Removal of indicator bacteriophages from municipal wastewater by a full-scale membrane bioreactor and a conventional activated sludge process: Implications to water reuse

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作者
De Luca, Giovanna [1 ]
Sacchetti, Rossella [1 ]
Leoni, Erica [1 ]
Zanetti, Franca [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bologna, Div Hyg, Dept Med & Publ Hlth, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
关键词
Wastewater treatment; Membrane bioreactor; Water reuse; Bacteriophages; Fecal indicators; PERACETIC-ACID PAA; SOMATIC COLIPHAGES; ENTERIC VIRUSES; DISINFECTION; SECONDARY; INACTIVATION; EFFICIENCY; COLIFORMS; SURVIVAL; EFFLUENT;
D O I
10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.113
中图分类号
S2 [农业工程];
学科分类号
0828 ;
摘要
The effectiveness of a full scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) in the removal of bacteriophages and bacterial fecal indicators from municipal wastewater was compared with that obtained by conventional activated sludge process (CASP). Somatic coliphages (SOMCPH) and F-RNA specific bacteriophages (FRNAPH) were always detected in the pre-treated effluent (mean: 6Log(10)), while phages infecting Bacteroides fragills were not always present (mean: 3.9Log(10)). The MBR process was able to achieve respectively 2.7 and 1.7Log(10) higher reductions of SOMCPH and FRNAPH compared to CASP (significant differences: P < 0.05). SOMCPH were found to be the most suitable indicators for assessing MBR performance, since they showed greater resistance to biofiltration than FRNAPH and a more regular distribution in pre-treated effluent than BFRAGPH. Moreover, since the traditional bacterial indicators were almost totally removed by biofiltration, SOMCPH proved to be the best indicators to evaluate the microbiological risk when MBR effluent is discharged into natural waters or reused. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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