Publication: Reclamation of agro-wastewater polluted with pesticide residues using sunlight activated persulfate for agricultural reuse.
Authors
Vela, Nuria ; Fenoll, José ; Garrido, Isabel ; Pérez-Lucas, Gabriel ; Flores, Pilar ; Hellín, Pilar ; Navarro, Simón
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Elsevier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.060
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Abstract
The removal of 17 pesticides (pymetrozine, flonicamid, imidacloprid, acetamiprid, cymoxanil, thiachloprid,
spinosad, chlorantraniliprole, triadimenol, tebuconazole, fluopyram, difenoconazole, cyflufenamid, hexythiazox,
spiromesifen, folpet and acrinathrin) found in agro-wastewater from washing of containers and phytosanitary
treatments equipment, has been carried out using sodiumpersulfate (Na2S2O8) at pilot plant scale under natural
sunlight. Persulfate is a strong oxidant, inexpensive and environmentally appropriate. However, this oxidant is
slow in kinetics under ordinary conditions. Na2S2O8 can be activated by ultraviolet light, generating SO4•− radicals, which are also a very strong oxidizing species (E0= 2.6 V). Previously, preliminary experiments were carried out at laboratory scale using a photoreactor to optimize the Na2S2O8 (300 mg L−1) concentration on the rate constants of the found pesticides. The residual levels of the studied pesticides in agro-wastewater (900 L) were in the range 0.02–1.17 mg L−1 for acrinathrin and fluopyram, respectively. After treatment, nearly complete degradation (N97%) of the parent molecules was achieved although 13% of initial DOC was measured. No significant differences (p b 0.05) were found when comparing grown broccoli using reclaimed and unreclaimed water.
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Citation
Science of the Total Environment. 660 (2019), 923-930
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