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Zhang J, Hou X, Zhang K, Deng Y, Xiao Q, Gao Y, Zhou X, Yan B. Deciphering fluorescent and molecular fingerprint of dissolved organic matter leached from microplastics in water. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 250:121047. [PMID: 38154343 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.121047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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Despite extensive research into the presence and behavior of microplastics (MPs) in the environment, limited attention has been given to the investigation of the characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) that leaches from MPs (MPs-DOM). Herein, two frequently encountered plastic particles in aquatic environments, specifically polyethylene terephthalate (PET)- and polyethylene (PE)-MPs, were subjected to leaching in the aquatic settings for seven days, both in the absence of light and under UV irradiation. Measurements of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) indicated that UV exposure enhanced the liberation of DOM from PET-MPs, while PE-MPs did not exhibit such leaching. After UV treatment for seven days, the DOM released from PET-MPs increased by 25 times, while that from PE-MPs remained almost unchanged. Then, the molecular diversity and the evolving formation of DOM originating from different MPs were comprehensively analyzed with fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEM) and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS). Specifically, both PET- and PE-DOM exhibited three fluorescence signatures, with the predominant C1 (tryptophan-like) component showing a decline in PET-DOM and a rise in PE-DOM during aging. The FT-ICR-MS analysis unveiled that PET-DOM grew more recalcitrant under UV exposure, while PE-DOM became increasingly labile. In brief, UV irradiation influences MPs-DOM release and transformation differently, depending on the plastic composition. This highlights the significance of exploring MPs-DOM transformation in securing environmental safety.
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- Jie Zhang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-Environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-Environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Institute of Environmental Research at the Greater Bay Area, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute of Environmental Research at the Greater Bay Area, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute of Environmental Research at the Greater Bay Area, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-Environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-Environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; Institute of Environmental Research at the Greater Bay Area, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Imtiaz S, Saleem M. Fluorescence Spectroscopy Based Identification of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Escherichia Coli Suspensions. J Fluoresc 2024:10.1007/s10895-024-03608-w. [PMID: 38334915 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-024-03608-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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In this article, Fluorescence spectroscopy has been employed for the identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) in water suspension. Emission spectra of PA and E. coli suspensions have been acquired by using excitation wavelengths from 270 to 420 nm with steps of 10 nm to explore their spectral features. It has been found that the emission spectra of tryptophan, tyrosine, NADH and FAD, being the intracellular biomolecules present in both bacteria, can be used as fingerprints for their identification, differentiation and quantification. Both bacterial strains can clearly be differentiated from water and from each other by using λex 270-290 nm through spectral analysis and from λex: 300-500 nm by applying statistical analysis. Furthermore, calibration curves for different bacterial loads of PA and E. coli suspensions have been produced between colonies forming units per ml (CFUs/ml) the integrated intensities of their emission spectra. CFUs/ml of both bacterial suspensions have been determined through plate count method which was used as cross-reference for the analysis of emission spectra of both bacterial suspensions. These curves may be used to estimate CFU/ml of both PA and E. coli in unknown water suspensions by determining the integrating intensity of their emission spectra.
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- Sana Imtiaz
- National Institute of Lasers and Optronics College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 45650, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute of Lasers and Optronics College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 45650, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Sarkar K, Wei G, Rosadi MY, Murata N, Li F. Characterization of DOM released from bacteria in response to chlorine in water based on indicator bacteria E. coli. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2024; 45:193-207. [PMID: 35852481 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2022.2102939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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ABSTRACTIn this study, Escherichia coli (E. coli) was used as an indicator bacterium treated with five different concentrations of chlorine (0.1; 0.5; 1.0; 2.0, and 5.0 mg/L) and without chlorine (0.0 mg/L) to evaluate the changes in the DOM characteristics. The dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration initially increased along with the chlorine concentrations and decreased after 24 h (0.0 and 0.1 mg/L) and 168 h (0.5; 1.0; 2.0 and 5.0 mg/L). Ultra-violet absorbance at 260 nm (UV260) showed that the absorbance decreased for control without chlorine (0.0 mg/L) and 0.1 mg/L chlorine, while increased for other concentrations of chlorine within 120 h. The DOC and UV260 results indicated that the high concentrations of chlorine initiated high contents of DOM which contained more humic-like molecules than the DOM released from E. coli without chlorine. Fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEM) analysis suggested that the DOM released from E. coli without chlorine enriched with protein-like substances, whereas the fulvic-like and humic-like substances more intensified in the DOM for the high concentrations of chlorine (>1.0 mg/L). The molecular weight distribution of DOM showed that the intensity of high molecular weight substances and polydispersity increased along with chlorine concentration and contact time, whereas the low molecular weight substances were relatively higher in the DOM for control without chlorine. The obtained results of this study would be useful for a better understanding of the variation of DOM during treatment and could be used as an important reference for optimizing the operation condition of the water treatment plants.
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- Kanika Sarkar
- Graduate School of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
- River Basin Research Centre, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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Ly QV, Tong NA, Lee BM, Nguyen MH, Trung HT, Le Nguyen P, Hoang THT, Hwang Y, Hur J. Improving algal bloom detection using spectroscopic analysis and machine learning: A case study in a large artificial reservoir, South Korea. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 901:166467. [PMID: 37611716 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
Abstract
The prediction of algal blooms using traditional water quality indicators is expensive, labor-intensive, and time-consuming, making it challenging to meet the critical requirement of timely monitoring for prompt management. Using optical measures for forecasting algal blooms is a feasible and useful method to overcome these problems. This study explores the potential application of optical measures to enhance algal bloom prediction in terms of prediction accuracy and workload reduction, aided by machine learning (ML) models. Compared to absorption-derived parameters, commonly used fluorescence indices such as the fluorescence index (FI), humification index (HIX), biological index (BIX), and protein-like component improved the prediction accuracy. However, the prediction accuracy was decreased when all optical indices were considered for computation due to increased noise and uncertainty in the models. With the exception of chemical oxygen demand (COD), this study successfully replaced biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and nutrients with selected fluorescence indices, demonstrating relatively analogous performance in either training or testing data, with consistent and good coefficient of determination (R2) values of approximately 0.85 and 0.74, respectively. Among all models considered, ensemble learning models consistently outperformed conventional regression models and artificial neural networks (ANNs). However, there was a trade-off between accuracy and computation efficiency among the ensemble learning models (i.e., Stacking and XGBoost) for algal bloom prediction. Our study offers a glimpse of the potential application of spectroscopic measures to improve accuracy and efficiency in algal bloom prediction, but further work should be carried out in other water bodies to further validate our proposed hypothesis.
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- Quang Viet Ly
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, South Korea
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- School of Information and Communication Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Water Quality Assessment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon 22689, South Korea
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- School of Information and Communication Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam; School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
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- Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- School of Information and Communication Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- School of Chemistry and Life Science, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, South Korea
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, South Korea.
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Imtiaz S, Saleem M. Fluorescence Spectroscopy Based Characterization of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Suspension. J Fluoresc 2023:10.1007/s10895-023-03436-4. [PMID: 37713016 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-023-03436-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
Abstract
In this article, optical characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) suspension has been performed by using Fluorescence spectroscopy. Optical density (OD) and plate count methods have been employed as a reference for the analysis of emission spectra of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in water suspension. Emission spectra of PA suspension has been acquired by using excitation wavelengths from 270 to 420 nm with step of 10 nm to explore its spectral behavior. It has been found that emission spectra of tryptophan, tyrosine, NADH and FAD, the intracellular biomolecules of bacteria, can be used as finger prints for the detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Furthermore, the effect of water matrix on the spectral emission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been investigated that might be one of the limitation of Fluorescence spectroscopy for complex water matrices. Moreover, a calibration curve has been produced between ODs600 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa suspensions of different bacterial load and integrated intensities of the emission spectra of same samples. These ODs600 and integrating intensities have been further vetted through plate count method by determining their corresponding colony forming units per ml (CFU/ml). This calibration curve may be used to determine CFU/ml of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in water sample by determining integrating intensity of its emission spectrum.
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- Sana Imtiaz
- National Institute of Lasers and Optronics College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 45650, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute of Lasers and Optronics College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 45650, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Luan L, Gao L, Chen X, Ge J, Mu M, Chen X, Zhao X, Zhang Z, Zhang H. Rotifer distribution patterns in relation to dissolved organic matter in the middle reaches of Huai River Basin during the dry season. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:101133-101150. [PMID: 37648920 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-29139-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Increased dissolved organic matter (DOM) may induce water browning and affect zooplankton communities by changing photochemical environment, microbial food web, and bioavailability of organic carbon supply. However, little is known about the relationship between DOM components and rotifers in natural rivers, relative to the cladocerans and copepods. Here, we investigated the spatial patterns of rotifer distribution in relation to DOM by collecting forty-four water samples from four areas in the middle reaches of Huai River Basin. Results revealed that DOM was described by two humic-like and two protein-like components. There were significant differences in the composition and diversity of rotifer communities among areas, which might be related to autochthonous and allochthonous DOM as well as geographical distances. Specifically, rotifer communities were mainly related to molecular weight, substituents on the aromatic ring, humification level, and protein-like materials. Autochthonous and fresh DOM was positively associated with rotifer abundance and richness, and terrigenous humic-like substances were positively associated with rotifer diversity and evenness. There was a reciprocal effect between rotifer and DOM. Our findings will contribute to the understanding of the possible effects of water browning on rotifer communities, providing new insights into the key role of DOM and rotifer in the energy transfer of aquatic systems.
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- Leilei Luan
- School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, China
- School of Safety Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, China
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- School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, China.
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- School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, China
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- School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, China
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- School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, China
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- School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, China
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- School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, China
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- School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, China
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- School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, China
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Bieroza M, Acharya S, Benisch J, ter Borg RN, Hallberg L, Negri C, Pruitt A, Pucher M, Saavedra F, Staniszewska K, van’t Veen SGM, Vincent A, Winter C, Basu NB, Jarvie HP, Kirchner JW. Advances in Catchment Science, Hydrochemistry, and Aquatic Ecology Enabled by High-Frequency Water Quality Measurements. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:4701-4719. [PMID: 36912874 PMCID: PMC10061935 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c07798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
High-frequency water quality measurements in streams and rivers have expanded in scope and sophistication during the last two decades. Existing technology allows in situ automated measurements of water quality constituents, including both solutes and particulates, at unprecedented frequencies from seconds to subdaily sampling intervals. This detailed chemical information can be combined with measurements of hydrological and biogeochemical processes, bringing new insights into the sources, transport pathways, and transformation processes of solutes and particulates in complex catchments and along the aquatic continuum. Here, we summarize established and emerging high-frequency water quality technologies, outline key high-frequency hydrochemical data sets, and review scientific advances in key focus areas enabled by the rapid development of high-frequency water quality measurements in streams and rivers. Finally, we discuss future directions and challenges for using high-frequency water quality measurements to bridge scientific and management gaps by promoting a holistic understanding of freshwater systems and catchment status, health, and function.
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- Magdalena Bieroza
- Department
of Soil and Environment, SLU, Box 7014, Uppsala 750
07 Sweden
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- Department
of Environment and Genetics, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and
Environment, La Trobe University, Albury/Wodonga Campus, Victoria 3690, Australia
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- Institute
for Urban Water Management, TU Dresden, Bergstrasse 66, Dresden 01068, Germany
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- Department
of Soil and Environment, SLU, Box 7014, Uppsala 750
07 Sweden
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- Environment
Research Centre, Teagasc, Johnstown Castle, Wexford Y35 Y521, Ireland
- The
James
Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, United Kingdom
- School
of
Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AB, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Biological Sciences, University of Notre
Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Institute
of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Vienna University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, Vienna 1180, Austria
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- Department
for Catchment Hydrology, Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research - UFZ, Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4, Halle (Saale) 06120, Germany
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- Department
of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department
of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
- Envidan
A/S, Silkeborg 8600, Denmark
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- Department
of Biological Sciences, University of Notre
Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Environmental
Hydrological Systems, University of Freiburg, Friedrichstraße 39, Freiburg 79098, Germany
- Department
of Hydrogeology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental
Research - UFZ, Permoserstr.
15, Leipzig 04318, Germany
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Earth and
Environmental Sciences, and Water Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Water Institute
and Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department
of Environmental System Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich CH-8092, Switzerland
- Swiss
Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf CH-8903, Switzerland
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Vucinic L, O'Connell D, Dubber D, Coxon C, Gill L. Multiple fluorescence approaches to identify rapid changes in microbial indicators at karst springs. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2023; 254:104129. [PMID: 36634484 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2022.104129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Karst springs are globally important for drinking water supply but are often also exceptionally vulnerable to contamination. Such springs usually exhibit strong variation in microbial water quality in sharp response to rainfall events, thus, posing a health hazard to consumers of water supplied from these sources. The rapid detection of such changes is extremely important as well as being able to establish a link to the sources of such pollution, so that appropriate measures can be taken both in terms of immediate protection of human health and the management of karst aquifers. In this study, a fluorescence-based multi-parameter approach was trialed in order to evaluate which methods can be used to monitor rainfall-induced rapid changes in microbial water quality at karst springs, as well as determine whether such changes can be linked to sources of human effluent contamination. The results from three monitoring periods at two karst springs revealed marked responses to rainfall events for all of the microbial parameters measured. Total cell count (TCC) measurements using flow cytometry (FCM) showed very strong positive correlations with the more conventionally monitored faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) and total coliforms (TC), indicating that such a fluorescence-based and cultivation-independent technique can be very useful to indicate rapid changes in microbial water quality at karst springs. Furthermore, very strong positive correlations were also found between tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF) measurements and concentrations of all monitored microbial parameters, again demonstrating that such a fluorescence-based approach can also be useful for detecting rapid changes in concentrations of traditional faecal indicators. Interestingly, it was found that fluorescent whitening compounds (FWCs) signals do not necessarily follow temporal variations of microbial indicators. However, the frequency of detection of positive FWCs signals may still reveal useful information about the overall magnitude of human wastewater effluent impacts on karst aquifer systems.
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- Luka Vucinic
- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Geology, Trinity Centre for the Environment, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Bedell E, Harmon O, Fankhauser K, Shivers Z, Thomas E. A continuous, in-situ, near-time fluorescence sensor coupled with a machine learning model for detection of fecal contamination risk in drinking water: Design, characterization and field validation. WATER RESEARCH 2022; 220:118644. [PMID: 35667167 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
We designed and validated a sensitive, continuous, in-situ, remotely reporting tryptophan-like fluorescence sensor and coupled it with a machine learning model to predict high-risk fecal contamination in water (>10 colony forming units (CFU)/100mL E. coli). We characterized the sensor's response to multiple fluorescence interferents with benchtop analysis. The sensor's minimum detection limit (MDL) of tryptophan dissolved in deionized water was 0.05 ppb (p <0.01) and its MDL of the correlation to E. coli present in wastewater effluent was 10 CFU/100 mL (p <0.01). Fluorescence response declined exponentially with increased water temperature and a correction factor was calculated. Inner filter effects, which cause signal attenuation at high concentrations, were shown to have negligible impact in an operational context. Biofouling was demonstrated to increase the fluorescence signal by approximately 82% in a certain context, while mineral scaling reduced the sensitivity of the sensor by approximately 5% after 24 hours with a scaling solution containing 8 times the mineral concentration of the Colorado River. A machine learning model was developed, with TLF measurements as the primary feature, to output fecal contamination risk levels established by the World Health Organization. A training and validation data set for the model was built by installing four sensors on Boulder Creek, Colorado for 88 days and enumerating 298 grab samples for E. coli with membrane filtration. The machine learning model incorporated a proxy feature for fouling (time since last cleaning) which improved model performance. A binary classification model was able to predict high risk fecal contamination with 83% accuracy (95% CI: 78% - 87%), sensitivity of 80%, and specificity of 86%. A model distinguishing between all World Health Organization established risk categories performed with an overall accuracy of 64%. Integrating TLF measurements into an ML model allows for anomaly detection and noise reduction, permitting contamination prediction despite biofilm or mineral scaling formation on the sensor's lenses. Real-time detection of high risk fecal contamination could contribute to a major step forward in terms of microbial water quality monitoring for human health.
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- Emily Bedell
- Mortenson Center in Global Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, 80303, Colorado, United States of America; SweetSense Inc., Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Mortenson Center in Global Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, 80303, Colorado, United States of America
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- Mortenson Center in Global Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, 80303, Colorado, United States of America; SweetSense Inc., Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Mortenson Center in Global Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, 80303, Colorado, United States of America; SweetSense Inc., Boulder, Colorado, USA.
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Possibilities of Real Time Monitoring of Micropollutants in Wastewater Using Laser-Induced Raman & Fluorescence Spectroscopy (LIRFS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). SENSORS 2022; 22:s22134668. [PMID: 35808163 PMCID: PMC9268973 DOI: 10.3390/s22134668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
The entire water cycle is contaminated with largely undetected micropollutants, thus jeopardizing wastewater treatment. Currently, monitoring methods that are used by wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are not able to detect these micropollutants, causing negative effects on aquatic ecosystems and human health. In our case study, we took collective samples around different treatment stages (aeration tank, membrane bioreactor, ozonation) of a WWTP and analyzed them via Deep-UV laser-induced Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy (LIRFS) in combination with a CNN-based AI support. This process allowed us to perform the spectra recognition of selected micropollutants and thus analyze their reliability. The results indicated that the combination of sensitive fluorescence measurements with very specific Raman measurements, supplemented with an artificial intelligence, lead to a high information gain for utilizing it as a monitoring purpose. Laser-induced Raman spectroscopy reaches detections limits of alert pharmaceuticals (carbamazepine, naproxen, tryptophan) in the range of a few µg/L; naproxen is detectable down to 1 × 10−4 mg/g. Furthermore, the monitoring of nitrate after biological treatment using Raman measurements and AI support showed a reliable assignment rate of over 95%. Applying the fluorescence technique seems to be a promising method in observing DOC changes in wastewater, leading to a correlation coefficient of R2 = 0.74 for all samples throughout the purification processes. The results also showed the influence of different extraction points in a cleaning stage; therefore, it would not be sensible to investigate them separately. Nevertheless, the interpretation suffers when many substances interact with one another and influence their optical behavior. In conclusion, the results that are presented in our paper elucidate the use of LIRFS in combination with AI support for online monitoring.
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Kurajica L, Ujević Bošnjak M, Kinsela AS, Bieroza M, Štiglić J, Waite TD, Capak K, Romić Ž. Mixing of arsenic-rich groundwater and surface water in drinking water distribution systems: Implications for contaminants, disinfection byproducts and organic components. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 292:133406. [PMID: 34958791 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
The utilization of groundwaters containing high levels of arsenic (As) for drinking water purposes presents major health and economic challenges for water utilities. One low-cost approach is to mix arsenic-rich groundwater (GW) with arsenic-free surface waters (SW) to achieve acceptable As levels. In this study we investigated the effect of different mixing ratios on water quality in an eastern Croatian water distribution system (WDS). To investigate the effects of mixing on drinking water quality, we measured the organic matter (OM) composition, disinfection byproduct (DBP) and metal concentrations in differently mixed ratios of GW and SW within the WDS. Fluorescence analysis revealed that the GW and SW had similar OM composition, with an almost equal ratio of humic- and protein-like OM throughout the WDS despite fluorescence indices revealing slightly different OM sources between the two water types. The tyrosine-like OM component was more variable, increasing during warmer months and towards the end of the WDS, most likely due to enhanced biofilm formation. Arsenic concentrations decreased to below 10 μg/L in the second half of the sampling campaign. Acceptable water quality was achieved after a period of destabilization and solubilization of loose deposits within the WDS resulting in their mobilization caused by water quality changes. Principal component and classification analysis, regression models and Spearman correlation coefficients revealed an association between As, OM and DBP concentrations with these correlations suggestive of their role in As mobilization in the WDS. Changing source waters, with different OM content and characteristics, corresponded to variable As release within the WDS.
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- L Kurajica
- Croatian Institute of Public Health, Rockefeller Street 7, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Croatian Institute of Public Health, Rockefeller Street 7, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, 75007, Sweden
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- Croatian Institute of Public Health, Rockefeller Street 7, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Croatian Institute of Public Health, Rockefeller Street 7, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Osijek Water Supply Company, Poljski Put 1, Osijek, Croatia
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Shi Q, Chen Z, Wei F, Mao Y, Xu Q, Li K, Lu Y, Hu HY. Identification of surrogates for rapid monitoring of microbial inactivation by ozone for water reuse: A pilot-scale study. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 424:127567. [PMID: 34736205 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The complex contaminants in reclaimed water sources and delayed feedback of microbial detection have brought tremendous challenges to disinfection process control. The identification of sensitive and online surrogates for indicating microbial inactivation efficacy is vital to evaluate and optimize the disinfection technologies and processes. This study analyzes the inactivation of microbial indicators during ozone disinfection at a pilot-scale study over 5 months. It is identified that total fluorescence (TF) intensity, ultraviolet absorbance at 254 nm (UV254) and intracellular adenosine triphosphate (cATP) concentration can act as surrogates in predicting microbial inactivation by ozone. Particularly, the empirical linear correlations for log removal values (LRV) of TF, UV254 and cATP concentration are developed for the inactivation of four widely applied microbial indicators, namely the total coliforms, fecal coliforms, Escherichia coli (E. coli) and heterotrophic plate count (HPC) (R2 = 0.86-0.96). Validation analyses are further conducted to verify the robustness and effectiveness of empirical models. Notably, TF is considered as the most efficient surrogate due to its high sensitivity, accuracy and reliability, whereas cATP concentration is an efficient supplement to directly reflect total microbial counts. The study is important to provide a rapid and reliable approach for ozone disinfection efficiency evaluation and prediction.
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- Qi Shi
- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China; Beijing Laboratory for Environmental Frontier Technologies, Beijing 100084, PR China.
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Beijing Laboratory for Environmental Frontier Technologies, Beijing 100084, PR China; Research and Development Center, Beijing Drainage Group Co., Ltd, Beijing 100124, PR China
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- Beijing Laboratory for Environmental Frontier Technologies, Beijing 100084, PR China; Research and Development Center, Beijing Drainage Group Co., Ltd, Beijing 100124, PR China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China; Beijing Laboratory for Environmental Frontier Technologies, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China; Beijing Laboratory for Environmental Frontier Technologies, Beijing 100084, PR China; Shenzhen Environmental Science and New Energy Technology Engineering Laboratory, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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Du R, Yang D, Yin X. Rapid Detection of Three Common Bacteria Based on Fluorescence Spectroscopy. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:s22031168. [PMID: 35161912 PMCID: PMC8840577 DOI: 10.3390/s22031168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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As an important part of environmental water quality monitoring, efficient bacterial detection has attracted widespread attention. Among them, LIF (laser-induced fluorescence) technology has the characteristics of high efficiency and sensitivity for bacterial detection. To simplify the experimental process of bacterial detection, fluorescence emission spectra of E. coli (Escherichia coli) and its deactivated controls, K. pneumoniae (Klebsiella pneumoniae) and S. aureus (Staphylococcus aureus), were analyzed with fluorescence excitation by a 266 nm laser. By analyzing the results, it was found that the dominant fluorescence peaks of bacterial solutions at 335~350 nm were contributed by tryptophan, and the subfluorescence peaks at 515.9 nm were contributed by flavin; besides, K. pneumoniae and S. aureus had their own fluoresces characteristics, such as tyrosine contributing to sub-fluorescence peaks at 300 nm. The three species of bacteria can be differentiated with whole fluorescence spectrum by statistically analysis (p < 0.05), for various concentrations of aromatic amino acids and flavin in different bacteria. The experimental results also proved that the inactivation operation did not alter the spectral properties of E. coli. The indexes of fluorescence intensity and FIR (fluorescence intensity ratio, I335~350/I515.9) can be used to retrieve the bacteria concentration as well as for bacteria differentiation using the index of slopes. The detection limit of bacteria is less than ~105 cell/mL using laser induced fluorescence methods in the paper. The study demonstrated the rapid detection capability of the LIF bacterial detection system and its great potential for rapid quantitative analysis of bacteria. This may bring new insight into the detection of common bacteria in water in situ.
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- Ranran Du
- Guangdong Key Lab of Ocean Remote Sensing, State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China; (R.D.); (X.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Guangdong Key Lab of Ocean Remote Sensing, State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China; (R.D.); (X.Y.)
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou 511458, China
- Correspondence:
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- Guangdong Key Lab of Ocean Remote Sensing, State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China; (R.D.); (X.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Khan MFS, Akbar M, Wu J, Xu Z. A review on fluorescence spectroscopic analysis of water and wastewater. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2021; 10. [PMID: 34823232 DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/ac3d79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In recent years, the application of fluorescence spectroscopy has been widely recognized in water environment studies. The sensitiveness, simplicity, and efficiency of fluorescence spectroscopy are proved to be a promising tool for effective monitoring of water and wastewater. The fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEMs) and synchronous fluorescence spectra have been widely used analysis techniques of fluorescence measurement. The presence of organic matter in water and wastewater defines the degree and type of pollution in water. The application of fluorescence spectroscopy to characterize dissolved organic matter (DOM) has made the water quality assessment simple and easy. With the recent advances in this technology, components of DOM are identified by employing parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC), a mathematical trilinear data modeling with EEMs. The majority of wastewater studies indicated that the fluorescence peak of EX/EM at 275 nm/340 nm is referred to tryptophan region (Peak T1). However, some researchers identified another fluorescence peak in the region of EX/EM at 225-237 nm/340-381 nm, which described the tryptophan region and labeled it as Peak T2. Generally, peak T is a protein-like component in the water sample, where T1 and T2 signals were derived from the <0.20μm fraction of pollution. Therefore, a more advanced approach, such as an online fluorescence spectrofluorometer, can be used for the online monitoring of water. The results of various waters studied by fluorescence spectroscopy indicate that changes in peak T intensity could be used for real-time wastewater quality assessment and process control of wastewater treatment works. Finally, due to its effective use in water quality assessment, the fluorescence technique is proved to be a surrogate online monitoring tool and early warning equipment.
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- Muhammad Farooq Saleem Khan
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.,International Faculty of Applied Technology, Yibin City 644000, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Research Institute for Environmental Innovation (Suzhou), Tsinghua University, Suzhou 215000, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.,International Faculty of Applied Technology, Yibin City 644000, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.,Research Institute for Environmental Innovation (Suzhou), Tsinghua University, Suzhou 215000, People's Republic of China
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- International Faculty of Applied Technology, Yibin City 644000, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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Zhang Y, Liu Y, Zhou A, Zhang L. Identification of groundwater pollution from livestock farming using fluorescence spectroscopy coupled with multivariate statistical methods. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 206:117754. [PMID: 34678701 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Extensive livestock farming has highly threatened groundwater quality, thereby necessitating a rapid and effective method to identify groundwater quality in such areas. Fluorescence spectroscopy has been recognized as an interpretable method for tracking anthropogenic influences on water quality, but its applicability in identifying the groundwater pollution from livestock farming remains unknown. In this study, the fluorescence characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in groundwater from a typical livestock farming area were investigated by using fluorescence excitation emission matrix (EEM)-parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) coupled with multivariate statistical methods. The results showed that livestock farming significantly altered the content and composition of DOM in groundwater, and these effects were mainly observed in shallow groundwater in the study area. Hierarchical cluster analysis based on fluorescence parameters divided the groundwater samples into three clusters with significantly different pollution degrees: Cluster A, unpolluted; Cluster B, highly polluted; Cluster C, moderately polluted. In particular, the intensity of tryptophan-like fluorescence was high in the polluted groundwater but was almost undetectable in the unpolluted groundwater, suggesting that it is a potential indicator of groundwater quality. Principal component analysis based on the fluorescence parameters explained 91.5% of the variance with the first two principal components, and revealed that the degree of pollution dominated the fluorescence characteristics of groundwater in the study area. In addition, NO3- was abundant in Clusters B and C, while it was low in Cluster A, validating the analysis results of fluorescence spectroscopy. These findings indicated that DOM fluorescence was sensitive to livestock farming pollution and could be applied to identify, monitor, and assess groundwater pollution from livestock farming.
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- Yuanzheng Zhang
- Institute of Geological Survey, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Source Apportionment and Control of Aquatic Pollution, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of, Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Institute of Geological Survey, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Source Apportionment and Control of Aquatic Pollution, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of, Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Source Apportionment and Control of Aquatic Pollution, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Sorensen JPR, Nayebare J, Carr AF, Lyness R, Campos LC, Ciric L, Goodall T, Kulabako R, Curran CMR, MacDonald AM, Owor M, Read DS, Taylor RG. In-situ fluorescence spectroscopy is a more rapid and resilient indicator of faecal contamination risk in drinking water than faecal indicator organisms. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 206:117734. [PMID: 34655933 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Faecal indicator organisms (FIOs) are limited in their ability to protect public health from the microbial contamination of drinking water because of their transience and time required to deliver a result. We evaluated alternative rapid, and potentially more resilient, approaches against a benchmark FIO of thermotolerant coliforms (TTCs) to characterise faecal contamination over 14 months at 40 groundwater sources in a Ugandan town. Rapid approaches included: in-situ tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF), humic-like fluorescence (HLF), turbidity; sanitary inspections; and total bacterial cells by flow cytometry. TTCs varied widely in six sampling visits: a third of sources tested both positive and negative, 50% of sources had a range of at least 720 cfu/100 mL, and a two-day heavy rainfall event increased median TTCs five-fold. Using source medians, TLF was the best predictor in logistic regression models of TTCs ≥10 cfu/100 mL (AUC 0.88) and best correlated to TTC enumeration (ρs 0.81), with HLF performing similarly. Relationships between TLF or HLF and TTCs were stronger in the wet season than the dry season, when TLF and HLF were instead more associated with total bacterial cells. Source rank-order between sampling rounds was considerably more consistent, according to cross-correlations, using TLF or HLF (min ρs 0.81) than TTCs (min ρs 0.34). Furthermore, dry season TLF and HLF cross-correlated more strongly (ρs 0.68) than dry season TTCs (ρs 0.50) with wet season TTCs, when TTCs were elevated. In-situ TLF or HLF are more rapid and resilient indicators of faecal contamination risk than TTCs.
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- James P R Sorensen
- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK; Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK.
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- Department of Geology and Petroleum Studies, Makerere University, Uganda
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Makerere University, Uganda
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- Catherine M Rushworth Curran Ltd., 27 Silverhall Street, Isleworth, TW7 6RF, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- British Geological Survey, Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Geology and Petroleum Studies, Makerere University, Uganda
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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Pan S, Chen X, Cao C, Chen Z, Hao Ngo H, Shi Q, Guo W, Hu HY. Fluorescence analysis of centralized water supply systems: Indications for rapid cross-connection detection and water quality safety guarantee. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 277:130290. [PMID: 33773314 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Better insight into non-potable reclaimed water and drinking water can produce more reliable risk assessment and help to achieve sustainable water reuse in the long-term. This study illustrates the effectiveness of fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEM) for rapid cross-connection detection. Based on samples collected from three different sites of China, it is identified that the overall fluorescence intensity was 6-31 times of reclaimed to drinking water in water samples at all FRI regions. This is shown to be highly sensitive over conventional water quality parameters. Furthermore, based on parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC), humic acid and tryptophan are considered as the main components contributing to fluorescence both in secondary and tertiary effluents. Total fluorescence intensities as well as fluorescence peaks of EEM pairs were investigated. Under different mixing scenarios, it is found that the signal is distinguishable as low as 20% of reclaimed water. This study also offers possibility of exploring portable devices with identified fluorescence peaks in EEM regions for risk prevention and water quality monitoring at end user sites.
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- Sihan Pan
- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China; Beijing Laboratory for Environmental Frontier Technologies, Beijing, 100084, PR China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China; Beijing Laboratory for Environmental Frontier Technologies, Beijing, 100084, PR China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China; Beijing Laboratory for Environmental Frontier Technologies, Beijing, 100084, PR China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China; Beijing Laboratory for Environmental Frontier Technologies, Beijing, 100084, PR China.
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China; Beijing Laboratory for Environmental Frontier Technologies, Beijing, 100084, PR China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China; Beijing Laboratory for Environmental Frontier Technologies, Beijing, 100084, PR China; Shenzhen Environmental Science and New Energy Technology Engineering Laboratory, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China
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Maqbool T, Li C, Qin Y, Zhang J, Asif MB, Zhang Z. A year-long cyclic pattern of dissolved organic matter in the tap water of a metropolitan city revealed by fluorescence spectroscopy. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 771:144850. [PMID: 33548702 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Delivering drinking water with stable quality in metropolitan cities is a big challenge. This study investigated the year-long dynamics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the tap water and source water of a metropolitan city in southern China using fluorescence spectroscopy. The DOM detected in the tap water, and source water of Shenzhen city was season and location-dependent. A year-long cyclic trend of DOM was found with predominate protein-like fluorescence in the dry season compared to the humic-like enriched DOM in the wet season. A general DOM pattern was estimated by measuring the shift in dominant fluorescence regions on the excitation-emission matrix (EEM). The difference in fluorescent DOM (FDOM) composition (in terms of the ratio of protein-like to humic-like fluorescence) was above 200% between wet and dry seasons. The taps associated with reservoirs receiving water from the eastern tributary of Dongjiang River showed significant changes in protein-like contents than the taps with source water originating from the western part of the river. This study highlights the importance of optimizing drinking water treatment plants' operational conditions after considering seasonal changes and source water characteristics.
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- Tahir Maqbool
- Institute of Environmental Engineering & Nano-Technology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Centre for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering & Nano-Technology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Centre for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering & Nano-Technology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Centre for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering & Nano-Technology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Centre for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering & Nano-Technology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Centre for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering & Nano-Technology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Centre for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Zhang Y, Shen G, Hu S, He Y, Li P, Zhang B. Deciphering of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and potential abiotic indicators for the emergence of ARGs in an interconnected lake-river-reservoir system. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 410:124552. [PMID: 33243636 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This study aimed to decipher the patterns of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and linkages of key abiotic indicators with ARGs in an interconnected lake-river-reservoir system. The results showed that seasonal variations in the relative abundance of ARGs and mobile gene elements (MGEs) were significant (KW, p < 0.05). ARGs representative of fecal pollution and natural environment were primarily distributed in the river and reservoir, respectively. The lake, river, and reservoir shared 54.5% of ARGs subtypes, most of which are multidrug resistance genes encoding for efflux pumps. Network results showed that ARGs conferring resistance to aminoglycoside frequently co-occurred with class 1 integrons and Limnohabitans. The resistance risks were low and associated with non-corresponding ARGs, and the highest resistance risk was caused by enrofloxacin in the Dianshan Lake. Fluorescence indices derived from two methods exhibited consistent positive correlations with abundance of individual genes (i.e. aada1 and aadA2-03) as well as total aminoglycoside resistance genes (Pearson, p < 0.05). Moreover, ARGs indicators of human and animal fecal pollution showed linkages with humic-like and fulvic-like indices (Pearson, p < 0.05). The results provide novel insights into the roles of abiotic factors on indicating dynamics of ARGs in aquatic environment impacted by anthropogenic activities.
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- Yongpeng Zhang
- Environmental Science and Engineering School, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, 508 Qinzhou Road, Shanghai 200233, China.
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- Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, 508 Qinzhou Road, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Environmental Science and Engineering School, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Environmental Science and Engineering School, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Environmental Science and Engineering School, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China.
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Chen W, Yu HQ. Advances in the characterization and monitoring of natural organic matter using spectroscopic approaches. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 190:116759. [PMID: 33360618 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Natural organic matter (NOM) is ubiquitous in environment and plays a fundamental role in the geochemical cycling of elements. It is involved in a wide range of environmental processes and can significantly affect the environmental fates of exogenous contaminants. Understanding the properties and environmental behaviors of NOM is critical to advance water treatment technologies and environmental remediation strategies. NOM is composed of characteristic light-absorbing/emitting functional groups, which are the "identification card" of NOM and susceptive to ambient physiochemical changes. These groups and their variations can be captured through optical sensing. Therefore, spectroscopic techniques are elegant tools to track the sources, features, and environmental behaviors of NOM. In this work, the most recent advances in molecular spectroscopic techniques, including UV-Vis, fluorescence, infrared, and Raman spectroscopy, for the characterization, measurement, and monitoring of NOM are reviewed, and the state-of-the-art innovations are highlighted. Furthermore, the limitations of current spectroscopic approaches for the exploration of NOM-related environmental processesand how these weaknesses/drawbacks can be addressed are explored. Finally, suggestions and directions are proposed to advance the development of spectroscopic methods in analyzing and elucidating the properties and behaviors of NOM in natural and engineered environments.
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- Wei Chen
- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha410083, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, China.
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Ward JST, Lapworth DJ, Read DS, Pedley S, Banda ST, Monjerezi M, Gwengweya G, MacDonald AM. Tryptophan-like fluorescence as a high-level screening tool for detecting microbial contamination in drinking water. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 750:141284. [PMID: 33182170 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Regular monitoring of drinking water quality is vital to identify contamination of potable water supplies. Testing for microbial contamination is important to prevent transmission of waterborne disease, but establishing and maintaining a water quality monitoring programme requires sustained labour, consumables and resources. In low resource settings such as developing countries, this can prove difficult, but measuring microbial contamination is listed as a requirement of reaching the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 6 for water and sanitation. A nine-month water quality monitoring programme was conducted in rural Malawi to assess the suitability of tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF), an emerging method for rapidly detecting microbial contamination, as a drinking water quality monitoring tool. TLF data was compared with thermotolerant coliforms (TTCs, E. coli) and inorganic hydrochemical parameters. A large (n = 235) temporal dataset was collected from five groundwater drinking water sources, with samples collected once or twice weekly depending on the season. The results show that TLF can indicate a broader contamination risk but is not as sensitive to short term variability when compared to other faecal indicators. This is likely due to a broad association of TLF with elevated DOC concentrations from a range of different sources. Elevated TLF may indicate preferential conditions for the persistence of TTCs and/or E. coli, but not necessarily a public health risk from microbial contamination. TLF is therefore a more precautionary risk indicator than microbial culturing techniques and could prove useful as a high-level screening tool for initial risk assessment. For widespread use of TLF to be successful, standardisation of TLF values associated with different levels of risk is required, however, this study highlights the difficulties of equating TLF thresholds to TTCs or E. coli data because of the influence of DOC/HLF on the TLF signal.
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- Jade S T Ward
- British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire NG12 5GG, UK; UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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Frank S, Goeppert N, Goldscheider N. Field Tracer Tests to Evaluate Transport Properties of Tryptophan and Humic Acid in Karst. GROUND WATER 2021; 59:59-70. [PMID: 32390185 DOI: 10.1111/gwat.13015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The monitoring of water quality, especially of karst springs, requires methods for rapidly estimating and quantifying parameters that indicate contamination. In the last few years, fluorescence-based measurements of tryptophan and humic acid have become a promising tool to assess water quality in near real-time. In this study, we conducted comparative tracer tests in a karst experimental site to investigate the transport properties and behavior of tryptophan and humic acid in a natural karst aquifer. These two tracers were compared with the conservative tracer uranine. Fluorescence measurements were conducted with an online field fluorometer and in the laboratory. The obtained breakthrough curves (BTCs) and the modeling results demonstrate that (1) the online field fluorometer is suitable for real-time fluorescence measurements of all three tracers; (2) the transport parameters obtained for uranine, tryptophan, and humic acid are comparable in the fast flow areas of the karst system; (3) the transport velocities of humic acid are slower and the resulting residence times are accordingly higher, compared to uranine and tryptophan, in the slower and longer flow paths; (4) the obtained BTCs reveal additional information about the investigated karst system. As a conclusion, the experiments show that the transport properties of tryptophan are similar to those of uranine while humic acid is partly transported slower and with retardation. These findings allow a better and quantitative interpretation of the results when these substances are used as natural fecal and contamination indicators.
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- Institute of Applied Geosciences, Division of Hydrogeology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstr. 12, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Geosciences, Division of Hydrogeology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstr. 12, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Ward JST, Lapworth DJ, Read DS, Pedley S, Banda ST, Monjerezi M, Gwengweya G, MacDonald AM. Large-scale survey of seasonal drinking water quality in Malawi using in situ tryptophan-like fluorescence and conventional water quality indicators. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 744:140674. [PMID: 32755770 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Faecally-contaminated drinking water is a risk to human health, with the greatest risks to those living in developing countries. UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 aims to address this issue. Tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF) shows potential as a rapid method for detecting microbial contamination in drinking water, which could reduce the spread of waterborne diseases. This study is the first to investigate the effectiveness of TLF for a large-scale survey using a randomised, spot-sampling approach. The large-scale survey took place in Malawi, sub-Saharan Africa, in the dry season (n = 183). A subset of sources were revisited at the end of the following wet season (n = 41). The effectiveness of TLF was assessed by comparing TLF results to thermotolerant coliforms (TTC), humic-like fluorescence (HLF), inorganic hydrochemical data and sanitary risk scores. The most prominent differences in microbial water quality were observed between source types, with little variation between districts and seasons. TLF, TTCs, turbidity and sanitary risk scores were all elevated at alternative sources (shallow wells and tap stands) compared to hand-pumped boreholes. In the dry season, 18% of hand-pumped boreholes showed TTC contamination, which increase to 21% in the wet season. Groundwater recharge processes are likely responsible for seasonal variability of inorganic hydrochemistry at hand-pumped boreholes. TLF was able to distinguish no and low WHO risk classes (TTC 0-9 cfu/100 mL) from medium, high and very high risk classes (TTC 10 - >1000 cfu/100 mL). TLF failed to distinguish between no and low risk classes, which limits the use of TLF for assessing water quality to drinking water standards. This dataset indicates that HLF may raise baseline TLF for samples with low TLF values, increasing false positives. Therefore, TLF is better suited as a rapid high-level water quality screening tool to assess moderate and high levels of faecal contamination.
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- Jade S T Ward
- British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire NG12 5GG, UK; UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK.
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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Sorensen JPR, Diaw MT, Pouye A, Roffo R, Diongue DML, Faye SC, Gaye CB, Fox BG, Goodall T, Lapworth DJ, MacDonald AM, Read DS, Ciric L, Taylor RG. In-situ fluorescence spectroscopy indicates total bacterial abundance and dissolved organic carbon. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 738:139419. [PMID: 32521357 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We explore in-situ fluorescence spectroscopy as an instantaneous indicator of total bacterial abundance and faecal contamination in drinking water. Eighty-four samples were collected outside of the recharge season from groundwater-derived water sources in Dakar, Senegal. Samples were analysed for tryptophan-like (TLF) and humic-like (HLF) fluorescence in-situ, total bacterial cells by flow cytometry, and potential indicators of faecal contamination such as thermotolerant coliforms (TTCs), nitrate, and in a subset of 22 samples, dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Significant single-predictor linear regression models demonstrated that total bacterial cells were the most effective predictor of TLF, followed by on-site sanitation density; TTCs were not a significant predictor. An optimum multiple-predictor model of TLF incorporated total bacterial cells, nitrate, nitrite, on-site sanitation density, and sulphate (r2 0.68). HLF was similarly related to the same parameters as TLF, with total bacterial cells being the best correlated (ρs 0.64). In the subset of 22 sources, DOC clustered with TLF, HLF, and total bacterial cells, and a linear regression model demonstrated HLF was the best predictor of DOC (r2 0.84). The intergranular nature of the aquifer, timing of the study, and/or non-uniqueness of the signal to TTCs can explain the significant associations between TLF/HLF and indicators of faecal contamination such as on-site sanitation density and nutrients but not TTCs. The bacterial population that relates to TLF/HLF is likely to be a subsurface community that develops in-situ based on the availability of organic matter originating from faecal sources. In-situ fluorescence spectroscopy instantly indicates a drinking water source is impacted by faecal contamination but it remains unclear how that relates specifically to microbial risk in this setting.
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- James P R Sorensen
- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK; Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Department of Geology, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Geology, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal
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- Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Goddard FB, Ban R, Barr DB, Brown J, Cannon J, Colford JM, Eisenberg JNS, Ercumen A, Petach H, Freeman MC, Levy K, Luby SP, Moe C, Pickering AJ, Sarnat JA, Stewart J, Thomas E, Taniuchi M, Clasen T. Measuring Environmental Exposure to Enteric Pathogens in Low-Income Settings: Review and Recommendations of an Interdisciplinary Working Group. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:11673-11691. [PMID: 32813503 PMCID: PMC7547864 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Infections with enteric pathogens impose a heavy disease burden, especially among young children in low-income countries. Recent findings from randomized controlled trials of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions have raised questions about current methods for assessing environmental exposure to enteric pathogens. Approaches for estimating sources and doses of exposure suffer from a number of shortcomings, including reliance on imperfect indicators of fecal contamination instead of actual pathogens and estimating exposure indirectly from imprecise measurements of pathogens in the environment and human interaction therewith. These shortcomings limit the potential for effective surveillance of exposures, identification of important sources and modes of transmission, and evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions. In this review, we summarize current and emerging approaches used to characterize enteric pathogen hazards in different environmental media as well as human interaction with those media (external measures of exposure), and review methods that measure human infection with enteric pathogens as a proxy for past exposure (internal measures of exposure). We draw from lessons learned in other areas of environmental health to highlight how external and internal measures of exposure can be used to more comprehensively assess exposure. We conclude by recommending strategies for advancing enteric pathogen exposure assessments.
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- Frederick
G. B. Goddard
- Gangarosa
Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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- Gangarosa
Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- School of
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, United States
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- Division
of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California−Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- U.S. Agency
for International Development, Washington, DC 20004, United States
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- Gangarosa
Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, United States
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- Division
of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, California 94305, United States
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- Center
for
Global Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Rollins School of Public
Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Gangarosa
Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global
Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Mortenson
Center in Global Engineering, University
of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- Division
of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Gangarosa
Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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Lee YK, Murphy KR, Hur J. Fluorescence Signatures of Dissolved Organic Matter Leached from Microplastics: Polymers and Additives. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:11905-11914. [PMID: 32852946 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Despite the numerous studies that have investigated the occurrence and fate of plastic particles in the environment, only a limited effort has been devoted toward exploring the characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) leached from microplastics. In this study, using excitation emission matrix-parallel factor analysis (EEM-PARAFAC), we explored the fluorescence signatures of plastic-derived DOM from commonly used plastic materials, which included two polymers (polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polystyrene (PS)), two additives (diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and bisphenol A (BPA)), and two commercial plastics. The exposure of the selected plastics to UV light facilitated the leaching of DOM measured in terms of dissolved organic carbon and fluorescence intensity. Four fluorescent components were identified, which included three protein/phenol-like components (C1, C3, and C4) and one humic-like component (C2). The C1 and C4 components were highly correlated with the amounts of DOM leached from DEHP and BPA, respectively, under both leaching conditions, while both C2 and C4 presented good correlations with the DOM leached from polymers under UV light. The C4 may serve as a good fluorescence proxy for DOM leached from BPA or BPA-containing plastics. This study highlights the overlooked issue of plastic-derived DOM leaching into the aquatic environment through optical characterization.
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- Yun Kyung Lee
- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, South Korea
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- Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, South Korea
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Individual Water Sources and their Potential Effect on Human and Animal Health in Environmentally Burdened Region. FOLIA VETERINARIA 2020. [DOI: 10.2478/fv-2020-0030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The quality of water in a well that serves as an individual drinking water source, located in the Slovakian region previously burdened with mining activities, was investigated in relation to the quality of surface water in the same region. Selected microbiological and physicochemical parameters were determined in samples of ground water (well) and surface water (brook and river). Plate counts of coliform bacteria, E. coli, enterococci and bacteria cultivated at 22 °C and 37 °C were determined. Microbiological quality of samples collected from the well was generally satisfactory. Examination of the samples of surface water (river) showed a significant organic pollution indicated by fluorescence spectra. In all water samples the values of: pH, electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen, ammonium ions, nitrites, nitrates, chlorides and chemical oxygen demand (CODMn) were below the limits set by the state legislation. In the surface water, high levels of arsenic were found. The sum of calcium and magnesium in the well water was close to or below the recommended minimum level. In this well water, the level of antimony exceeded 10-fold the maximum limit for drinking water and was of the largest concern as this well water has been used for drinking, cooking, and watering of animals and vegetables for a long period of time. This poses a risk of accumulation of this metalloid in the food chain.
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Removal Characteristics of Effluent Organic Matter (EfOM) in Pharmaceutical Tailwater by a Combined Coagulation and UV/O3 Process. WATER 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/w12102773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A novel coagulation combined with UV/O3 process was employed to remove the effluent organic matter (EfOM) from a biotreated pharmaceutical wastewater for harmlessness. The removal behavior of EfOM by UV/O3 process was characterized by synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy (SFS) integrating two-dimensional correlation (2D-COS) and principal component analysis (PCA) technology. The highest dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and ratio of UV254 and DOC (SUVA) removal efficiency reached 55.8% and 68.7% by coagulation-UV/O3 process after 60 min oxidation, respectively. Five main components of pharmaceutical tail wastewater (PTW) were identified by SFS. Spectral analysis revealed that UV/O3 was selective for the removal of different fluorescent components, especially fulvic acid-like fluorescent (FLF) component and humus-like fluorescent (HLF) component. Synchronous fluorescence/UV-visible two-dimensional correlation spectra analysis showed that the degradation of organic matter occurred sequentially in the order of HLF, FLF, microbial humus-like fluorescence component (MHLF), tryptophan-like fluorescent component (TRLF), tyrosine-like fluorescent component (TYLF). The UV/O3 process removed 95.6% of HLF, 80.0% of FLF, 56.0% of TRLF, 50.8% of MHLF and 44.4% of TYLF. Therefore, the coagulation-UV/O3 process was proven to be an attractive way to reduce the environmental risks of PTW.
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Acharya K, Blackburn A, Mohammed J, Haile AT, Hiruy AM, Werner D. Metagenomic water quality monitoring with a portable laboratory. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 184:116112. [PMID: 32688150 PMCID: PMC7347499 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We describe the technical feasibility of metagenomic water quality analysis using only portable equipment, for example mini-vacuum pumps and filtration units, mini-centrifuges, mini-PCR machines and the memory-stick sized MinION of Oxford Nanopore Technologies, for the library preparation and sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons. Using this portable toolbox on site, we successfully characterized the microbiome of water samples collected from Birtley Sewage Treatment Plant, UK, and its environs. We also demonstrated the applicability of the portable metagenomics toolbox in a low-income country by surveying water samples from the Akaki River around Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The 16S rRNA gene sequencing workflow, including DNA extraction, PCR amplification, sequencing library preparation, and sequencing was accomplished within one working day. The metagenomic data became available within 24-72 h, depending on internet speed. Metagenomic analysis clearly distinguished the microbiome of pristine samples from sewage influenced water samples. Metagenomic analysis identified the potential role of two bacterial genera not conventionally monitored, Arcobacter and Aeromonas, as predominant faecal pollution indicators/waterborne hazards. Subsequent quantitative PCR analysis validated the high Arcobacter butzleri abundances observed in the urban influenced Akaki River water samples by portable next generation sequencing with the MinION device. Overall, our field deployable metagenomics toolbox advances the capability of scientists to comprehensively monitor microbiomes anywhere in the world, including in the water, food and drinks industries, the health services, agriculture and beyond.
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- Kishor Acharya
- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority (AAWSA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Centre for Environmental Science, Addis Ababa University, P.O.Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Centre for Environmental Science, Addis Ababa University, P.O.Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom.
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Monitoring Approaches for Faecal Indicator Bacteria in Water: Visioning a Remote Real-Time Sensor for E. coli and Enterococci. WATER 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/w12092591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A comprehensive review was conducted to assess the current state of monitoring approaches for primary faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) E. coli and enterococci. Approaches were identified and examined in relation to their accuracy, ability to provide continuous data and instantaneous detection results, cost, environmental awareness regarding necessary reagent release or other pollution sources, in situ monitoring capability, and portability. Findings showed that several methods are precise and sophisticated but cannot be performed in real-time or remotely. This is mainly due to their laboratory testing requirements, such as lengthy sample preparations, the requirement for expensive reagents, and fluorescent tags. This study determined that portable fluorescence sensing, combined with advanced modelling methods to compensate readings for environmental interferences and false positives, can lay the foundations for a hybrid FIB sensing approach, allowing remote field deployment of a fleet of networked FIB sensors that can collect high-frequency data in near real-time. Such sensors will support proactive responses to sudden harmful faecal contamination events. A method is proposed to enable the development of the visioned FIB monitoring tool.
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Pourabdollah K. Fouling propensity of pyrolytic coke particles in aqueous phase: Thermal and spectral analysis. ASIA-PAC J CHEM ENG 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/apj.2564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Kobra Pourabdollah
- Department of Petroleum Engineering Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Research Center of Iran Tehran Iran
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Harjung A, Attermeyer K, Aigner V, Krlovic N, Steniczka G, Švecová H, Schagerl M, Schelker J. High Anthropogenic Organic Matter Inputs during a Festival Increase River Heterotrophy and Refractory Carbon Load. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:10039-10048. [PMID: 32806906 PMCID: PMC7458420 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Revised: 07/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Streams and rivers metabolize dissolved organic matter (DOM). Although most DOM compounds originate from natural sources, recreational use of rivers increasingly introduces chemically distinct anthropogenic DOM. So far, the ecological impact of this DOM source is not well understood. Here, we show that a large music festival held adjacent to the Traisen River in Austria increased the river's dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration from 1.6 to 2.1 mg L-1 and stream ecosystem respiration from -3.2 to -4.5 mg L-1. The DOC increase was not detected by sensors continuously logging absorbance spectra, thereby challenging their applicability for monitoring. However, the fluorescence intensity doubled during the festival. Using parallel factor analysis, we were able to assign the increase in fluorescence intensity to the chemically stable UV-B filter phenylbenzimidazole sulfonic acid, indicating organic compounds in sunscreen and other personal care products as sources of elevated DOC. This observation was confirmed by liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. The elevated respiration is probably fueled by anthropogenic DOM contained in beer and/or urine. We conclude that intense recreational use of running waters transiently increases the anthropogenic DOM load into stream ecosystems and alters the fluvial metabolism. We further propose that chemically distinct, manmade DOM extends the natural range of DOM decomposition rates in fluvial ecosystems.
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- Astrid Harjung
- Department
of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Wassercluster
Lunz-Biologische Station GmbH, 3293 Lunz am See, Austria
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- Department
of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Wassercluster
Lunz-Biologische Station GmbH, 3293 Lunz am See, Austria
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- Department
of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Faculty
of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre
of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zatisi 728/II, 389 25 Vodňany, Czech
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- Department
of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Wassercluster
Lunz-Biologische Station GmbH, 3293 Lunz am See, Austria
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Mendoza LM, Mladenov N, Kinoshita AM, Pinongcos F, Verbyla ME, Gersberg R. Fluorescence-based monitoring of anthropogenic pollutant inputs to an urban stream in Southern California, USA. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 718:137206. [PMID: 32325614 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Fluorescence spectroscopy has been increasingly used to detect sewage and other anthropogenic contaminants in surface waters. Despite progress in successfully detecting bacterial and sewage inputs to rivers over diverse spatial scales, the use of fluorescence-based in-situ sensors to track contaminant inputs during storm events and to discern bacterial contamination from background natural organic matter (NOM) fluorescence have received less attention. A portable, submersible fluorometer equipped with tryptophan (TRP)-like and humic-like fluorescence sensors was used to track inputs of untreated wastewater added to natural creek water in a laboratory sewage spill simulation. Significant, positive correlations were observed between TRP fluorescence, the TRP:humic ratio, percent wastewater, and Escherichia coli concentrations, indicating that both the TRP sensor and the TRP:humic ratio tracked wastewater inputs against the background creek water DOM fluorescence. The portable fluorometer was subsequently deployed in an urban creek during a storm in 2018. The peak in TRP fluorescence was found to increase with the rising limb of the hydrograph and followed similar temporal dynamics to that of caffeine and fecal indicator bacteria, which are chemical and biological markers of potential fecal pollution. Results from this study demonstrate that tracking of TRP fluorescence intensity and TRP:humic ratios, with turbidity correction of sensor outputs, may be an appropriate warning tool for rapid monitoring of sewage or other bacterial inputs to aquatic environments.
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- Lorelay M Mendoza
- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, United States of America; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, United States of America
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- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, United States of America.
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- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, United States of America
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- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, United States of America
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- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, United States of America
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- College of Public Health, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, United States of America
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Demonstration of Tryptophan-Like Fluorescence Sensor Concepts for Fecal Exposure Detection in Drinking Water in Remote and Resource Constrained Settings. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12093768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Low-cost, field-deployable, near-time methods for assessing water quality are not available when and where waterborne infection risks are greatest. We describe the development and testing of a novel device for the measurement of tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF), making use of recent advances in deep-ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) and sensitive semiconductor photodiodes and photomultipliers. TLF is an emerging indicator of water quality that is associated with members of the coliform group of bacteria and therefore potential fecal contamination. Following the demonstration of close correlation between TLF and E. coli in model waters and proof of principle with sensitivity of 4 CFU/mL for E. coli, we further developed a two-LED flow-through configuration capable of detecting TLF levels corresponding to “high risk” fecal contamination levels (>10 CFU/100 mL). Findings to date suggest that this device represents a scalable solution for remote monitoring of drinking water supplies to identify high-risk drinking water in near-time. Such information can be immediately actionable to reduce risks.
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Satoh H, Kikuchi K, Katayose Y, Tsuda S, Hirano R, Hirakata Y, Kitajima M, Ishii S, Oshiki M, Hatamoto M, Takahashi M, Okabe S. Simple and reliable enumeration of Escherichia coli concentrations in wastewater samples by measuring β-d-glucuronidase (GUS) activities via a microplate reader. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 715:136928. [PMID: 32007893 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Monitoring of Escherichia coli concentrations at wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is important to ensure process performance and protect public health. However, conventional E. coli enumeration methods are complicated and time- and labor-consuming. Here, we report a novel simple and reliable method based on β-d-glucuronidase (GUS) activity assay to enumerate E. coli concentrations in wastewater (WW) samples. An aliquot (20 μL) of the medium with fluorogenic enzyme substrate for E. coli and 180 μL of a WW sample were added to one well of a 96-well microplate. The microplate was placed in a microplate reader at 37 °C. To this end, the fluorescence intensity of a fluorogenic enzyme substrate for E. coli was measured every 10 min over 3 h to determine GUS activity. The linear increase in the fluorescence intensity representing the GUS activities showed a positive correlation with E. coli concentrations in wastewater samples. However, the correlation equations were specific to WWTPs, which could be due to the difference in the E. coli population structures among WWTPs. We observed that the wastewater matrix is not a limitation to measure the GUS activity, and a WWTP-specific correlation equation can be used as a calibration curve to estimate the E. coli concentrations in the samples collected from that site. A comparison of the results with those of culture-dependent Colilert method proved that the current method is simple and useful for the enumeration of E. coli concentrations in wastewater samples reliably.
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- Hisashi Satoh
- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
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- Cellspect Co., Ltd., 1-10-82 Kitaiioka, Morioka, Iwate 020-0857, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, Japan.
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan; Department of Soil, Water and Climate, University of Minnesota, 439 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA; Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, 140 Gortner Laboratory, 1479 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Nagaoka College, 888 Nishikatakaimachi, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-8532, Japan.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, Japan.
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
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Sgroi M, Gagliano E, Vagliasindi FGA, Roccaro P. Inner filter effect, suspended solids and nitrite/nitrate interferences in fluorescence measurements of wastewater organic matter. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 711:134663. [PMID: 32000320 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this study, it was assessed the effectiveness to correct for inner filter effect (IFE) the fluorescence spectra of several wastewaters (i.e., primary, secondary and tertiary wastewater effluents) and wastewater-impacted surface waters using a common method based on UV absorbance measurements. In samples of secondary/tertiary wastewater effluents and surface waters, IFE was severe at excitation wavelengths <240 nm, and it was low (4-11%) at excitation wavelengths >340 nm. On the contrary, IFE has always been significant in primary wastewater effluents. After IFE correction, linear relationship was observed between fluorescence and absorbance in dilution series across the full excitation-emission matrix (EEM), although some distortions were still present. Particularly, experimental data showed the presence of static/dynamic quenching of fluorescence due to nitrite/nitrate, which cannot be corrected by IFE correction methods. Indeed, after addition of different nitrate/nitrite concentrations in wastewater (3-40 mg/L as N), the estimated static/dynamic quenching error (QE) after IFE correction was often >20% for tyrosine and tryptophan-like fluorescence measured at excitation <240 nm. However, the QE was low (<5-10%) for fluorescence measured at excitation >240 nm. Overall, the QE increased with the increase of nitrite/nitrate concentration in wastewater. Total suspended solids (TSS) (i.e., particulate organic matter) in water produced intense fluorescence peaks in the tyrosine-like and tryptophan-like region of EEM, and TSS increased the absorbance values at all the excitation wavelengths of the UV-visible absorption spectra in unfiltered samples compared to 0.7 μm filtered samples. On the contrary, tertiary effluents employing full scale sand filtration (TSS < 2-4 mg/l) had similar UV absorbance and fluorescence spectra to 0.7 μm filtered samples. Finally, it was observed that uncorrected fluorescence intensities in the humic-like region of EEM were similar in both filtered and unfiltered samples, and it was independent of TSS concentration, dilution factor and water quality.
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- Massimiliano Sgroi
- Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy.
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Sgroi M, Gagliano E, Vagliasindi FGA, Roccaro P. Absorbance and EEM fluorescence of wastewater: Effects of filters, storage conditions, and chlorination. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 243:125292. [PMID: 31756656 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Aim of this study was to delineate sample handling procedures for accurate fluorescence and UV absorbance measurements of wastewater organic matter. Investigations were performed using different wastewater qualities, including primary, secondary and tertiary wastewater effluents, and a wastewater-impacted surface water. Filtration by 0.7 μm glass microfiber filter, 0.45 μm polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane, 0.45 μm cellulose nitrate membrane, and 0.45 μm polyethersulfone (PES) syringe filter released manufacture impurities in water that affected fluorescence measurements. However, pre-washing of filter by Milli-Q water was able to eliminate these interferences. Different storage conditions were tested, including storage of filtered and unfiltered samples under different temperatures (25 °C, 4 °C, -20 °C). According to the obtained results, the best practice of wastewater samples preservation was sample filtration at 0.7/0.45 μm immediately after collection followed by storage at 4 °C. However, the time of storage that assured changes of these spectroscopic measurements that do not exceed the 10% of the original value was dependent on water quality and selected wavelengths (i.e., selected fluorescing organic matter component). As a general rule, it is advisable to perform fluorescence and UV absorbance measurements as soon as possible after collection avoiding storage times of filtered water longer than 2 days. Finally, addition of chlorine doses typical for wastewater disinfection mainly affected tryptophan-like components, where changes that exceed the 10% of the fluorescence intensity measured in the unchlorinated sample were observed even at very low doses (≥1 mg/L). On the contrary, tyrosine-like and humic-like components showed changes <10% at chlorine doses of 0.5-5 mg/L.
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- Massimiliano Sgroi
- Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy.
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- Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy.
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- Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy.
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- Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy.
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Nakar A, Schmilovitch Z, Vaizel-Ohayon D, Kroupitski Y, Borisover M, Sela Saldinger S. Quantification of bacteria in water using PLS analysis of emission spectra of fluorescence and excitation-emission matrices. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 169:115197. [PMID: 31670087 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Bacterial contamination of drinking water is a considerable concern for public health. Tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF) has been widely suggested to enable fast and inexpensive monitoring and quantification of bacterial contamination of water. Typically, TLF is determined at a certain excitation (ex)/emission (em) wavelengths pair. The aim of this study was to assess fluorescence spectroscopy supported with partial least squares (PLS) algorithms as a tool for a rapid evaluation of the microbial quality of water, by comparing the use of a single ex/em wavelengths pair, of the spectrum of emission obtained at a single excitation wavelength to that of whole excitation-emission matrices (EEMs). For that, laboratory-grown Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were studied as the model systems, as well as 90 groundwater samples from 6 different wells in Israel. The groundwater samples were characterized for fluorescence emission, coliforms, fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci and heterotrophic plate counts. The PLS analysis of emission spectra and, especially, of EEMs was capable of meaningfully reducing the detection limit of microorganisms in model systems, as compared with the single ex/em wavelengths pair-based determination commonly used, reaching a detection threshold as low as 10 CFU/ml. Use of PLS-analyzed EEMs becomes beneficial also in terms of correlation and similarity between the actual and predicted bacterial concentrations. Similarly, improved detection of bacteria was also achieved in groundwater samples. Furthermore, at a level of >104 CFU/ml, use of EEMs coupled with PLS enabled discrimination between E. coli, B. subtilis and P. aeruginosa.
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- Amir Nakar
- Institute of Biochemistry and Food Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel; Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel; Department of Food Science, Institute of Postharvest and Food Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Department of Food Science, Institute of Postharvest and Food Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
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- Department of Food Science, Institute of Postharvest and Food Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
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Carstea EM, Popa CL, Baker A, Bridgeman J. In situ fluorescence measurements of dissolved organic matter: A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 699:134361. [PMID: 31683216 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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There is a need for an inexpensive, reliable and fast monitoring tool to detect contaminants in a short time, for quick mitigation of pollution sources and site remediation, and for characterization of natural dissolved organic matter (DOM). Fluorescence spectroscopy has proven to be an excellent technique in quantifying aquatic DOM, from autochthonous, allochthonous or anthropogenic sources. This paper reviews the advances in in situ fluorescence measurements of DOM and pollutants in various water environments. Studies have demonstrated, using high temporal-frequency DOM fluorescence data, that marine autochthonous production of DOM is highly complex and that the allochthonous input of DOM from freshwater to marine water can be predicted. Furthermore, river measurement studies found a delayed fluorescence response of DOM following precipitation compared to turbidity and discharge, with various lags, depending on season, site and input of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration. In addition, research has shown that blue light fluorescence (λemission = 430-500 nm) can be a good proxy for DOC, in environments with terrestrial inputs, and ultraviolet fluorescence (λemission = UVA-320-400 nm) for biochemical oxygen demand, and also E. coli in environments with sanitation issues. The correction of raw fluorescence data improves the relationship between fluorescence intensity and these parameters. This review also presents the specific steps and parameters that must be considered before and during in situ fluorescence measurement session for a harmonized qualitative and quantitative protocol. Finally, the strengths and weaknesses of the research on in situ fluorescence are identified.
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- Elfrida M Carstea
- National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Romania.
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- National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Romania.
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- Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK.
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Ayoub H, Roques-Carmes T, Potier O, Koubaissy B, Pontvianne S, Lenouvel A, Guignard C, Mousset E, Poirot H, Toufaily J, Hamieh T. Comparison of the removal of 21 micropollutants at actual concentration from river water using photocatalysis and photo-Fenton. SN APPLIED SCIENCES 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s42452-019-0848-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Old GH, Naden PS, Harman M, Bowes MJ, Roberts C, Scarlett PM, Nicholls DJE, Armstrong LK, Wickham HD, Read DS. Using dissolved organic matter fluorescence to identify the provenance of nutrients in a lowland catchment; the River Thames, England. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 653:1240-1252. [PMID: 30759564 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2018] [Revised: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Catchment based solutions are being sought to mitigate water quality pressures and achieve multiple benefits but their success depends on a sound understanding of catchment functioning. Novel approaches to monitoring and data analysis are urgently needed. In this paper we explore the potential of river water fluorescence at the catchment scale in understanding nutrient concentrations, sources and pathways. Data were collected from across the River Thames basin from January 2012 to March 2015. Analysing emission excitation matrices (EEMs) using both PARAFAC and optimal area averaging produced consistent results for humic-like component 1 and tryptophan-like component 4 in the absence of a subset of samples that exhibited an unusual peak; illustrating the importance of inspecting the entire EEM before using peak averaging methods. Strong relationships between fluorescence components and dissolved organic carbon (DOC), soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), and ammonium clearly demonstrated its potential, in this study basin, as a field based surrogate for nutrients. Analysing relationships between fluorescence, catchment characteristics and boron from across the basin enabled new insights into the provenance of nutrients. These include evidence for diffuse sources of DOC from near surface hydrological pathways (i.e. soil horizons); point source inputs of nutrients from sewage effluent discharges; and diffuse contributions of nutrients from agriculture and/or sewage (e.g. septic tanks). The information gained by broad scale catchment wide monitoring of fluorescence could support catchment managers in (a) prioritising subcatchments for nutrient mitigation; (b) providing information on relative nutrient source contributions; and (c) providing evidence of the effectiveness of investment in pollution mitigation measures. The collection of high resolution fluorescence data at the catchment scale and, in particular, over shorter event timescales would complement broad scale assessments by enhancing our hydro-biogeochemical process understanding.
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- G H Old
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK.
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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Nowicki S, Lapworth DJ, Ward JST, Thomson P, Charles K. Tryptophan-like fluorescence as a measure of microbial contamination risk in groundwater. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 646:782-791. [PMID: 30064104 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Microbial water quality is frequently assessed with a risk indicator approach that relies on Escherichia coli. Relying exclusively on E. coli is limiting, particularly in low-resource settings, and we argue that risk assessments could be improved by a complementary parameter, tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF). Over two campaigns (June 2016 and March 2017) we sampled 37 water points in rural Kwale County, Kenya for TLF, E. coli and thermotolerant coliforms (total n = 1082). Using three World Health Organization defined classes (very high, high, and low/intermediate), risk indicated by TLF was not significantly different from risk indicated by E. coli (p = 0.85). However, the TLF and E. coli risk classifications did show disagreement, with TLF indicating higher risk for 14% of samples and lower risk for 13% of samples. Comparisons of duplicate/replicate results demonstrated that precision is higher for TLF (average relative percent difference of duplicates = 14%) compared to culture-based methods (average RPD of duplicates ≥ 26%). Additionally, TLF sampling is more practical because it requires less time and resources. Precision and practicality make TLF well-suited to high-frequency sampling in low resource contexts. Interpretation and interference challenges are minimised when TLF is measured in groundwaters, which typically have low dissolved organic carbon, relatively consistent temperature, negligible turbidity and pH between 5 and 8. TLF cannot be used as a proxy for E. coli on an individual sample basis, but it can add value to groundwater risk assessments by improving prioritization of sampling and by increasing understanding of spatiotemporal variability.
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- Saskia Nowicki
- University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK.
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK; University of Surrey, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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- University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
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- University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
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Microbial Processing and Production of Aquatic Fluorescent Organic Matter in a Model Freshwater System. WATER 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/w11010010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Organic matter (OM) has an essential biogeochemical influence along the hydrological continuum and within aquatic ecosystems. Organic matter derived via microbial processes was investigated within a range of model freshwater samples over a 10-day period. For this, excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy in combination with parallel factor (PARAFAC) analysis was employed. This research shows the origin and processing of both protein-like and humic-like fluorescence within environmental and synthetic samples over the sampling period. The microbial origin of Peak T fluorescence is demonstrated within both synthetic samples and in environmental samples. Using a range of incubation temperatures provides evidence for the microbial metabolic origin of Peak T fluorescence. From temporally resolved experiments, evidence is provided that Peak T fluorescence is an indication of metabolic activity at the microbial community level and not a proxy for bacterial enumeration. This data also reveals that humic-like fluorescence can be microbially derived in situ and is not solely of terrestrial origin, likely to result from the upregulation of cellular processes prior to cell multiplication. This work provides evidence that freshwater microbes can engineer fluorescent OM, demonstrating that microbial communities not only process, but also transform, fluorescent organic matter.
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Jiang T, Bravo AG, Skyllberg U, Björn E, Wang D, Yan H, Green NW. Influence of dissolved organic matter (DOM) characteristics on dissolved mercury (Hg) species composition in sediment porewater of lakes from southwest China. WATER RESEARCH 2018; 146:146-158. [PMID: 30243058 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.08.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The origin and composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in porewater of lake sediments is intricate and decisive for fate of pollutants including mercury (Hg). While there are many reports on the relationship between dissolved organic carbon concentration (DOC) and mercury (Hg) concentrations in aquatic systems, there are few in which DOM compositional properties, that may better explain the fate of Hg, have been the focus. In this study, porewaters from sediments of three lakes, Caihai Lake (CH), Hongfeng Lake (HF) and Wujiangdu Lake (WJD), all located in southwest China, were selected to test the hypothesis that DOM optical properties control the fate of Hg in aquatic ecosystems. Porewater DOM was extracted and characterized by UV-Vis absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. A two end-member (autochthonous and allochthonous DOM) mixing model was used to unveil the origin of DOM in porewaters of the three lakes. Our results show a higher input of terrestrial DOM in the pristine lake CH, as compared to lakes HF and WJD lakes, which were both influenced by urban environments and enriched in autochthonous DOM. While the relationships between the concentrations of DOC and the different chemical forms of Hg forms were quite inconsistent, we found important links between specific DOM components and the fate of Hg in the three lakes. In particular, our results suggest that allochthonous, terrestrial DOM inhibits Hg(II) availability for Hg methylating micro-organisms. In contrast, autochthonous DOM seems to have been stimulated MeHg formation, likely by enhancing the activity of microbial communities. Indeed, DOM biodegradation experiments revealed that differences in the microbial activity could explain the variation in the concentration of MeHg. While relationships between concentrations of DOC and Hg vary among different sites and provide little information about Hg cycling, we conclude that the transport and transformation of Hg (e.g. the methylation process) are more strongly linked to DOM chemical composition and reactivity.
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- Tao Jiang
- Department of Environment Science and Engineering, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China; Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå SE-90183, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå SE-90183, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, SE-901-87, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Environment Science and Engineering, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China.
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Atlanta, GA, 30332, United States
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Angelescu D, Huynh V, Hausot A, Yalkin G, Plet V, Mouchel JM, Guérin-Rechdaoui S, Azimi S, Rocher V. Autonomous system for rapid field quantification of Escherichia coli
in surface waters. J Appl Microbiol 2018; 126:332-343. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.14066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 07/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Fluidion SAS, R&D Division; Paris France
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- Fluidion SAS, R&D Division; Paris France
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- Fluidion SAS, R&D Division; Paris France
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- Fluidion SAS, R&D Division; Paris France
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- CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 Metis; Sorbonne Université; Paris France
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- Direction Innovation Environnement; SIAAP; Colombes France
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- Direction Innovation Environnement; SIAAP; Colombes France
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Sorensen JPR, Vivanco A, Ascott MJ, Gooddy DC, Lapworth DJ, Read DS, Rushworth CM, Bucknall J, Herbert K, Karapanos I, Gumm LP, Taylor RG. Online fluorescence spectroscopy for the real-time evaluation of the microbial quality of drinking water. WATER RESEARCH 2018; 137:301-309. [PMID: 29554534 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Revised: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
We assessed the utility of online fluorescence spectroscopy for the real-time evaluation of the microbial quality of untreated drinking water. Online fluorimeters were installed on the raw water intake at four groundwater-derived UK public water supplies alongside existing turbidity sensors that are used to forewarn of the presence of microbial contamination in the water industry. The fluorimeters targeted fluorescent dissolved organic matter (DOM) peaks at excitation/emission wavelengths of 280/365 nm (tryptophan-like fluorescence, TLF) and 280/450 nm (humic-like fluorescence, HLF). Discrete samples were collected for Escherichia coli, total bacterial cell counts by flow cytometry, and laboratory-based fluorescence and absorbance. Both TLF and HLF were strongly correlated with E. coli (ρ = 0.71-0.77) and total bacterial cell concentrations (ρ = 0.73-0.76), whereas the correlations between turbidity and E. coli (ρ = 0.48) and total bacterial cell counts (ρ = 0.40) were much weaker. No clear TLF peak was observed at the sites and all apparent TLF was considered to be optical bleed-through from the neighbouring HLF peak. Therefore, a HLF fluorimeter alone would be sufficient to evaluate the microbial water quality at these sources. Fluorescent DOM was also influenced by site operations such as pump start-up and the precipitation of cations on the sensor windows. Online fluorescent DOM sensors are a better indicator of the microbial quality of untreated drinking water than turbidity and they have wide-ranging potential applications within the water industry.
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- J P R Sorensen
- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK.
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- Chelsea Technologies Group, 55 Central Ave, Molesey, West Molesey, KT8 2QZ, UK
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- Portsmouth Water, PO Box 99, West Street, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1LG, UK
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- Wessex Water, Wessex Road, Dorchester, DT1 2NY, UK
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- Affinity Water, Tamblin Way, Hatfield, AL10 9EZ, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- Department of Geography, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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A Review of In-Situ and Remote Sensing Technologies to Monitor Water and Sanitation Interventions. WATER 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/w10060756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sorensen JPR, Baker A, Cumberland SA, Lapworth DJ, MacDonald AM, Pedley S, Taylor RG, Ward JST. Real-time detection of faecally contaminated drinking water with tryptophan-like fluorescence: defining threshold values. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 622-623:1250-1257. [PMID: 29890592 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
We assess the use of fluorescent dissolved organic matter at excitation-emission wavelengths of 280nm and 360nm, termed tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF), as an indicator of faecally contaminated drinking water. A significant logistic regression model was developed using TLF as a predictor of thermotolerant coliforms (TTCs) using data from groundwater- and surface water-derived drinking water sources in India, Malawi, South Africa and Zambia. A TLF threshold of 1.3ppb dissolved tryptophan was selected to classify TTC contamination. Validation of the TLF threshold indicated a false-negative error rate of 15% and a false-positive error rate of 18%. The threshold was unsuccessful at classifying contaminated sources containing <10 TTC cfu per 100mL, which we consider the current limit of detection. If only sources above this limit were classified, the false-negative error rate was very low at 4%. TLF intensity was very strongly correlated with TTC concentration (ρs=0.80). A higher threshold of 6.9ppb dissolved tryptophan is proposed to indicate heavily contaminated sources (≥100 TTC cfu per 100mL). Current commercially available fluorimeters are easy-to-use, suitable for use online and in remote environments, require neither reagents nor consumables, and crucially provide an instantaneous reading. TLF measurements are not appreciably impaired by common intereferents, such as pH, turbidity and temperature, within typical natural ranges. The technology is a viable option for the real-time screening of faecally contaminated drinking water globally.
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- Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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Mladenov N, Bigelow A, Pietruschka B, Palomo M, Buckley C. Using submersible fluorescence sensors to track the removal of organic matter in decentralized wastewater treatment systems (DEWATS) in real time. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2018; 77:819-828. [PMID: 29431727 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2017.573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Decentralized wastewater treatment systems (DEWATS) using anaerobic treatment are increasingly being considered for wastewater treatment with options for non-potable water reuse at the community scale. One challenge for ensuring performance and reliability of DEWATS is the lack of suitable on-site sensors to monitor failure or contamination events. In this study, the aim was to use in situ fluorescence sensors to track the performance of a DEWATS, consisting of an anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) coupled to anaerobic filter (AF) and constructed wetland (CW) treatment processes. A submersible in situ fluorometer equipped with tryptophan (TRP) and chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) sensors was deployed in each chamber of the ABR-AF-CW system, and results showed that TRP fluorescence was preferentially removed over CDOM fluorescence throughout the system. Significant relationships between TRP fluorescence and chemical oxygen demand (COD) also suggested that TRP fluorescence could be used as a surrogate for COD and soluble COD concentrations. Strong agreement between results obtained from the 1D in situ fluorometer and those obtained from a 3D benchtop fluorometer lends further support to the use of in situ fluorescence sensors to track DEWATS performance.
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- N Mladenov
- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA E-mail:
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- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA E-mail:
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- Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association, Am Deich 45, 28199 Bremen, Germany; School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban, 4041, South Africa
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- Department of Civil Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, 3801 West Temple Avenue,Pomona,CA 91768, USA
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- School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban, 4041, South Africa
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Kumar K, Tarai M, Mishra AK. Unconventional steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy as an analytical technique for analyses of complex-multifluorophoric mixtures. Trends Analyt Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2017.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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