:Water2019,11,1581,doi:10.3390/w11081581. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
UrszulaKotowska,JustynaKapelewska,AdamKotowskiandEwelinaPietuszewska
RapidandSensitiveAnalysisofHormonesandOtherEmergingContaminantsinGroundwater
Using Ultrasound-Assisted Emulsification Microextraction with Solidification of Floating
OrganicDropletFollowedbyGC-MSDetection
Reprintedfrom:Water2019,11,1638,doi:10.3390/w11081638. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
RaissaS.Ferrari,AlecsandraO.deSouza,DanielL.R.Annunciac¸a˜o,FernandoF.Sodre´and
DanielJ.Dorta
AssessingSurfaceSedimentContaminationbyPBDEinaRechargePointofGuaraniAquiferin
Ribeira˜oPreto,Brazil
Reprintedfrom:Water2019,11,1601,doi:10.3390/w11081601. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
BeataGodlewska-Z˙yłkiewicz,SylwiaSawickaandJoannaKarpin´ska
Removal of Platinum and Palladium from Wastewater by Means of Biosorption on Fungi
Aspergillussp.andYeastSaccharomycessp.
Reprintedfrom:Water2019,11,1522,doi:10.3390/w11071522. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Noe¨mi Ambauen, Jens Muff, Ngoc Lan Mai, Cynthia Halle´, Thuat T. Trinh and Thomas
Meyn
InsightsintotheKineticsofIntermediateFormationduringElectrochemicalOxidationofthe
OrganicModelPollutantSalicylicAcidinChlorideElectrolyte
Reprintedfrom:Water2019,11,1322,doi:10.3390/w11071322. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
JoannaKarpinska,AnetaSokol,JolantaKoldysandArturRatkiewicz
StudiesontheKineticsofDoxazosinDegradationinSimulatedEnvironmentalConditionsand
SelectedAdvancedOxidationProcesses
Reprintedfrom:Water2019,11,1001,doi:10.3390/w11051001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
ElzbietaRegulska,JoannaBreczkoandAnnaBasa
Pristine and Graphene-Quantum-Dots-Decorated Spinel Nickel Aluminate for Water
RemediationfromDyesandToxicPollutants
Reprintedfrom:Water2019,11,953,doi:10.3390/w11050953 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
v
SoniaMilenaVegasMendoza,EliseoAvellaMoreno,CarlosAlbertoGuerreroFajardoand
RicardoFierroMedina
Liquid–LiquidContinuousExtractionandFractionalDistillationfortheRemovalofOrganic
CompoundsfromtheWastewateroftheOilIndustry
Reprintedfrom:Water2019,11,1452,doi:10.3390/w11071452. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
vi
About the Special Issue Editors
Joanna Karpinska is currently Full Professor and Head of the Environmental Chemistry
Research Group in the Department of Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry in the Faculty of
Chemistry at the University of Bialystok. Her current research interest is the study of processes
determiningthedurabilityofselectedbiologicallyactivecompoundsintheenvironmentandnew
photocatalysts.
Urszula Kotowska works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Analytical and
InorganicChemistryintheFacultyofChemistryattheUniversityofBialystok.Herscientificinterests
concern the determination of organic micropollutants in water samples and the search for new
solutionstoremovetheseimpurities. Sheisaspecialistingaschromatography,massspectrometry
andmicroextractiontechniques. Shehasservedasareviewerofscientificjournalsinthefieldof
analyticalchemistryandenvironmentalresearch,andhasalsoworkedasaguesteditorandamember
oftheorganizingcommitteeofinternationalscientificconferences.
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Editorial
Removal of Organic Pollution in the
Water Environment
JoannaKarpin´ska andUrszulaKotowska*
InstituteofChemistry,UniversityofBialystok,Ciolkowskiego1KStreet,15-245Bialystok,Poland;
[email protected]
* Correspondence:[email protected];Tel.:[phone];Fax:[phone]
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Received:8September2019;Accepted:26September2019;Published:28September2019 (cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:6)(cid:7)(cid:8)
Abstract: Thedevelopmentofcivilizationentailsagrowingdemandforconsumergoods. Aside
effectoftheproductionanduseofthesematerialsistheproductionofsolidwasteandwastewater.
Municipalandindustrialwastewaterusuallycontainalargeamountofvariousorganiccompounds
andarethemainsourceofpollutionoftheaquaticenvironmentwiththesesubstances.Therefore,the
searchforeffectivemethodsofwastewaterandotherpollutedwatertreatmentisanimportantelement
ofcaringforthenaturalenvironment.ThisSpecialIssuecontainsninepeer-reviewarticlespresenting
researchonthedeterminationandremovalofenvironmentallyhazardousorganiccompoundsfrom
aqueoussamples.Thepresentedarticleswerecategorizedintothreemajorfields:newapproachesto
thedegradationofwaterpollutants,newmethodsofisolationanddeterminationoftheemerging
organiccontaminants(EOCs),andtheoccurrenceofEOCsinthewaterenvironment.Thesearticles
presentonlyselectedissuesfromaverywidearea,whichistheremovaloforganicpollutioninwater
environment,butcanserveasimportantreferencesforfuturestudies.
Keywords:emergingorganiccontaminants;waterenvironment;EOCsdetermination;wastewater
purification;advancedoxidationprocesses;electrochemicaldegradation;biosorption;liquid-liquid
continuousextraction;fractionaldistillation
1.Introduction
Waterisessentialforlife, andalthoughapproximately70%oftheEarth’surfaceiscovered
withwater,onlyasmallfraction(2.5%)isfreshwatercompatiblewithterrestriallife. Nowadays,
acontinuousincreaseinwaterdemandisobservedasaconsequenceofdemographicgrowth,industry
demand,andlivingconditions. Atpresent,thesocietiesofdevelopedcountriesareawareofthe
importanceofwaterquality,especiallyinwesterncountries. Itisamatterofconcernthathalfof
theEuropeancountriesarealreadyfacingwaterstress. AccordingtotheEuropeanEnvironmental
AgencyReport,onlyaround40%ofsurfacewaters(rivers,lakes,andtransitionalandcoastalwaters)
areingoodecologicalstatusorpotential,and38%areingoodchemicalstatus[1].Anintensiveuse
ofchemicalsineverydayactivitiesandunrestrictedaccesstomedicineshasresultedinincreased
wasteproductionandanintenseemissionoftypicalaswellasneworganiccompoundsintothe
surroundingenvironment.Inrecentyears,thenewlyoccurredcompounds,calledemergingorganic
contaminants(EOCs),arebecomingmoreandmoreobservable. Thisisveryheterogeneousgroup
ofsubstancescontainingcompoundsfromvariouschemicalgroups.Theyarecreatedbynaturalas
wellasanthropogeniccompoundswithapresencethatwasnotpreviouslydetectedduetothelackof
sensitiveanalyticalmethods,ortheiradversehealtheffectswerenotknown.Theirimpactonliving
organismsisingeneralunknown,buttheprovidedexperimentshaveprovedtheirnegativeinfluence
onvitality,lifespan,andreproductivesuccess[2,3].Someofthemexhibitdisruptingendocrineeffects
oraresuspectedtocauseit.Thisgroupofcompoundsisdistinguishedbyaseparategroupnamed
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