Sele ofthe Contents lets avaiable at ScienceDirect Science of the Total Environment ELSEVIER Journal homepage: www.elsev! Effect of seasonal variation on the occurrences of high-risk ® pharmaceutical in drain-laden surface water: A risk analysis of Sas Yamuna River ‘Afzal Husain Khan **, Hamidi Abdul Aziz°**, Nadeem A. Khan‘, Aastha Dhingra‘, Sirajuddin Ahmed ‘, Mu. Naushad “* © Sa Wace Managers Cer gic Cem Univers Sains Malays, 1430 Mong Teel Pla Pinay, Malia * paved ati rch Ca, Department of Cheri Cele of Sen King Saud sive, ad 1151, Sau bia * Yoel ron Lab oes Uvery, eal Repub of oe HIGHLIGHTS GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT + Risks assessment of pharmaceutical es- ides with seasonal variation ae pri- manly eiscassed + Concentration of the pharmaceutical residues increases in the order from Prt nto Pol season + The critical concentration was detected (ng in order DIA (4578), DIC (356.1) OF. (17255), + RQ and PI index were employed for predicting environmental risk. + Highest exceeding PNECS detected for BU (92%) followed by CAR (69%) and SIM (62%) cespectively. ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT rade non ‘The occurrence of pharmaceutical residues inthe aquatic ecosystem isan emerging concer of environmentalist Received 28 Janay 2021 This study primarily investigated the seasonal variation of high-priority pharmaceutical residues inthe Yamuna Receive need for 2 pe 20 ‘Accept 12 Jane 2021 ‘able one 24 June 2021 River, accompanied by 22 drains cscharge rom dteent parts of Delh. Five sampling sites were selected fr an- alyzing high-priority pharmaceuticals along with physico-chemical and biological parameters fr 3 season's viz pre-mensoon (PM), monsoon (Du) and pos-monsoon (Pol), respectively. The maximum occurences were tor Yolande feteted dng the PoM, compared othe PeM and DuM seasons. The maximum concentration af BOD, COD. and Phosphate was detected atthe last sampling station (SP) Similar all targeted pharmaceuticals concentration sm atthe lst sampling point. Okla barrage (SP-3, max: DIC = 5561 nil. BU = 223.4 ng Reywonts CAR = 183.1 ng, DIA = 457. ng, OFL = 17265 ng FRU = 312.2 ngl and SIM = 4149 ng) except at Piysen-chemical characteristics Barapula downstream (SP-4, max: ERY = 178.1 ng. The mean concentacions of Fea coliform (Fe) ranged Aguiceesysem from 1700 to 6500 CHU/100 mi. The maximum colonies were detected in PIM season (6500 CTU/100 ml) Seasoal vation followed by PoM (5800 CFU/100 ml) and last in DuM (1700 CFU/100 mal). Risk quotient (RQ) analysis of| Rekequodent Beka high-priority pharmaceuticals indicated high ecotoxiclogical risks exposure (>1) from DIC, DIA, OFL and SIM onespaneing autor ~ Garspongeneto: IA Az, Sold Waste Management Cer, Engineering Campes, Unversi Sts Mays, 14500 Nong Tea Plas sang Maly ‘mal adress: Aaihan20200suceusmany (AM Khan} coals (HA Aa), e-nadnelogmal com (NA Klan), asta dhagatyatoo com (A Dhlgr) sushmeetmiacn (Ate), mushadoheu.es (ML Naha), pong 1010105 cote 2021 148484herosphere 277 (200) 130228 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Cchomosphere Chemosphere ELSEVIER journal homepage: www. elsevier.com/locate/chemosphere Recent technologies for nutrient removal and recovery from wastewaters: A review io Mohd Najibul Hasan °, Mohd Musheer Altaf °, Nadeem A. Khan *, Afzal Husain Khan ©’, Abid Ali Khan *, Sirajuddin Ahmed *, P. Senthil Kumar °, Mu, Naushad ©" "", Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha "', Jibran Iqbal |, Vineet Tirth ‘', Saiful Islam” 2 Department f Cl Engineering, Jamia Miia ara (A Central Univesity), New Dei, 10025, aa > Deparment o fe Science, state 9 Ifrmatin Monagerent ond Tecklogy Agar, de “Departmen of Cv Eagnerng. Jaz Unter Jat Sau rag © SSN Centre fr Radiation Envronental Science nd Tena (SSN CREST) Su Spasabramanya Nedar College of Enering Chena 60510 Ta "Advanced Materia Resarch Cat, Department of Chem College of Scene, King Sad Universi, Ryo, 1, Sead reba Yoel ont La, Yoel Unters, Seoul South Keeo “Intemational Reseach Centre of Nanotechrlogy for HhalayenSutainablty (RCS), Shook Unies, Solan, 172212, Himachal Pade. na > asphere esience Research Cnc Universo Sr oyewardenepur, Mugegod, 10250, Sanka Instrument Center Foul f Applied Sciences, ives ofS Jyear dene, Sanka allege of Natal ond Heath Sens, Zayed Unversity, PO ox 14534 Ab Dah, ie Arab Emotes *iechanclEngneerg Deparment Calee of Engineering King Kool Univers Aba 64 Saud aba esearch Cente for Aavanced Meters Sctence(RCAMS) King Kha Univers Aba, 613, Asz Saud Arable i Engnering Deparment Coleg of Engeerng King Khalid Unversity. Aba. sd robo HIGHLIGHTS GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT Tinsting eatment technology or infsicnt retuvalecvery ts = — DD» wastewater war eviewed «Riot of past research hat addressed een ; & == wage pee caer: & Tenging for highly loaded industrial SANAMMOX for nutrient removal 18 ceficient over conventional method. ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT ‘rice Neto ‘Water scarchy and i pollution has become a concern in recent times The disposal of nutentrich Received 25 November 2020, (nitrogen ané phosphorous) wastewater is alzo one of the main cause of water pollution through Receive in revised form eutrophication, reliced dissolved oxygen that poses threat to aquatic ecosystems. AS a result, nutrient 12 Mareh 2021 feaoval has become a mandate apat from the removal of organics, However, the emoval of wutsents ‘Accepted 16 March 2021 ‘vaiable online Ue March 2021 fom sewage is a challenging task. Conversely, conventional biological treatment processes provide litle relief in nutrient removal. The treated effluents from conventional biological processes da not achieve aneing Eto: Deve Nie the stringent nutrient removal disposal standard limits and become primary cause of pollution in the Corespanding ate. + orrerponeing mithor Yonsei Rens La. Yoni University, Seoul, South Email address: ahhanazaneeeiss (AM, Khan), mnashadsv ea epi‘ org103016) chemnosphere 2021120328 ‘9b45#535/o 2021 Eee Lt. ght ceeredInternational Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry ISSN: (Print (Online) Journal homepage: https //wwavtandfonline.comiloi/geac20 Innovative method used in modern time for the treatment of hospital wastewater Nadeem A Khan, Sirajuddin Ahmed, Izharul Haq Farooqi & Imran Ali To cite this article: Nadeem A Khan, Sirajuddin Ahmed, Izharul Haq Faroogi & Imran Ali (2021) Innovative method used in madern time for the treatment of hospital wastewater, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, DOI: 10.1080/03067319,2021,1956483 To link to this article: https://dol.org/10.1080/03067319,2021,1956483 BBB puviisned online: 30 ul 2021 CB suvmnie your article to this journal Ct ltl Article views: 14 BEY view rotated ariies CP ® view crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at hups:tiwmwicandforline.com/action/journalinformation2journalCode=geac20Environmental Science and Pollution Research htps/dolorg/10.1007/11356-021-15062-3 RESEARCH ARTICLE fe Occurrence and health risk assessment of arsenic and heavy metals in groundwater of three industrial areas in Delhi, India Majed Alsubih' - Rachida El Morabet? - Roohul Abad Khan’ - Nadeem Ahmad Khan? « Mansour ul Hag Khan? + Sirajuddin Abmed? Abdul Qadir* - Fazlollah Changani® Received: 20 Api 2021 /Aceptec: 18 June 2021 (© The Author}, under exclusive cence to Springer Verlag Gmbh Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021 Abstract, Groundwater is @ primary natural water source in the absence of surface water bodies. Groundwater in urban environments experiences unprecedented stress from urban growth, population increase, and industrial activities. This study assessed ground- water quality in terms of arsenic and heavy metal contamination in three industrial areas (Shahdara, Jhilmil, and Patpargan)), Delhi, India The water quality was assessed over a 3-year time interval (Ie., 2015 and 2018). The groundwater constituents investigated were As, Fe, Cr, Cd, Ni, Zn, Mn, Cu, and Pb. Metal index and heavy metal pollution indexes were estimated to assess groundwater pollution, The health risk was evaluated in terms of non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risk assessment, Patparganj industrial area saw increment in concentration for Cu 0.23 mg/L (2015)-0.85 mg/L (2018), Zn 0.51 mg/L (2015)}-7.2 mg/L (2018), Fe 0.32 mg/L (2015)-0.9 mg/L (2018), Cr0.21 mg/L (2015)-0.26 mg/L (2018), Mn 0.14 mg/L (2015)-0.25 mg/L (2018), Ni 0.04 mg/L. (2015}-0.34 mgiL. (2018), and As 0.01 mg/L. (2015)-0.18 mgil. (2018), Cd and Pb concentrations were observed to decrease by 40-90 % and 85-99% for al the three industrial areas, Metal index and heavy metal index values were found to be >1 for all locations. The risk quotient value > 1 was observed for all locations in the year 2015 but was found to increase further to a range of RQ 10-62 in the year 2018, inferring increased non-carcinogenie risk to consumers. The careino- genic risk was significant with respect to Fe (0,2-0.7), Zn (0.001-0,007), and As (0,002-0.003) for all locations in the year 2015 This study concludes that groundwater in the three industrial ateas is highly polluted and is not ft for human consumption. Further studies are requited to explore possible control measures and develop methods to mitigate groundwater pollution, sustainable management, and optimized use to conserve it for future generations. Keywords Groundwater - Industral aregs - Heavy metas - Pollution index - Health risk assessment Introduction Delhi is the national capital and also among four metropolitan cities in India, This has led to outpacing of infrastructure Responsible Etor: Lotti Aleya| PS. Nadcem Abmad Khan ‘enadimevil@ gmail.com Majed Alsubih rmalsubin@kkuedusa Rachida Fl Morabet rachidaeimoraet@ yahoo f ooh Abad Khan rakhan glen edu Published online: 03 July 2021 development with respect to the economic growth of the city This, in tur, has caused environmental risks and concerns arising from lack of sanitation, water supply, ete. (Mohammadi et al. 2019; Rezaei et al. 2019b). The primary Department of Civil Engineering, King Khalid Univesity, ‘Abha, Saudi Arabia Department of Geography, LADES-Lab, FLSH-M, Hassan Il University of Cstblanca, Mohammedia, Morocco Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia slaia, New Deli, india Environmental Remote Sensing. Schoo] of Physis, Universiti Sains ‘Malaysia, Penang Island, 11800 Gelupor, Malesia Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Schoo! of Public Health, Tehran University of Medial Seenees, Tehran, Iran © springerEnvironmental Impact of Food, Fruit and Vegetable Waste during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review ABSTRACT ~ MEEDGN SRE mane Ee teu Apart from the major health impact, Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) has impacted almost all sectors across the world. One of them is food, Fruit and Vegetable Markets (FVM). Lockdown implementation had different impacts in different countries, ke Canada and the United Kingdom (UK) where they have logistics and supply chain of food, fruits and vegetable items and noted ‘a shift in supply from food service to the retail channel, although the fresh food supply remains unaffected. A similar trend was ‘seen in the metro cities of India, where onli ‘shopping has increased. In the food supply sector, both retailers and farmers had to face difficulty in storing, transporting, and selling of the goods and had to bear losses due to increased wastage. Although with an increased demand, organic farming has increased but still Increased expenditure, less yield, and selling of the products are the major challenges in front of them. Food, fruit and vegetable wastes have considerably reduced at the food supply due to the obvious impact of lockdown on food supplies, however, a shortage of cold storages and supply chain at the farmer level in developing countries has resulted in more wastage. Developed countries reported increased illegal dumping of wastes in the rural areas and the stoppage of the recycling services due to the lockdown. Also, a shift in the habits of the consumer due to health land food-related issues has been seen throughout the world resulting in reduced waste generation at the consumer level. Despite all this, agricultural producer and the retail industry appears to be best placed to weather the storm. The major challenges related to the industry are sustainability in the food chain and maintaining smooth logistics and necessary precautionary measures in the ‘event of health crises in the future. Do sak INTRODUCTION Currently the COVID-19s a crucial pubic concern across the globe, ‘One of the most suggested precautions against the racic spread of the coronavirus is the implementation of lockdown which is being ‘olowed by various countris around the world. A survey was done ‘online which domonstrated the data on awareness, consumor behaviour, an estimate of the expenditure on food, parcontage of food wasted, and information required to decrease the extent of household waste [1]. The survey involved 224 participants, Out of allthe respondents, approximately 89% of respondents were aware of the household wastage. About 93% of participants’ waste levels ‘ware affected duo to the COVID-19 lackown and about 80% of respondents claimed that ths situation has atfected their grocery buying habits. But on the olher hand, the lockdown dus to the pandemic situation have somehow improved the food shopping and eating habits. About 85% of participants reported that there ‘was 0% waste of what they bought during the lockdown by utilising leftovers and saving food [']. The most common reasons for the wastage of food wete inadequate storing facility, over-cooking, and overbuying of food items. In a sludy, the major effect of the national lockdown on waste management was analysed in the United Kingdom (UK), A huge rse in clearances of home and Do- tYoursolf projects was reported as most of the waste recycling organisations have been closed. An incraase of 300% was seen in ‘ytipping in the rural sector. Almost 50% of the recyciing services in the UK have been forbidden due to COVID-19 lockdown [2]. The precautionary measures lead to the soc'o-economic change rather than focusing on environmental measures [3]. Canadian FYMSs are adversely affected due to the rat of increasing cases of COVID-19 since March 2020. The supply has shifted ftom food services to the retail suoples as restaurants, schools and other producers havo been closed. Itis reported by the shippers that the labour constraint alfeots the transportation, storage, and robustness of the fresh food oural of Chicel as Diagnose Research 2021 un, Vt: L00"-Leoe Eo ees ‘supply In a long period, one can estimate that the measures could last long and would atfect the consumar's habits (4). The impact of ‘COVID-19 on fo09, fruits and vegetable markets and supply chain is summarised in Table/Fig-1), IMPACT ON FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN The capacity ofthe food supply chain isan issue of utmost concern for national well-being as well as security. COVID-19 has been a test for the conventional system thal was followed since the pandemic started, During this crucial petiod of the pandemic, itis significant to ensure continuous food supply that allows us to bring ‘and implement new innovative ideas for survival during COVID- 419, In India, annuelly 9,61,000 tons of Fruit anc Vegetable Market Wastes (FYMW) are generated in FVMs 6] at the retaller level and the common method of cisposal of these wastes is dumping at ilogal stes [6,7] which encourage unsanitary conditions Ike pest breeding, foul odour and is also responsible for harmful greenhouse (gases. Athough the wastes have bean reduced in the FYMs ue to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, stil the overall wastage has increased at both the farmer and retailer level cue to break in the supply chain, shortage of cold storage, and refrigerated transportation, These wastes were stil being dumped illegal dump sites and for proper waste management, harnessing the potential Of energy ‘rom waste is necessary for future energy security (8.9) Ina study, aimed at reporting the response and robust nature of the FVM in the UK during COVID-19 an assessment of the market land supply chain was done based on the interviews conducted with 23 market sectors [10]. Mitchel Rt al, 2020 demonstrated that about halt af the producers constitutes of the fresh supply cchain which dominates over other supply chains. The present pporiod of the panclemic has shown the significance of Resoarch ‘and Development (R anc ) in the market sector to estimate the future stages of the situation [10]Environmental Chemisty Letters https1/doLorg/10.1007/s10311-021-01229-4 REVIEW COVID-19 transmission, vulnerability, persistence and nanotherapy: areview Afzal Husain Khan’ - Vineet Tirth? - Manal Fawzy*® - Alaa El Din Mahmoud*® - Nadeem A. Khan*@- Sirajuddin Ahmed*- Syed Sadat Ali - Muhammad Akram®- Leena Hameed’ Saiful Islam’ - Gotam Das* - Sharmili Roy’ - Mohammad Hadi Dehghani'®""® Received: 17 September 2020 / Accepted: 16 March 2021 © The Authors, under exclusive cence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 Abstract End 2019, the zoonotic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), named COVID-19 for coronavirus disease 2019, is the third adaptation of a contagious virus following the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus in 2002, SARS-CoV, and the Middle East respiratory syndrome virus in 2012, MERS-CoV. COVID-19 is highly infectious and virulent compared to previous outbreaks. We review sources, contagious routes, preventive measures, pandemic, outbreak, epidemiology of SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 from 2002 to 2020 using a Medline search. We discuss the chronology of the three coronaviruses, the vulnerability of healthate workers, coronaviruses on surface and in wastewater, diagnostics and cures, and measures to prevent spreading. Keywords Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 » Water : Wastewater - Health care center - Nanotechnology coc’ Centers for disease control Severe acute respiratory and prevention syndromes NHMRC ‘National Health and Medical MERS-CoV, 2012, Saudi Arabia Middle East respira- Research Council tory syndrome virus. IARC International Agency for HOH Human to human Research on Cancer WHO World Health Organizations WEPA. Water Environment Partner HOW Health care workers ship in Asia D4 Nadeem A. Khan exnadimeivil@ gmail.com 53 Mobammad Hadi Dehghaai hdehghani@ ums ae Civil Engineering Department, Jazan University, Jazan 114, Saude Arabia Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Khalid University, Abba 61413, Saudi Arabia Environmental Seiences Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandsia University, Alesandria 21511, Egypt Civil Engineering Department, Jamia Millia lami (A Cental University), New Delhi 110025, India Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan 114, Sat Arabia Department of Basten Medicine, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakietan Published online: 07 April 2021 Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King ‘Khalid University, Abba, Kingdom af Saudi Arabia Department of Prosthodontics, Collegeof Dentity, King Khalid University, Abba 61418, Saudi Arabia Division of Oncology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA Department of Envitonmenal Health Engineering, School (of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, ‘Tehean, Iran Center for Solid Waste Research, Insitute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tebtan, Iran Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdaré University, Karachi, Pakistan springerJournal Pre-proof Upgrading combined anaerobic-aerobic UASB-FPU to UASB-DHS system: Cost, comparison and performance perspective for developing countries Mohd. Aamir Mazhar, Nadeem A. Khan, Afzal Husain Khan, Sirajuddin Ahmed, Asif Ali Siddiqui, Azhar Husain, Rahisuddin, Vineet Tirth, Saiful Islam, Neeraj Kumar Shukla, Fazlollah Changani, Mahmood Yousefi, Ali Eltom Hassaballa, Neyara Radwan Pll: '§0959-6526(20)34767-3, Dol: https://doi.org/10.10164}jclepro.2020.124723 Reference: JCLP 124723 To appear in: Joumal of Cleaner Production Received Date: 16 June 2020 Revised Date: 6 October 2020 ‘Accepted Date: 16 October 2020 Please cite this article as: Mazhar MA, Khan NA, Khan AH, Ahmed S, Siddiqui AA, Husain A, Rahisuddin Tirth V, Islam S, Shukla Nk, Changani F, Yousefi M, Hassaballa AE, Radwan N, Upgrading combined anaorobic-aerobic UASB-FPU to UASB-DHS system: Cost comparison and performance perspective for developing countries, Journal of Cleaner Production, hitps:/doi.org/10.1016) Jiclepro.2020.124728. 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All rights reserved.International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry ISSN: (Print (Online) Journal homepage: https //wwavtandfonline.comiloi/geac20 Pharmaceuticals of emerging concern in hospital wastewater: removal of Ibuprofen and Ofloxacin drugs using MBBR method Afzal Husain Khan , Hamidi Abdul Aziz , Nadeem Ahmad Khan , Sirajuddin Ahmed , Mohd, Salim Mehtab , Sergij Vambol , Viola Vambol , Fazlollah Changani & Saiful Islam To cite this article: Afzal Husain Khan , Hamidi Abdul Aziz , Nadeem Ahmad Khan , Sirajuddin ‘Ahmed , Mohd. Salim Mehtab , Sergij Vambol , Viola Vambol , Faziollah Changani & Saiful Islam (2020): Pharmaceuticals of emerging concern in hospital wastewater: removal of Ibuprofen and Offoxacin drugs using MBBR method, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, DOI: 10,1080/03067319,2020,1855333 To link to this article: https://dlol,org/10.1080/03067319,2020,1855333 BB rstinad one: 2 De 2020 (CF submityour article to this journal BBY view rotted articles CP ® View crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at hups:tiwmwicandforline.com/action/journalinformation2journalCode=geac20Alexandria Engineering Journal 2020) xxx, xxx Alexandria University Alexandria Engineering Journal www elsevie com locate} ELSEVIER “wwarsiencediect com Comparative study of submerged membrane bioreactor and extended aeration process coupled with tubesettler for hospital wastewater treatment Rachida El Morabet®, Roohul Abad Khan'”’, Javed Mallick”, Nadeem A. Khan”, Sirajuddin Ahmed °, Aastha Dhingra‘, Amadur Rahman Khan“, Majed Alsubih”, Saeed Alqadhi”, Ahmed Bindajam* * Deparment of Geography, LADES, FLSH-M, Hassan I University of Casablanca, Mohanmedia, Morocco Department of Civil Engineering, King Khalid Univesity, Abha, Saudi Arabia 219 Irena secon or Hymne Eageeing and ReserRESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS Evaluation of air quality index for air quality data interpretation in Delhi, India Sanjoy Maji', Sirajuddin Ahmed"*, Santu Ghosh’ and Saurabh Kumar Garg’ Faculty of Engineering and Technology Jamia Milli lla, Delhi 110025, nia Department of Biostatistics, St. Jos Medical College Benga S60 034, Inia AL-FALAH University, Dhayj, Faridabad, Haryana 121004, tnd Metro cities across the world use air quality index (AQ as a tool for local air quality management. The basic purpose of the AQI system is to interpret the air quality status based on potential human health impacts. In the air quality indexing system, ranges of ir pollutant concentration are characterized into different categories of air quality on the basis of health implication criteria. Standardized public health advisories are used for different categories of air qua- lity for general public awareness. AQ values at the regional level are normally reported in the media to enhance public access and awareness. In the present study, air quality of Delhi, India has been interpreted, and seasonal and spatial deviation of air quality ‘mapped to enable health risk communication. We also highlight the linkage of air quality with daily non- trauma mortality rate. A significant correlation of air quality with daily non-trauma death rate was ob- served. The female population was found to be more vulnerable to poor air quality in comparison to the males. Among the different age groups, maximum vulnerability was observed for the population aged 65 years and above. Average air quality status of Delhi ‘was observed at a level which can cause breathing uneasiness fo those with respiratory comorbidities, as well as for children and aged people. Direct linkages of different air pollutants with associated health impact estimates have been worked out by several re- searchers in the past. The present study evaluates the effect estimates on daily non-trauma mortality values els. The findings of this study are consis reports and provide additional evi- dence for health impact linked to poor air quality. Keywords: Air quality, metro cities, public awareness, respiratory health, NOWADAYS, the general public is becoming more con- cerned about the ill-effects and health disorders due to air pollution, Daily updated air pollution information has be- come one of the basic tools to increase public awareness of the harmful effects of poor air quality. The ambient air quality and its effects on the health of people and the environment are among the important topies of concern across the world. ‘For comespondence. (-mail sirajuahmed@redifinail.com) CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 119, NO. 6, 2 SEPTEMBER 2020 ‘A wide range of literature has recognized the associa- tion of exposure 10 air pollutants and the associated ill- health, stch as increased hospital admission rates with respiratory and cardiovascular comorbidities and conges- tive heart failure, inerease in the incidences of asthma attacks, acute bronchitis and decreased lung function. Indoor and outdoor ait pollution are among the top envi- ronmental health risk factors. According to the estimates of the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is accountable for 7 million premature deaths in the world’ A few human health impact, studies of air pollution have been conducted in India" An estimated 1.09 mil- lion deaths ate attributable to aie pollution in the coun- try". A report on ‘Medical Certification of Cause of Death’ by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi shows respiratory and circulatory diseases among the principal reasons of death in Delhi. Figure | shows the tend of mortality due to respiratory and circulatory diseases in Delhi for the period 2002-12. Due to non- attainment of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) under the National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAAQMP), the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Government of India (Gol) had included 95 cities in the list of polluted cities on ambient air quali- ty data obtained during 2008-2010 (http:/encbenvis.nic iwaispollution/finding.htm). Though several locations in India are in the list of polluted places of the world, there is lack of awareness on air quality data interpretation. Nowadays, regular updates on air quality asserting the complex connection between exposure to air pollutants and ill-health have become a tool of air pollution infor- mation system for protecting public health. Simple com- parison of air pollutant concentration values with NAAQS interpret air quality as acceptable or not with respect to standards, However, the air quality index (AQl) system defines index values based on probable health and environmental implications of particular air pollucant concentration levels, so as to enable health risk communication of air quality. AQI integrates numerous diverse measurements of air pollutant concentration into [simone crepancy Peroentage of NOCD death 2000 2s 202 Figure 1. Percentage of death duc t respiratory and circulatory die- tates in Deli ia forthe period 2000-2012, msBiomass Conversion and Borefinery htpsy/doiorg/10.1007/513399-020-00979-5 REVIEW ARTICLE. ® Cheek tor Anaerobic digestion (AD) of fruit and vegetable market waste SESE, (FVMW): potential of FVMW, bioreactor performance, co-substrates, and pre-treatment techniques Mahd Zia"@ - Sirajuddin Ahmed! - Anil Kuma Received: 8 Apr 2020 /Revised: 7 August 2020 Accepted: 26 August 2020 (© Springer Verlag GmbH Germary, par of Springer Nature 220 Abstract Fruit and vegetable marketplace waste (FVMW) is an appealing alternative for energy production and should be utilized as a single substrate in anaerobic digestion (AD)-based biogas plants at an industral-scale level in subwopical climatic countries. India alone generates 961,000 tons of FVMW annually from the major fruit and vegetable markets (FVMs). Utilization of FYMW to produce useful energy by AD could be helpful in meeting the ever-increasing energy demands of these countries. AD of fit and vegetable waste (FVW) by two-phase systems has revealed good results in terms of stability, performance, and biogas gencration; however, innovative approaches like plug flow tank reactor (PFTR) with passive solar heating with no mixing and no energy heating coupled with heat balance models and resistance network-based heat balance models need to be researched for subtropical climatic conditions in order to optimize the economics and energy balance of an AD system. Food waste and slaughter house wastes could be utilized successfully as co-substrates with FVW. C/N ratio is a critical performance parameter in the AD systems involving co-substrates; however, the synergistic relationship among co-substrates and character- isties, viz., macro- and micronutrients of individual co-substrates, must be investigated to improve the AD process. The optimum proportions of co-substrates could be determined by individual substrate characterization, biomethanation potential (BMP), and biodegradation kinetic models, thereby saving time and money as compared with random experimentation, Thermal, ultrasonic, and electrical pre-treatment in addition to physical pre-treatment could be effectively used for pre-treating FVW; however, synergy between co-substrates and pre-treatment method must be rescarched in order to justify the increased cost in extra pre- treatment, Keywords Fruitand vegetable waste (FVW) - Fruit and vegetable market waste (FMVW) - Anacrobic digestion (AD) - Plug flow ‘tank reactor (PFTR) 1 Introdui Countries with large populace like India and China are facing the challenge of handling large quantities of municipal solid Electronic supplementary material The online version of tis ale (pedo. or 10.1007/1 3399-020-00979-5)coatains supplementary material, which i available to authorized users, 2 Mad Zia ‘mahdzia@ gmailcor "Department of Civil Engineeing, Jamia Miia Ilami, New Deli 110025, Indie Department of Environment, Govt of NCT, Dei Secretariat, Delhi 1100025, India Published online: 04 September 2020 ‘waste (MSW). According to the 2012 World Bank report, 1.3 billion tons of MSW is generated annually and 2.2 billion tons per year is anticipated by the year 2025 [1]. Wastes such as ‘lass, metal, paper, and plastics can be recycled, but putres ble wastes such as food waste, and fruit and vegetable wastes (EVWs) cannot be reused and is either dumped in landfills or composted. Majority of developing countries dispose their wastes at the outskirts on low-lying areas (2). Disposal by unsanitary land filling is a major risk to the environment [3, 4], Maximum environmental impact to cities is due to landfilling than any other waste disposal methods [5] Landiilling is not a feasible option because ofthe environmer tal hazards, amount of waste, cost, and engineering aspects, ‘whereas composting has similar issues as with landfills except engineering facets, Moreover, the land area required for set- ting up a 20-year landfill site considering 20-m-high waste D syringeAccepted manuscript doi: 10.1680/jmuen.17.00039 Submitted: 02 December 2017 Published online in ‘accepted manuscript’ format: 20 November 2018 Manuscript title: Seasonal variation of leachate quality at active landfill sites in Delhi, India Authors: Rajkumar Joshi', Sirajuddin Ahmed? and Sanjeev Kumar* Mili 1s: Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India; "Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India and 'Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi, India Corresponding author: Sirajuddin Ahmed, Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. E-mail: sirajuahmed@redifimail.com Downloaded by | IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY] on 29/01/19). Copyight © ICE Publishing, ll sights eseved.Journal of Enironmentel Management 267 (2020) 110627 Contents lists 2 ble at ScienceDinest Journal of Environmental Management journal homepage: hip/iwwelsevier-comilocateljenvman ELSEVIER Research article i Horizontal sub surface flow Constructed Wetlands coupled with tubesettler for hospital wastewater treatment Nadeem Ahmed Khan’, Rachida El Morabet , Roohul Abad Khan”, Sirajuddin Ahmed *, Aastha Dhingra“, Majed Alsubih”, Amadur Rahman Khan ® agroent of Col ging, amis i amis, Neo Dns > Deporment of Ct Engen ig Rh Ue, Ah Se Ari ‘teprmen f ogey TADES LIA, a ney of anc, Moar, Mao Pay of eeeag on Teck. Alp tin Une, ler, a Tomes opie wastewater are a aing tent wo envronnent nd human heath acu Cr any given momento stow treatrent pres for wastewater, ther it high need fr employing corcelfident and stainable method of Rest treatment Hence a plot sale horizontal srfce Now Consinucted Weland (HSFCW) coupled with Tuber enon etieey wea nal t New Deh nd Pbronry to may 2019, This sty reports compactve plant emo ater pilot scale CW system was used for resting 10m ay ofoxptal wastewater Te sysem was tested for 5 Months to evaluate Its performance for removing pollutant fromthe wastewater. The HSEGN coupled with ‘ubesetler achleved over all moval eclency of 94% (COD), MLSS (978), TS (8%), HOD; (96%), Phosphate (79%, However, proces of itifiation was act observed and accumulation of Nitrate up to 197% was observed. The ty concied that tmay be ei othe presence of pharmaceatcals and aher elements present n hop wastewater This conclision was Based on te fact that Alkalinity increased by 82% in effluent and pH vale ao ‘ited an average Increase of 12%, Further research studies are requlced to investigate effect of pharma feutical erginaling from hogpital on treatment ene, to incorporate anaeoble setup to complete pile bscrri with respect to climate and temperate 1. Introduction ‘wastewater (sane eta, 2019). Constructed Wetlands canbe designed based on the existing synergies among various elements of ecosystem Water isa vital source forthe sustenance of life-forms in ecosystems. Anthropogenic activites such as urbanization, industealization severely damage the sustainability of water and its safety (*uang ea, 2029), ‘Additionally, wastewater treatment and its reuse provides an alternative source of water among growing global concerns. Nevertheless, devel ‘oping economics have less focus on wastewater treatment as compared to the development of its society and economy. (Vo. 2018), Most of the wastewater treatment methods are hampered owing to its esoci tive cost, efficiencies, energy requirement and sludge generation. Wastewater treatment ponds are low energy options thereby cost effective for wastewater treatment, Constructed Wetlands are employed for wastewater treatment ranging from sewage treatment to industria Corresponding author. mal adres: 2h2.0.ed sa A, Khan), eps://do.org/20-1016/jenvman.2020.110627 ‘viz, microorganisms, plans with biotic and abiotic processes involved (Ciriscoflopoulos er, 2019). Constructed Wetlands have the capacity to degrade a host of contaminants of emerging concern through pho: todegradation via sunlight produced reactive oxygen species. Con- structed Wetlands have been success used for treatment of wastewater, stormwater, landfill leachate ete. (Chrstfilopoulos esl, 2019) Globally, the management of hosptal wastewater is 8 challenging task for health and environmental concern authorities (M, Zampsra8 ral, 2018), since effluent fom healthcare facilities ave been found :0 adversely affect the aquatic environment. The quantum of wastewater generated from hospitals is huge and poses a great threat to environment and thus human health. The effluent generated from hospital units such ‘Received 17 February 202; Recelved in revised frm 3 Apel 2020; Accepted 17 April 2020 ‘Available online 6 May 2020 (0301-47970 2020 sever Ad Alright reserved,‘Trends i Anaya Chemisey 129 (2020) 18921 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Trends in Analytical Chemistry journal homepage: www.elsevier.comilocate/trac Occurrence, sources and conventional treatment techniques for various antibiotics present in hospital wastewaters: A critical review Nadeem A. Khan **~’, Sirajuddin Ahmed *, Izharul Haq Farooqi ”, Imran Ali ‘, V. Vambol “, Fazlollah Changani *’, Mahmood Yousefi °”"*, Sergij Vambol ", Saif Ullah Khan °, Afzal Husain Khan * + ci Engineering Department emia Miia ami New Deli India ° Gt Eagnerng Deparment, Agar Mastin Univesity, Agr. Ia “Department f Cherry, Fc of Scene, Tab Unies, A- Madinah AL-Munawardh, 20002 Soud Arabia ‘Educational and Scene Departren of Sty and Occupational Heath ub Agency "National Scent and Research Instat of Indust! Softy ad Ocapational Suey and Heath Ry. Uae “Depertment of Enonmental Heh Engineering, School of Puc Heth Teun rivers of Meal Scenes. Tebvan a "Deparment of Eonmentl Heath Engineering Sokol of Public Heath on Universo) Medial Sence, eben, han Esnudne aeseach Comme, In Univesity of Medal Scences, evan. rat fe oe and Law Deparonen Kharkiv Pete Vaylenko Nanonal Teka Unies of Agkultwe. Kar, Uae "Go Engineering Depart, acon Unies, Jagan aud abo ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Tce toy ‘vaabe enn 5 june 2020, ‘The occurence and fate of antibiotic in the environment i= an uttermost concern due ta development of resistant gene an¢ lowering effect of antibiotic on diseases, n Inia ill, the problem is intense due to extensive & uncontrolled use of drugs at diferent medical faites. They get mixed up with ground and Kyworas srface water due o lack 0f proper treatment of hospital wastewater before discharging it As it contains Aes high concentration of antibiotics, drug residues along with certain heavy metals. The contamination due to this isnot only limited to water but alfecte whole ecosystem severely, The concentration of these antibiotics depends upon various factors such as a characteristic of water and sol. irtional water Source, cropping forms, seasonal vaslation of medicines. Maay investigations on the toxicity of these antibiotics and their traces in aquatic environment pose serious threats. If we compare treatments with, espect to diferent drugs then we observe that iodinated contrast media shows better removal efficiency fn an MAR with UV about 66% of total load and 99% forall other drugs. t can be concluded from this study that use of about 23 mag/Lof packed activate carbon with 1.08 g Ox/g of DOC with 2400 Jim? UV will be best for achieving high efficiency in drugs removal, In this paper, our main objective was to review the occurrences and fate of common drugs and an- tibjties present in efuents rom hospital wastewaters. These eluents get mixed up the others streams fof water and are used in various purposes like irigation and other domestic activities, thus making the situation more complex. The conventional adopted treatment techniques for these hospital effluents ate flo discussed in etal © 2020 Elsevier BV. Al rights reserved 1. Introduction Hospital activities have an important role in keeping the society, * corespondng thor. Department of Eavirnmental Heakh Engineting Sebel of Plc Heath an University of Medial Sciences, Teva. at “Corresponding thor mal adreer ernaciilogmacors{NA. Khan} changanAbyahoo om, shanganissemaicom (R Changail,»mahmaed souse8bsyahoo com opi orgoaoisparse2020313821 (165-9926. 2020 Elsevier 8 A rigs reserve healthier. Although, during these activities, many unwanted by- products are generated and which are left untreated. Due to which, environmental scientists are nowadays more concerned to- ‘wards about the effluent from medical care facilities, commaunity health centres and hospitals. Various chemical and biological char- acteristics of hospital effluents are assessed keeping in the view theApplied Water Science (2020) 10187 https4/doLorg/10.1007/s13201-020-01271-7, ORIGINAL ARTICLE ® Efficacy of persulfate-based advanced oxidation process (US/PS/Fe,0,) for ciprofloxacin removal from aqueous solutions Shahin Ahmadi’ - Christian Osagie? - Somayeh Rahdar’ - Nadeem A. Khan® Sirajuddin Ahmed? - Hamideh Hajini’ Received: 27 Apil2019/ Accepted: 22 June 2020 ©The Authors) 2020 Abstract Research evidence has shown that pollution of surface and underground waters is the leading sources of environmental and health-related problems. Disposed unused therapeutic drugs have been known (o contaminate underground water and also offer drug resistance to infection-causing bacterial. This research seeks to evaluate the use of US/PS/Fe 0, for the removal of ciprofloxacin (CIP-F) from aqueous solutions. The research also seeks to obtain the optimum set of conditions about which the highest removal efficiency of CIP-F is obtained by monitoring the used pH, Fe,O, nanoparticles (NPs) concentration, PS. concentration, CIP-F concentration, and contact time, The analysis was done using a UV-Vis spectrophotometer (Cecil model CE102) set at 280 nm. The result shows that a 98.43% removal efficiency is achievable after optimization if the separation parameters were set to the optimum conditions (pH=5, CIP-F concentration =200 mg/L, PS concentration=0.15 mol/L, Fe,O, concentration =0.01 g/L and contact time=45 min). The reaction was also observed to follow the pseudo-first-order reaction model. Since the results obtained show that US/PS/Fe,0, can effectively and efficiently aid the surface adsorption of CIP from aqueous solutions, itis therefore recommended based on experimental findings that US/PS/Fe,O, be used for removing CIP-F from effluents, Keywords Ciprofloxacin Introduction Research evidence has shown that pollution of surface and underground water is leading sources of environmental and health-related problems. Continuous usage of antibiotics to mitigate the resulting health issues could result in drug resistance even in low concentrations because they provided resistance to the causative bacteria (Choi et al. 2008). Drugs are generally used for treatment and prevention of bacterial infections (Ahmadi et al. 2017) and, as such, may either kill or inhibit the growth of the bacteria (Choi et al. 2008). 2 Shahin Ahmad Shahmadi398@ goaeom D4 Christian Osagie osagiche@b-tu de Department of Envionmental Health, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran Environmental and Natural Sciences, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cotthus-Sentteberg, Sentenberg, Germany CCwvil Engineering Department, Jamia Mili Islamia, New Deli. India, Published online: 09 July 2020 S - Persulfate - Nanoparticles - Water treatment - Optimization ‘Unused therapeutic drugs are sometimes disposed of into the sewage system. If these drugs are not degraded during sewage treatment, in soil or other environmental compart- ‘ments, they may reach the surface water and groundwater and, potentially contaminate drinking water (Alamadi etal. 2017). One of such antibiotics is ciprofloxacin (CIP-F) Ciprofioxacin (CIP-F) is a common antibiotic of fluoroqui- nolone class (Onyechi and Igwegbe 2018) that is widely prescribed for the treatment of intra-abdominal infections: this type of infection is associated with diarrhea, respira- tory tract infections, and urinary tract infection (Zhang etal 2011; Igwegbe et al. 2020). The antibiotic is classified into the fluoroquinolone class, which has a stable naphthol ring and is toxic to microorganisms, and their stability in the environment (Martinez 2008). ‘Many treatment methods have been proposed for the removal of CIP-F from contaminated waters, wich include photodecomposition (Don et al. 2010), adsorption (Kho- shnamvand et al. 2017; Rahdar et al. 2019; Dhiman and Sharma 2018), oxidation Bader and Hoigné 1981), and flotation (Mostafapour et al. 2017). The advanced oxida- tion process (AOP) is one of the most effective methods \ springerJournal Pre-proof Recent Trends in Disposal and Treatment Technologies of Emerging-Pollutants- A, Critical Review Nadeem A. Khan, Saif Ullah Khan, Sirajuddin Ahmed, Izharul Haq Faroogi, Mahmood Yousefi, Ali Akbar Mohammadi, Faziollah Changani Pll: 80165-9936(19)30572-2 Dor: https:/doi.org/10.1016/,.trac,2019.115744 Reference: TRAC 115744 To appear in: Trends in Analytical Chemistry Received Date: 2 October 2019 Revised Date: 2 November 2019 Accepted Date: 18 November 2019 Please cite this article as: N.A Khan, 8.U. Khan, S. Ahmed, LH. Farooq), M. Yousefl, A.A. 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All rights reserved.Recent Trends in Disposal and Treatment Technologies of Emerging-Pollutants- A Critical Review Nadeem A Khan', Saif Ullah Khan’, Sirajuddin Ahmed!, Izharul Haq Faroogi? , Mahmood Yousefi? , Ali Akbar Mohammadi *, Fazlollah Changani*” ‘Civil Engineering Department, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India civil Engineering Department, Aligarh Muslim University, India * Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran “Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, ‘Neyshabur, Iran ‘Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran “Corresponding author: Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, ‘Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tebran, Iran . Email: changani_f@yahoo.com ; changani39@ gmail.com Abstract Recently pharmaceuticals are emerging as a major source of pollution for the environment. It has been well observed that the effluent discharge from hospitals has an eminent quantity of chemical waste as antibiotics, disinfectants and other treatments wastes. Pharmaceutical effluents are bioactive and their existence in the environment has been found harmful to both aquatic life and humans. In developing countries, untreated wastewaters are discharged to local water bodies by just following the local regulations. The current global challenges including high population growth rate and climate change have contributed to the widespread epidemics and emergence of diseases, Besides intractable and decaying antibiotic system, hospitals emit pathogenic waste during treatment process that can lead to situations where a total ban on hospital effluent are needed, for instance in multiple cases where discharge lead to strain on nature and quality of water. In case of pharmaceutical residues, it has been observed that only 18-32% of the pharmaceutical residues could be degraded by the secondary treatment of these seven technologies and it has been increased to 30-65% by tertiary treatment, As far as the pharmaceutical residues are concemed, it has been observed that MBR removes the residues withtopscience carrer 14 Simulation of the formation process of spatial fine structures in environmental safety management systems and optimization of the parameters of dispersive devices Sergij Vambol, Viola Vambol, Nadeem Almad Khan, Kostiantyn Tkachuk, Oksana Tverda and Sirajuddin Ahmed Published November 2019 + Copyright © 10P Publishing Ltd 2020 Pages 141 to 14-38, Download complete PDE book, the ePub book or the Kindle book + Previous chapter ‘Table of contents Next chapter» [Export citation and abstract BibTeX RIS ‘Turn on Mathlax Share his chapter Abstract In this chapter, suppression ofthe toxic substances formation processes and limitation distribution of them in an atmosphere during extraction, processing and transportation of bulk materials are discussed, The results of a numerical simulation of these ecologically hazardous technological processes are described, The mathematical model of the gas and dispersed phases of spatial thin structures are developed. The itigation systems of the nozzle type, atomizers, centrifugal atomizer were suggested and using numerical simulation ofthe formation processes of spatial fine structures the most efficient modes of supplying liquid to various hazardous factors are defined AScESSAHSIROAK onto met sey seen os ook To snouts cour Cooks gy Peau have any questions about IOP ebooks e-mail us at cbooks@ioppublishing.org.Environmental Technology & Innovation 15 (2019) 100395 Environmental Technology & Innovation ELSEVIER journal homepage: www.olsevier-com/locate/eti Anaerobic and aerobic sewage treatment plants in Northern India: Two years intensive evaluation and perspectives oa Mohd. Najibul Hasan*, Abid Ali Khan*", Sirajuddin Ahmad’, Beni Lew” * Department of Cl Engineering. Jamia Mila Islamia (A Cenral Univesity). New Delhi, 110025, Indio "ARO, Voleani Center, Bet Dagan, Irae! HIGHLIGHTS ‘Different STP based on various aerobic and anaerobic processes were monitored extensively for two years. ‘ Removal of organics and nutrient were studied. ‘© Methane generation under various operating conditions were investigated. ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT ‘Artic history The present study investigates the long term treatment performance of seven different Received 3 March 2019 sewage treatment plants located indifferent cities of north nia for over a period of two Received in revised form 13 May 2019 Accepted 14 May 2019 ‘Available online 16 May 2018 Yeats; two treatment technologies based on intensive aerobic processes — sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and moving bed bio-film reactor (MBBR) and; three combination of Up-flow Anaerobic Sluige Bed (UASB) reactor followed by aerobic processes — Polishing iene SCSC~Pends (PP), Aeration + PP and Down-flow Hanging Sponge (DHS). Effluent quality was ‘Aerobie & anaerobic processes not in accordance to the surface water disposal standards, Ministry of Environment, Sewage treatment plants Forest and Climate Change Govt. of India, for UASB followed by PP and by Aeration Sewage 4PP, However, a high effluent quality was observed in UASB followed by DHS; SBR and Teament performance [MBBR systems. Inthe last cases, NHg-N and PO4-P removal was higher than 85 and 60%, respectively; with a final effluent concentration of 20 mg BODsiL, 50 mg COD/L. 20 mg TSS/L, 10 mg NH,-Njl. and 5 mg PO,-P/L, Although strictly intensive aerobic systems showed a better performance, UASB followed by simple aerobic systems, such as the DHS process is a promising technology, especially in India to reach required BOD level for water reuse at low costs Organics removal © 2019 Elsevier BV. llrightsreserved. 1. Introduction Water quality of surface water bodies receiving the treated effluents from STPs in India is deteriorating continuously de- spite the implementation of several environmental laws; resulting in municipality commissioners and working engineers to evaluate the performance of existing sewage treatment plants (STPs) and, come up with constructive plans to improve or even dismantle these plants (Bhardwaj, 2005). The primary concer of the policy makers, politicians and researchers has been eutrophication and toxicity in water bodies — accumulation of nitrogenous and phosphorus compounds, In consequence, in the last couple of years new. expensive and more advance STPs based on advance treatment rechnologies ‘were built to reduce the pollution load on rivers/surface water bodies. * Comtesponding author: Email address: akha0230)iacin (AA. Khan). ‘ups: doi. org/ 10.1016} t12019.100395 2352-1854/6 2019 Elsevier BY. All rights reserved,4) Desalination and Water Treatment 1569) 204-28 ¢ wwwdeswater.com aly 10 doitason4/awt.2019.23775 Performance evaluation of column-SBR in paper and pulp wastewater treatment: optimization and bio-kinetics Nadeem A. Khan“, Saif Ullah Khan’, Dar Tafazul Islam®, Sirajuddin Ahmed?, Izharul Haq Faroogi’, Mohamed Hasnain Isa‘, Arshad Hussain‘, Fazlollah Changani*, Astha Dhingra! “Civil Engineering Department, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Indi, email: ernadimeivil@gmail.com (N.A. Khan), sirajuahmed@rediffmail.com(S. Ahmed) ‘Environmental Engineering Section, Civil Engineering Department, Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligark Muslim University, Aligarh india, email saif7amu@gmail.com: (S.U Khan), tafezulislem1826@ gmail.com (DT. Islam), {faroo_izhar@yahoo.coms (LH. Faroogi) “Civil Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong BE410, Brunei Darussalam, email: mohamed isa@utbedu-bn (M.H. Isa) ‘Civil Engineering Section, University Polytechnic, Aligarh Muslim Univesity, Aligarh, hua, email: ausainancu@yahoo coin (A. Hussain) ‘Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Telran University of Medical Sciences, ran, email: changani_f@yahoo com (F Changer) ‘Department of Applied Science and Humanities Jamia Mili Islamia New Delhi, India, ematl aastha.dkingra@ yahoo.com (A. Dhingra) Received 10 September 2018; Accepted 9 January 2019 ABSTRACT Pulp and paper industry generates effluent containing harmful compounds like chlorophenols which are difficult to biodegrade. It requires an appropriate treatment in order to meet the strin- {gent discharge standards. In this work, a bench seale column type sequential batch reactor (SBR) ‘was employed for treating pulp and paper wastewater. The performance of SBR, seeded with accli= ‘matized sludge was optimized and analysed for maximizing COD and AOX removal. The process parameters viz; pH, intial COD, cycle time and MLSS were optimized and their effects on response Variables: COD removal efficiency, AOX removal efficiency and SVI were investigated. The optimum, conditions were determined tobe: initial COD 1200 mg/1, pH17.5, MLSS 2100 mg/L and cycle time 15, h, for 73.2% COD removal, 575% AOX removal and 1228 ml./g SVI. The complex compounds were broken doven into numerous intermediate compounds thus enhancing COD and AOX removal with low SVI. The bioskinetis of the optimized system was also analyzed in order to understand the bacterial nature towards substrate utilization, Two kinetic models namely Grau second-order model and Stover-Kincannon model were found to be fitwell with high correlation coefficients (R= 099) for COD as well as AOX, Keywords ser and pulp; SBR; RSM; CCD; Bio-kineties; COD; AOX removal Introduction sive demand of water by pulp and paper industries has depleted this priceless commodity, thus raising concerns of ‘water shortage all over the globe. Due to huge water intake in manufacturing processes, the paper and pulp indus- tuy discharges large quantity of effluents with potential adverse effects on our environment, Due to excessive use of The enormous rising population and speedy indus- trialization, has resulted in reckless discharge of effluents garnering attention all over the world [1], Moreover, exces “Corresponding author. Presented atthe InDA Conference 2018 (InDACON-2018), 20-21 April 2018, Tiruchivappalli, India 1944-9994 / 1944-9986 © 2019 Desalination Publications, Allright reservedAccepted manuscript doi: 10.1680/jmuen.17.00011 Submitted: 05 April 2017 Published online in ‘accepted manuscript’ format: 28 November 2017 Manuscript title: MSWM in Bhopal city: A critical analysis and proposed roadmap for its sustainable management, Authors: Rajeev Singh Parihar', Sirajuddin Ahmed”, Prashant Baredar’, Anil Sharmé Ravi Kiran! Affiliations: ‘Department of Civil Engg., Lakshmi Narain College of Technology (LNCT), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; Department of Civil Engg., Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi, India; "Department of Energy Engg., Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Corresponding author: Rajeev Singh Parihar, Department of Civil Engg., Lakshmi Narain College of Technology (LNCT), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Tel.: +919406885219. E-mail: rajeevsinghparihar@ gmail.com; rajeevsinghparihar@hotmail.com Downloaded by [ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN] on (0513/18). Copptight © ICE Publishing, allright reserved,Treatment of wastewater generated from coke oven by adsorption on steelmaking slag and its effect on cementitious properties. ‘Source: Curent Science (00113891) 12572019, Vol. 11 ssue 8, p1346-1955.10p. ‘Author(s: Doble, Yogesh Nath Armed, Siruccn Abstract Inn study, steelmaking slag is sorption material to teal coke-oven wastewater. The study shows the use of sold wast o eat laud waste ‘of he same industry. The fl efecto adorn on soo slag wth coko-oven wastewater hae eon analysed using SEM, XER, XRO, FTIR and GC-MS. The adsorption patio fer sel slag at high temperatires 2, up fo 1100. C was sued is observed hat adsorption of poltants dows not favour hgher temperature. Leaching studles showed Incoase In aces of heavy metals. However, oly arsenic was found tobe leaching beyond permissible is. GC-MS _stuies showed no sorption of organic compounds ttm the rated sag. Compressive strength slghly weakened forthe slag afer adsorption, but Ime saturation fector as wel as soundass favour the use of reatod slag ab an adsorbent. Overal analysis sugges that steel slag can bo used fr adsorplon of ‘oke-oven wastowete pollzant a ower temperatures. Thus stelaking slags foundo be an efcent, read ealale and economical edsorent for ramoval ‘of otns rom the coke-ovan wastewater al lower tompaatures. Copytight of Curent Selnce 00713891) the property of Indan Academy of Sclances ands cortnt may not be copied or emaled to multiple sites or posto {oases without the copyright holders exores wien permission. However, users may pin, download, o email aries fo ndvidual use. Ths abstract may be abridged. No waranty i given about the accuracy ofthe copy. Users shoul afer tothe original published version of the mata for he ful abstract. 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