| Title | Contamination of N-poor wastewater with emerging pollutants does not affect the performance of purple phototrophic bacteria and the subsequent resource recovery potential |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 26711 |
| Authors | de Las Heras, I; Molina, R; Segura, Y; Hülsen, T; Molina, MC; Gonzalez-Benítez, N; Melero, JA; Mohedano, AF; Martínez, F; Puyol, D |
| Title | Contamination of N-poor wastewater with emerging pollutants does not affect the performance of purple phototrophic bacteria and the subsequent resource recovery potential |
| Year | 2020 |
| Published | |
| Abstract | Propagation of emerging pollutants (EPs) in wastewater treatment plants has become a warning sign, especially for novel resource-recovery concepts. The fate of EPs on purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB)-based systems has not yet been determined. This work analyzes the performance of a photo-anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating a low-N wastewater contaminated with 25 EPs. The chemical oxygen demand (COD), N and P removal efficiencies were stable (76 +/- 8, 62 +/- 15 and 36 +/- 8 %, respectively) for EPs loading rate ranging from 50 to 200 ng L-1 d(-1). The PPB community adapted to changes in both the EPs concentration and the organic loading rate (OLR) and maintained dominance with > 85 % of total 16S gene copies. Indeed, an increment of the OLR caused an increase of the biomass growth and activity concomitantly with a higher EPs removal efficiency (30 +/- 13 vs 54 +/- 11 % removal for OLR of 307 +/- 4 and 590 +/- 8 mgCOD L-1 d(-1), respectively). Biodegradation is the main mechanism of EPs removal due to low EPs accumulation on the biomass, the membrane or the reactor walls. Low EPs adsorption avoided biomass contamination, resulting in no effect on its biological methane potential. These results support the use of PPB technologies for resource recovery with low EPs contamination of the products. |
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