Technologies for Water Treatment and Reuse: Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP)

<strong>SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY </strong> a talk on <strong>Technologies for Water Treatment and Reuse: Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP)</strong> <strong>Dr. Hadas Mamane </strong> Faculty of Engineering and Water Research Center (TAU-WRC), Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel <strong>Date: 5th April 2016</strong> <strong>Abstract: </strong>Wastewater reuse is one of the promising and most sustainable solutions to address global water scarcity. As such, wastewater reuse provides a major alternative to fresh water for the growing needs of water for food production. Soil-Aquifer Treatment (SAT) improves water quality during the percolation of treated wastewater through unsaturated soil. However, the use of reclaimed wastewater for irrigation is an important route for the introduction of organic compounds into the environment. Depletion of oxygen has been observed in the aquifer. Infiltrating more oxygenated water (via ozonation) has been suggested to enable using artificial recharge system in a more efficient way and provide high quality water from wastewater origin for reuse. Another case study is aimed at source treatment of hospital wastewater from the oncologic ward via a hybrid process of membrane bio reactor (MBR) and ozonation process, for organic micropollutant (OMPs) removal. OMPs in hospital wastewater are toxic, mutagenic, concentrated up to several µg/L and may provide a significant source of specific hospital originating compounds in domestic wastewater. These studies are in collaboration with Prof. Avisar, TAU.