Daphne water solutions for the removal of emerging pollutants from wastewater: market assessment and technical feasibility

用于去除废水中新兴污染物的达芙妮水解决方案：市场评估和技术可行性

• 批准号: NE/S015515/1
• 负责人: Luisa Orsini
• 金额: $ 1.06万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FS015515%2F1
• 关键词: Daphne; water; solutions; removal; emerging

Environmental pollution caused by chemicals is acknowledged by the European Commission as an environmental problem. Legislative measures to limit the impact of pharmaceuticals on human and environmental health will take place in the second half of 2018 (Directive 2013/39/EU), whereas new regulations for pesticide use will be determined by the outcome of the Water Framework Directive in 2020. Existing technologies for the removal of pharmaceuticals (ozonation, chlorination and UV treatment) are inefficient, require specialized infrastructures, and a constant energy supply. Technologies for the removal of pesticides from wastewater are somewhat more effective. However, as for pharmaceuticals, the elimination of pesticides requires special infrastructures and/or filtration systems and it is energy demanding.Dr Orsini has tested and optimized an environmentally friendly and cost-effective biological solution for the removal of pharmaceuticals and pesticides from wastewaters in laboratory environments. As compared to human-engineered structures, this solution is highly effective, requires minimal infrastructures, and has minimal energy demand. The solution uses the naturally occurring, active filter feeder Daphnia as a removal agent, capitalizing on its ability to metabolize chemicals following the active filtering of the surrounding medium. Laboratory experiments show that Daphnia is twice as efficient as bacteria or algae, reaching complete removal within a few days. The purpose of this Pathfinder is to plan the full development to market of DWS through a market assessment, the identification of an industrial partner supporting a feasibility study and the identification of practical solutions for the implementation of DWS in existing wastewater plant workflows. The pathfinder has the following four objectives:1. To commission an independent market assessment2. To confirm target end-users and secure early-adopters. 3. To engage with early adopters to identify infrastructure adjustments needed to introduce DWS into a typical workflow of wastewater treatment plants. Understanding the end user needs for early adoption will clarify whether a consultancy service that provides expert known how and implementation support is the preferred pathway to market for DWS.4. To identify an industrial partner among the end users that is ready to provide in-kind support and a field site for a feasibility studyWith the regulation of pharmaceuticals in wastewater soon in place, the government, local authorities and industry will be required to implement solutions for the removal of chemicals from wastewater. Current solutions for the removal of pharmaceuticals have an efficiency removal of about 50%, a retention time of weeks, and energy consumption above 1.2.kW/m. Moreover, they require the installation of medium to large infrastructures and produce waste, which disposal imposes additional costs and impacts on human and environmental health. As compared to engineered solutions, DWS uses natural biological resources, requires minimal infrastructures consisting of a containment cage surrounded by a fine mesh, and does not produce secondary waste. Daphnia removed periodically from the cages will generate energy in the form of fertilizers and/or fish food. Therefore, DWS has high potential for solving the problems of water sanitation and water quality in both developed and developing countries.Keywords: pharmaceutical removal, wastewater, surface water, bioremediation, water utilities, technology consultancy Stakeholders: UoB, School of Biosciences, Birmingham Water Council, water utilities, technology and innovation consultancy agencies, policy makers, NGOs, EFSA, DEFRA, European Commission, USEPA

欧盟委员会将化学药品引起的环境污染视为环境问题。立法措施以限制药品对人类和环境健康的影响将在2018年下半年（指令2013/39/eu），而农药使用的新法规将由2020年水框架指令的结果确定。 供应。从废水中去除农药的技术更有效。但是，至于药品，消除农药需要特殊的基础设施和/或过滤系统，并且需要能量要求。DRORSINI已经测试和优化了一种对环境友好且具有成本效益的生物学解决方案，以清除从实验室环境中清除废水中的药物和农药。与人工设计的结构相比，该解决方案非常有效，需要最小的基础设施，并且能源需求最少。该溶液使用天然存在的活性过滤器喂食器洗涤剂作为去除剂，利用其在周围培养基的主动滤波后代谢化学物质的能力。实验室实验表明，水坝的效率是细菌或藻类的两倍，在几天内完全去除。该探路者的目的是通过市场评估，确定支持可行性研究的工业合作伙伴的识别以及确定实施DWS在现有废水植物工厂工作流程中实施DWS的实用解决方案。探路者具有以下四个目标：1。委托独立的市场评估2。确认目标最终用户并确保早期管理器。 3。与早期采用者互动，以确定将DWS引入典型的废水处理厂的工作流程所需的基础设施调整。了解最终用户对早期采用的需求将澄清是否提供专家的咨询服务是否已知如何和实施支持是DWs.4的首选市场途径。为了确定准备提供实物支持的最终用户的工业合作伙伴，以及可行性研究的现场站点，并很快就对废水进行了监管，政府，地方当局和行业将被要求实施解决方案，以从废水中清除化学物质。当前去除药物的解决方案的效率降低了约50％，保留时间为几周，能源消耗高于1.2.kw/m。此外，他们需要安装中等基础设施并产生浪费，这会施加额外的成本和对人类和环境健康的影响。与工程解决方案相比，DWS使用自然的生物资源，需要最小的基础设施，这些基础设施由被细网围绕的围栏组成，并且不会产生次要废物。定期从笼子中取出的水白菌会以肥料和/或鱼类食物的形式产生能量。 Therefore, DWS has high potential for solving the problems of water sanitation and water quality in both developed and developing countries.Keywords: pharmaceutical removal, wastewater, surface water, bioremediation, water utilities, technology consultancy Stakeholders: UoB, School of Biosciences, Birmingham Water Council, water utilities, technology and innovation consultancy agencies, policy makers, NGOs, EFSA, DEFRA, European Commission, USEPA

项目成果

Historical exposure to chemicals reduces tolerance to novel chemical stress in Daphnia (waterflea).

• DOI: 10.1111/mec.16451
• 发表时间: 2022-06
• 期刊: MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
• 影响因子: 4.9
• 作者: Abdullahi, Muhammad;Zhou, Jiarui;Dandhapani, Vignesh;Chaturvedi, Anurag;Orsini, Luisa
• 通讯作者: Orsini, Luisa

Harnessing water fleas for water reclamation: A nature-based tertiary wastewater treatment technology.

利用水蚤进行水回收：一种基于自然的三级废水处理技术。

• DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167224
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: The Science of the total environment
• 作者: Abdullahi M

Protocol for assay of transposase accessible chromatin sequencing in non-model species.

• DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100341
• 发表时间: 2021-03-19
• 期刊: STAR protocols
• 作者: Kissane S;Dhandapani V;Orsini L
• 通讯作者: Orsini L

Daphnia as a Sentinel Species for Environmental Health Protection: A Perspective on Biomonitoring and Bioremediation of Chemical Pollution.

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c01799
• 发表时间: 2022-10-18
• 期刊: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
• 影响因子: 11.4
• 作者: Abdullahi, Muhammad;Li, Xiaojing;Abdallah, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa;Stubbings, William;Yan, Norman;Barnard, Marianne;Guo, Liang-Hong;Colbourne, John K.;Orsini, Luisa
• 通讯作者: Orsini, Luisa