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Bourzik O, Baba K, Akkouri N, Meshram RB, Bouyakhsass R, Nounah A. Life cycle assessment and thermophysical properties of a fly ash-based geopolymer containing drinking water treatment sludge. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:118989-119000. [PMID: 37923887 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30736-w] [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: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023]
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Fly ash-based geopolymers have emerged as a sustainable alternative in construction, leveraging industrial by-products to mitigate CO2 emissions. This study investigates the novel incorporation of drinking water treatment sludge (DWTS) into fly ash-based geopolymers at varying proportions (5-40%). Authors focus is to analyze the thermophysical properties and environmental implications, including a robust life cycle assessment case study conducted within the Moroccan context. The comprehensive analysis encompassed X-ray powder diffraction, apparent porosity, water absorption, scanning electron microscopy, hot disc, compressive strength, and a comparative assessment of fly ash-based geopolymer containing 20% of DWTS (GP-DWTS-20) and ordinary Portland cement (OPC). Notably, the results reveal that DWTS enhances thermal performance, with a remarkable 33% reduction in thermal conductivity observed in geopolymers containing 20% DWTS. This enhancement motivates the potential for innovative fly ash-based geopolymers. Moreover, the study contributes quantifiable evidence of a substantial 48% reduction in global warming potential for DWTS-based geopolymers compared to OPC. These findings underscore the environmental benefits of this alternative while emphasizing avenues for optimization in alkaline solution, curing, and renewable energy integration.
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- Oumaima Bourzik
- Civil Engineering and Environment Laboratory (LGCE), Mohammadia Engineering School, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
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- Civil Engineering and Environment Laboratory (LGCE), Mohammadia Engineering School, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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- Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science Innovation and Research (MAScIR), University Mohamed 6 Polytechnic (UM6P), Batteries & Smart Materials Center, Ben Guerir, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Process Engineering and Environment, Faculty of Sciences & Technology, University Hassan II, Mohammedia, Morocco
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- Civil Engineering and Environment Laboratory (LGCE), Mohammadia Engineering School, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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Mendes RG, do Valle Junior RF, de Melo Silva MMAP, de Morais Fernandes GH, Fernandes LFS, Fernandes ACP, Pissarra TCT, de Melo MC, Valera CA, Pacheco FAL. A partial least squares-path model of environmental degradation in the Paraopeba River, for rainy seasons after the rupture of B1 tailings dam, Brumadinho, Brazil. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 851:158248. [PMID: 36028023 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158248] [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: 07/22/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The present study aimed to investigate the rupture of B1 tailings dam of Córrego do Feijão mine, which drastically affected the region of Brumadinho (Minas Gerais, Brazil). The contamination of water resources reached 155.3 km from the dam site. In the river channel, high concentrations of Mn, Al, As and Fe were detected and correlated to the spillage of the tailings in the river. The presence of the tailings also affected the chlorophyll-a content in the water, as well as the reflectance of riparian forests. With the increase of metal(oid) concentrations above permitted levels, water management authorities suspended the use of Paraopeba River as resource in the impacted areas, namely the drinking water supply to the Metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte. This study aimed to evaluate possible links between tailings distribution, river water quality, and environmental degradation, which worked as latent variables in partial least squares regression models. The latent variables were represented by numerous physical and chemical parameters of water and sediment, measured four times in 22 locations during the rainy season of 2019, in addition to stream flow and to NDVI evaluated in satellite images processed daily. The modeling results suggested a relationship between river flow turbulence and increased arsenic release from sand fractions, as well as desorption of Mn from metal oxides, both representing causes of water quality reduction. They also revealed increasing iron concentrations affecting the forest NDVI (greening), which was interpreted as environmental degradation. The increase of chlorophyll-a concentrations (related with turbidity decreases), as well as the increase of river flows (responsible for dilution effects), seemed to work out as attenuators of degradation. Although applied to a specific site, our modeling approach can be transposed to equivalent dam failures and climate contexts, helping water resource management authorities to decide upon appropriate recovery solutions.
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- Rafaella Gouveia Mendes
- Instituto Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (IFTM), Campus Uberaba, Laboratório de Geoprossessamento, Uberaba, MG 38064-790, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (IFTM), Campus Uberaba, Laboratório de Geoprossessamento, Uberaba, MG 38064-790, Brazil.
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- Centro de Investigação e Tecnologias Agroambientais e Biológicas (CITAB), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Ap. 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
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- Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente (CERENA/FEUP), Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Dr. Roberto Frias st., Porto 4200-465, Portugal.
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- Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil.
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- Secretaria de Estado de Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Cidade Administrativa do Estado de Minas Gerais, Rodovia João Paulo II, 4143 Bairro Serra Verde - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Coordenadoria Regional das Promotorias de Justiça do Meio Ambiente das Bacias dos Rios Paranaíba e Baixo Rio Grande, Rua Coronel Antônio Rios, 951, Uberaba, MG 38061-150, Brazil.
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- Centro de Química de Vila Real (CQVR), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Ap. 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
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Briso A, Vega AS, Molinos-Senante M, Pastén P. Challenges and opportunities for drinking water treatment residuals (DWTRs) in metal-rich areas: an integrated approach. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:65599-65612. [PMID: 35488992 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20262-6] [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: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The physicochemistry and production rate of drinking water treatment residuals (DWTRs) depends on the raw water composition and the plant operational parameters. DWTRs usually contain Fe and/or Al oxyhydroxides, sand, clay, organic matter, and other compounds such as metal(oids), which are relevant in mining countries. This work proposes a simple approach to identify DWTRs reuse opportunities and threats, relevant for public policies in countries with diverse geochemical conditions. Raw water pollution indexes and compositions of DWTRs were estimated for Chile as a model case. About 23% of the raw drinking water sources had moderate or seriously contamination from high turbidity and metal(loid) pollution If the untapped reactivity of clean DWRTs was used to treat resources water in the same water company, the 73 and 64% of these companies would be able to treat water sources with As and Cu above the drinking water regulations, respectively. Integrating plant operational data and the hydrochemical characteristics of raw waters allows the prediction of DWTRs production, chemical composition, and reactivity, which is necessary to identify challenges and opportunities for DWTRs management.
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- Alejandro Briso
- Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable (CEDEUS), El Comendador 1916, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable (CEDEUS), El Comendador 1916, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable (CEDEUS), El Comendador 1916, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago, Chile.
- Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable (CEDEUS), El Comendador 1916, Providencia, Santiago, Chile.
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Benthic diatoms and macroinvertebrates status with relevant to sediment quality of islands shores in the Nile River, Egypt. RENDICONTI LINCEI. SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12210-022-01051-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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AbstractSediments are utilized as a marker for events that endure long enough to manifest their environmental impacts and determine the contamination levels. The purpose of the present study was to highlight the current sediment quality of four Nile islands shores by utilizing a variety of physical, chemical, and biological aspects and indices. In addition, the status of benthic diatoms and macroinvertebrates, as well as their responses to sediment variables were investigated. The metals followed a decreasing concentration order: Al > Fe > Mn > Zn > Ni ≈ Cr > Cu > Co > Pb > Cd. The outcomes of metal pollution indices revealed some localized contaminated sites, by mostly Ni and Cd. In addition, a moderate toxic risk from metals was observed for El-Keratten shores, while the sediments of El-Warraq, El-Zamalek, and El-Manial islands shores were at low toxic risk. A total of 112 diatom species belonging to 24 genera were identified in the total sample set, where most of the diatoms encountered were cosmopolitan. Metals had a remarkable impact on the composition, distribution, and dominance of diatom assemblages, but had little effect on diatom diversity, while there was a noticeable effect of grain size on diatom distribution and diversity. Thirty-four species of benthic invertebrates were identified in the collected samples from the islands shores. The dominant taxa and groups of benthic invertebrates at different islands were affected by various sediment parameters, where the levels and types of such variables differed from one species to another.
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Abuzaid AS, Jahin HS. Combinations of multivariate statistical analysis and analytical hierarchical process for indexing surface water quality under arid conditions. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2022; 248:104005. [PMID: 35395441 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2022.104005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 02/20/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Novel methods for water quality indexing increase insight into the fitness of water bodies for different uses. We hypothesized that integrating multivariate statistical analysis (MSA) with the analytical hierarchical process (AHP) may provide a reliable estimation of water quality status. Hence, twenty water samples from canals and drains in the northern Nile Delta, Egypt were collected during summer, autumn, winter, and spring and analyzed. Data were subjected to MSA, including correlation analysis, principal component analysis (PCA), and hierarchal cluster analysis (HCA). The AHP was applied to derive weights of parameters implied in developing water quality indices for irrigation (IWQI) and fish farming (FFWQI). Human health risks due to exposure to potentially toxic elements (PTEs) via dermal contact were also considered. The average concentrations of water constituents were acceptable for irrigation, except sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) and Cl-. The dissolved oxygen, total dissolved solids, Cl-, NO2-N, NO3-N, NH3, and PTEs (except Zn) did not meet standard limits for fish production. The MSA revealed that water contamination resulted from human activities (agriculture, industry, and domestic wastes) and hydrochemical processes. The PCA indicated that SAR, Cu, and pH could adequately represent water quality for irrigation, while temperature, NO2-N, Cr, and Zn could reflect fish farming requirements. The AHP provided consistent weights for the original and shortlisted parameters. The water quality varied from good to poor for irrigation and from excellent to low for fish farming. The minimum IWQI could adequately represent the IWQI (R2 = 0.83) and thus reduce the time, effort, and cost for monitoring water quality. However, the minimum FFWQI showed moderate consistency (R2 = 0.51) with FFWQI, implying that increasing the sampling size is essential for better performance. The hazard quotient of all PTEs was below 1.0 for both adults and children, indicating a safe limit. The potential cancer risk was acceptable (1.36E-06) for adults and safe (8.03E-07) for children. Results of this work would be a start point for efficient quality control programs in arid regions.
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- Ahmed S Abuzaid
- Soils and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Egypt.
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- Central Laboratory for Environmental Quality Monitoring (CLEQM), National Water Research Center (NWRC), Cairo, Egypt
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Abdelmageed AA, Ellah RGA, Abdel-Satar AM, Gawad SSA, Khalifa N, Zaher SS, Othman AA, Belal DM, El-Hady HHA, Salem SG, Abdo MH, Haroon AM, El-Far A, Hegab MH, Elhaddad E, El-Sherif DM, Al-Afify ADG. Evaluation of the ecological health and food chain on the shores of four River Nile Islands, Egypt. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2022; 194:309. [PMID: 35353284 PMCID: PMC8969041 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-09959-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of human activities on the ecological health and food chain at the shores of four Nile Islands in Great Cairo including El-Qeratten, El-Waraq, El-Zamalek, and El-Manial. Water quality, bacteria, phytoplankton, benthic algae, zooplankton, macrobenthic invertebrates, and bony fishes were examined at each island shore over two seasons including the lowest and the highest flow (February and July 2020, respectively). The obtained results showed that the average values of most of the chemicals in Nile Island's water were within the Egyptian water quality limits. Discriminant analysis of physicochemical factors revealed a similarity between El-Waraq and El-Qerateen and between El-Manial and El-Zamalek. El-Qeratten was the most polluted island. It has the highest total and fecal coliform bacteria count (3.155 and 3.050 Log MPN/100 mL, respectively). El-Zamalek shores have the highest phytoplankton (33,582 cells × 104 L-1) and zooplankton count (310,891 organisms × m-3) and phyto-biochemical values. Biochemical analysis of phytoplankton demonstrated the richness of the bulk by protein (> 85% of biomass), indicating that phytoplankton has a high nutritional value. Elevated zooplankton count was recorded at El-Zamalek, which coincided with the peak of phytoplankton abundance. Mollusca were the dominant macrobenthic invertebrates on most of the island's shores. Bony fishes were represented by 27 species and two crustaceans. The levels of the metals in fish samples were compared with the food safety guideline endorsed by the World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization (WHO/FAO) to evaluate the toxicity level.
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt
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De Carvalho Gomes S, Zhou JL, Zeng X, Long G. Water treatment sludge conversion to biochar as cementitious material in cement composite. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 306:114463. [PMID: 35007797 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114463] [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: 08/28/2021] [Revised: 01/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Water treatment sludge was successfully thermally converted to obtain biochar as a stable material with resource potential. This research explored the application of sludge biochar as a supplementary cementitious material. The cement paste samples incorporating different amounts of sludge biochar were prepared, hardened, and analyzed for performance. The results show an improvement in hydration kinetics and mechanical properties of cement paste incorporating biochar, compared to raw sewage sludge. The mineralogical, thermal and microscopic analyses show evidence of pozzolanic activity of the biochar. The samples with 2% and 5% biochar showed higher heat release than the reference material. Specimens with 1%, 2% and 5% biochar showed a slightly higher compressive strength at 28 days compared to the reference material. Sludge conversion to biochar will incur an estimated cost of US$398.23/ton, which is likely to be offset by the substantial benefits from avoiding landfill and saving valuable cementitious materials. Therefore, this research has demonstrated that through conversion to biochar, water treatment sludge can be promoted as a sustainable and alternative cementitious material for cement with minimum environmental impacts, hence contributing to circular economy.
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- Samuel De Carvalho Gomes
- Center for Green Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Center for Green Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia; School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410075, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410075, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410075, China
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