O interesse na remoção de material orgânico no tratamento de águas de abastecimento surgiu em decorrência do aumento na poluição dos mananciais, da descoberta de novas doenças de veiculação hídrica e do melhor conhecimento das propriedades mutagênicas e carcinogênicas de poluentes orgânicos, entre eles os agroquímicos. Na presente pesquisa foi estudada a seqüência de processos de tratamento: pré-filtração; pré-oxidação com ozônio e ozônio associado ao peróxido de hidrogênio e filtração lenta com leito de areia e leito de carvão ativado granular. Para concentração de atrazina no afluente entre 2,2 e 110,3 µg/L o filtro lento de areia com camada intermediária de carvão ativado granular apresentou para a condição de não utilização de pré-oxidação valores para atrazina no efluente inferiores a 2,0 µg/L e para dose de ozônio entre 0,9 e 3,7 mg/L e para relação de peróxido de hidrogênio entre 0,1 e 1,1 valores para atrazina inferiores a 0,1 µg/L. O sistema de tratamento com pré-filtração, pré-oxidação com ozônio e ozônio associado ao peróxido de hidrogênio seguido da filtração lenta com camada intermediária de carvão ativado granular, mostrou-se eficiente na remoção de atrazina para concentrações inferiores a 0,1 µg/L. / The interest in removing organic matter in supplying waters treatment processes emerged from the increasing levels of water pollution worldwide, the discovery of new water-born diseases and of a better knowledge of mutating (mutagenic) and carcinogenic features of organic pollutants, including the pesticides. The two sequential arrangements for the water treatment process considered in this research were: 1) pre-filtration, slow sand filtration and granular activated carbon filtration; and 2) pre-filtration, pre-oxidation with ozone and ozone associated to hydrogen peroxide, slow sand filtration and granular activated carbon filtration. For concentrations of atrazine between 2.2 and 110.3 µg/L in the affluent, its concentration in the effluent was lower than 2.0 µg/L for the first arrangement, and lower than 01 µg/L for the second one, in this case for consumed doses of ozone between 0.9 and 3.7 mg/L and ratio H2O2/O3 between 0.1 and 1.1. The treatment system used composed of pre-filtration, pre-oxidation with ozone and ozone associated to hydrogen peroxide followed by the slow filtration, with an intermediate layer of granular activated carbon, was found efficient in reducing atrazine to levels inferior to 0.1 µg/L.

When Biosand filters cannot be constructed with crushed quarry rock due to resource limitations, a suitable alternative filter media is needed. In this research, two crushed quarry rock alternatives were examined. Three bench-scale Biosand filters with crushed rock, beach sand, and heat-treated beach sand media were simultaneously dosed with Willamette River water seeded with K-12 E. coli for 31 days. Influent and effluent filtrate was analyzed for E. coli using 3M Petrifilm E. coli/Coliform plate counts; influent and effluent pH, conductivity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature were monitored. All three filters achieved stable E. coli removal efficiencies of 99% or greater after filter maturation, suggesting that it is possible to effectively use beach sand and heat-treated beach sand in Biosand filters for pathogenic bacteria removal. Mean effluent E. coli concentrations for crushed rock, beach sand, and heat-treated beach sand filters were 12, 29, and 30 CFU/mL respectively. Crushed rock filter effluent was significantly lower in mean effluent E. coli concentration than beach sand (P < 0.001) and heat-treated beach sand (P < 0.001) filter effluents, suggesting that beach sand and heat-treated beach sand media should only be used as a secondary option to crushed rock media due to potentially greater exposure risk to pathogenic bacteria. / Graduation date: 2013

Slow sand filtration is a proven and sustainable technology for drinking water treatment in small communities. The process, however, is sensitive to lower water temperatures that can lead to decreased biological treatment, and high raw water turbidity levels that can lead to premature clogging of the filter and frequent cleaning requirements, resulting in increased risk of pathogen breakthrough. Multistage filtration, consisting of roughing filtration followed by slow sand filtration, can overcome these treatment limitations and provide a robust treatment alternative for surface water sources of variable water quality in northern climates, which typically experience water temperatures ranging down to 2&deg;C. Prior to this study, however, multistage filtration had yet to be systematically challenged in colder climates, including testing of its performance under increased hydraulic loadings and elevated influent turbidity together with cold water conditions. The primary goal of this research was to demonstrate the reliability of multistage filtration for small communities in northern climates with reference to the Ontario Safe Drinking Water Act. In this research, testing was conducted on two different pilot multistage filtration systems and fed with water from the Grand River, a municipally and agriculturally impacted river in Southern Ontario. One system featured pre-ozonation and post-granular activated carbon (GAC) stages, and shallower bed depths in the roughing filter and slow sand filter. The other system featured deeper bed depths in the roughing filter and slow sand filter, two parallel roughing filters of different design for comparison, and a second stage of slow sand filtration for increased robustness. Removal of turbidity, total coliforms, and fecal coliforms under a range of influent turbidities (1 to >100 NTU), water temperatures (~2 to 20&deg;C), and hydraulic loading rates (0. 2 to 0. 8 m/h) were investigated. In addition, the slow sand filters in each pilot system were challenged with high concentrations (~10⁶ oocyst/L) of inactivated <i>Cryptosporidium parvum</i> oocysts. The performance of both pilot multistage filtration systems was highly dependent on the biological maturity of the system and its hydraulic loading rate. In a less mature system operating in cold water conditions (<5&deg;C), effluent turbidity was mostly below 0. 5 NTU during periods of stable influent turbidity (no runoff events) and a hydraulic loading of 0. 4 m/h, however, runoff events of high influent turbidity (>50 NTU), increased hydraulic loadings (0. 6 m/h), and filter cleaning occasionally resulted in effluent turbidity above 1 NTU. Furthermore, in a less mature system operating during runoff events of high turbidity, reducing the hydraulic loading rate to 0. 2 m/h was important for achieving effluent turbidity below 1 NTU. However, in a more mature system operating in warm water conditions (19-22&deg;C), effluent turbidity was consistently below 0. 3 NTU at a hydraulic loading rate of 0. 4 m/h, and below 0. 5 NTU at 0. 8 m/h, despite numerous events of high influent turbidity (>25 NTU). It remains to be seen whether this performance could be sustained in colder water temperatures with a fully mature filter. Removal of coliform bacteria was occasionally incomplete in a less mature multistage system, whereas, in a more mature system operating in warm water conditions (>9&deg;C), removal was complete in all measurements. Furthermore, the average removal of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> was greater than 2. 5 logs in both systems (with hydraulic loading rates ranging from 0. 4 to 0. 8 m/h) and improved with increased filter maturity. Each individual stage of the multistage system was an important treatment barrier in the overall process of turbidity and pathogen removal. The roughing filter was not only important for protecting the slow sand filter from solids loading and increasing its run length, but was also a significant contributor to coliform removal when the system was less mature. Removal of turbidity was significantly improved when the roughing filter was more mature, suggesting that biological treatment was an important treatment mechanism in the roughing filter. Although pre-ozonation was used mainly for the removal of organic carbon and colour, it achieved complete removal of coliform bacteria and was also suspected to be important for enhanced removal of turbidity. The second slow sand filter in series provided additional robustness to the process by reducing effluent turbidity to below 1 NTU during cold water runoff events of high turbidity and increased hydraulic loadings (0. 6 m/h), while achieving effluent below 0. 3 NTU during normal periods of operation. It also provided additional removals of coliforms under challenging operating conditions, and contributed an additional average removal of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> of 0. 8 logs, which resulted in cumulative removal of 3. 7 logs, approximately 1 log greater than all the other challenge tests. Collectively, the entire multistage system performed well with water temperatures ranging down to 2&deg;C, limited filter maturity, elevated raw water turbidities, and increased hydraulic loading rates. Its ability to meet the current Ontario turbidity regulations and greater than 2 log removal of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> over a range of operating conditions, with little or no process adjustment, is a testament to the robustness and minimal maintenance requirements of the process, which are desirable attributes for small water systems that are often located in rural areas. While this research demonstrated the performance of multistage filtration using pilot scale testing, it is important to note that full-scale plants tend to produce significantly better results than pilot facilities, due to long term biological maturation of the system. Overall, multistage filtration is a sustainable and cost-effective technology that, through this research, appears to be a safe, reliable, and robust treatment alternative for small and non-municipal water systems in North America and the developing world. Further, based on its performance with challenging influent water quality and cold water conditions, multistage filtration holds particular promise for small communities in northern climates that are required to meet safe drinking water regulations, but are dependent on surface water sources of variable water quality and temperatures.

Slow sand filtration is a proven and sustainable technology for drinking water treatment in small communities. The process, however, is sensitive to lower water temperatures that can lead to decreased biological treatment, and high raw water turbidity levels that can lead to premature clogging of the filter and frequent cleaning requirements, resulting in increased risk of pathogen breakthrough. Multistage filtration, consisting of roughing filtration followed by slow sand filtration, can overcome these treatment limitations and provide a robust treatment alternative for surface water sources of variable water quality in northern climates, which typically experience water temperatures ranging down to 2&deg;C. Prior to this study, however, multistage filtration had yet to be systematically challenged in colder climates, including testing of its performance under increased hydraulic loadings and elevated influent turbidity together with cold water conditions. The primary goal of this research was to demonstrate the reliability of multistage filtration for small communities in northern climates with reference to the Ontario Safe Drinking Water Act. In this research, testing was conducted on two different pilot multistage filtration systems and fed with water from the Grand River, a municipally and agriculturally impacted river in Southern Ontario. One system featured pre-ozonation and post-granular activated carbon (GAC) stages, and shallower bed depths in the roughing filter and slow sand filter. The other system featured deeper bed depths in the roughing filter and slow sand filter, two parallel roughing filters of different design for comparison, and a second stage of slow sand filtration for increased robustness. Removal of turbidity, total coliforms, and fecal coliforms under a range of influent turbidities (1 to >100 NTU), water temperatures (~2 to 20&deg;C), and hydraulic loading rates (0. 2 to 0. 8 m/h) were investigated. In addition, the slow sand filters in each pilot system were challenged with high concentrations (~10⁶ oocyst/L) of inactivated <i>Cryptosporidium parvum</i> oocysts. The performance of both pilot multistage filtration systems was highly dependent on the biological maturity of the system and its hydraulic loading rate. In a less mature system operating in cold water conditions (<5&deg;C), effluent turbidity was mostly below 0. 5 NTU during periods of stable influent turbidity (no runoff events) and a hydraulic loading of 0. 4 m/h, however, runoff events of high influent turbidity (>50 NTU), increased hydraulic loadings (0. 6 m/h), and filter cleaning occasionally resulted in effluent turbidity above 1 NTU. Furthermore, in a less mature system operating during runoff events of high turbidity, reducing the hydraulic loading rate to 0. 2 m/h was important for achieving effluent turbidity below 1 NTU. However, in a more mature system operating in warm water conditions (19-22&deg;C), effluent turbidity was consistently below 0. 3 NTU at a hydraulic loading rate of 0. 4 m/h, and below 0. 5 NTU at 0. 8 m/h, despite numerous events of high influent turbidity (>25 NTU). It remains to be seen whether this performance could be sustained in colder water temperatures with a fully mature filter. Removal of coliform bacteria was occasionally incomplete in a less mature multistage system, whereas, in a more mature system operating in warm water conditions (>9&deg;C), removal was complete in all measurements. Furthermore, the average removal of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> was greater than 2. 5 logs in both systems (with hydraulic loading rates ranging from 0. 4 to 0. 8 m/h) and improved with increased filter maturity. Each individual stage of the multistage system was an important treatment barrier in the overall process of turbidity and pathogen removal. The roughing filter was not only important for protecting the slow sand filter from solids loading and increasing its run length, but was also a significant contributor to coliform removal when the system was less mature. Removal of turbidity was significantly improved when the roughing filter was more mature, suggesting that biological treatment was an important treatment mechanism in the roughing filter. Although pre-ozonation was used mainly for the removal of organic carbon and colour, it achieved complete removal of coliform bacteria and was also suspected to be important for enhanced removal of turbidity. The second slow sand filter in series provided additional robustness to the process by reducing effluent turbidity to below 1 NTU during cold water runoff events of high turbidity and increased hydraulic loadings (0. 6 m/h), while achieving effluent below 0. 3 NTU during normal periods of operation. It also provided additional removals of coliforms under challenging operating conditions, and contributed an additional average removal of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> of 0. 8 logs, which resulted in cumulative removal of 3. 7 logs, approximately 1 log greater than all the other challenge tests. Collectively, the entire multistage system performed well with water temperatures ranging down to 2&deg;C, limited filter maturity, elevated raw water turbidities, and increased hydraulic loading rates. Its ability to meet the current Ontario turbidity regulations and greater than 2 log removal of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> over a range of operating conditions, with little or no process adjustment, is a testament to the robustness and minimal maintenance requirements of the process, which are desirable attributes for small water systems that are often located in rural areas. While this research demonstrated the performance of multistage filtration using pilot scale testing, it is important to note that full-scale plants tend to produce significantly better results than pilot facilities, due to long term biological maturation of the system. Overall, multistage filtration is a sustainable and cost-effective technology that, through this research, appears to be a safe, reliable, and robust treatment alternative for small and non-municipal water systems in North America and the developing world. Further, based on its performance with challenging influent water quality and cold water conditions, multistage filtration holds particular promise for small communities in northern climates that are required to meet safe drinking water regulations, but are dependent on surface water sources of variable water quality and temperatures.

Resumo: A pesquisa vem testar duas tecnologias conhecidas, mas no Brasil nunca utilizada em conjunto. O processo de oxidação com utilização de radiação solar seguida pelo processo de filtração lenta pode ser muito promissor no tratamento de água para pequenas comunidades ou comunidades rurais. A praticidade em conjunto com uma nova tecnologia vem mostrar a eficiência de uma energia que não é aproveitada ou até pouco aproveitada no mundo todo. A incidência de raios Ultra Violeta presente na radiação solar quebrou as moléculas de ácido húmico e de fármacos facilitando sua remoção pela camada biológica dos filtros lento. As moléculas restantes poderão ser retiradas por adsorção pelo carvão ativado granular presente em uma coluna. Tanto o ácido húmico quanto os fármacos são moléculas difíceis de serem retiradas da água em um processo convencional de tratamento de água, estes são micro poluentes que tem causado preocupação entre os estudiosos. Devido a esta dificuldade pensou-se em desenvolver um método que é mais eficaz e tornar-se a água mais potável e financeiramente mais acessível pela classe baixa. No tratamento da água obteve-se uma remoção de ácido húmico em torno de 55% e de fármacos na média de 60%, variando de acordo com os compostos utilizados que foram diclofenaco, dipirona, ibuprofeno e naproxeno / Abstract: The study is to test two known technologies, but never used in Brazil together. The oxidation process using solar radiation followed by slow filtration process can be very promising in the treatment of water for small communities or rural communities. The practice together with a new technology comes along to show the efficiency of energy that is wasted or even little advantage worldwide. The breaking of the molecule by the impact of UV rays present in sunlight broke the molecules of humic acid and drugs facilitating its removal by biological layer of slow filters. The remaining molecules may be removed by adsorption by granular activated carbon present in a column. Both the humic acid molecules as drugs are difficult to be removed from the water in a conventional process water treatment, these are micro pollutants that has caused concern among scholars. This difficulty incentived the developing of the method that is more efficient and become more potable water and more financially accessible for the lower class. In water treatment obtained a removal of humic acid and about 55% of drugs on average 60%, varying according to the compounds used were diclofenac, dipyrone, ibuprofen and naproxen / Orientador: Milton Dall'Aglio Sobrinho / Coorientador: Edson Pereira Tangerino / Banca: Alessandro Minillo / Banca: Mauricio Luiz Sens / Mestre

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Orientador: Jose Euclides Stipp Paterniani / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T17:36:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marrara_DaniloAparecidoFaveri_M.pdf: 739626 bytes, checksum: a356e874839131fd6c648e10f03c0b05 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: A filtração lenta é uma alternativa viável para regiões rurais afastadas dos grandes centros urbanos que necessitam de um sistema de tratamento de água de baixo custo de implantação, assim, presente trabalho avaliou a eficiência e o desempenho da filtração lenta em uma instalação piloto de filtração em areia e manta não tecida, e carvão ativado, precedida de um pré-filtro em pedregulho para tratamento de efluente de um sistema composto um de reator anaeróbio compartimentado e de leitos cultivados (wetlands) para tratamento de esgoto doméstico. Ênfases específicas foram dadas na avaliação da Filtração Lenta com meio filtrante de areia e manta não tecida e meio filtrante de areia com camada de carvão ativado granular e manta não tecida. Para uma taxa de filtração média de 3 m3/m2.dia, obteve-se uma eficiência média na remoção de sólidos em suspensão de 36,2% para o filtro lento de carvão e areia e manta não tecida e 28,2% para o filtro lento de areia e manta não tecida. A eficiência na remoção de turbidez foi de 43,2% no filtro de carvão e areia e manta não tecida e 33,2% no filtro de areia e manta não tecida. Para a cor obteve-se uma eficiência média de 39,3% para o filtro lento com camada de carvão e areia e manta não tecida e 26,0% para o filtro lento de areia e manta não tecida. A eficiência média na remoção de coliformes totais foi de 74,6% para o filtro lento de carvão e areia e manta não tecida e de 57,6% para o filtro lento de areia e manta não tecida. A remoção média de E.coli foi de 72,7% para o filtro lento de carvão e areia e manta não tecida e de 70,8% para o filtro lento de areia e manta não tecida. Devido à simplicidade de construção e operação, o filtro lento de carvão e areia e manta não tecida pode ser aplicado para tratamento de efluentes domésticos em pequenas comunidades bem como pode ser utilizado para melhorar a qualidade de um efluente a ser lançado em corpos d¿água ou se utilizar desta tecnologia simples para tratar água para fins de reuso / Abstract: The slow sand filtration is a viable economic alternative for small communities moved away from the great urban centers. This work evaluated the efficiency of a slow filter with sand layer, activated carbon and non-woven synthetic fabric, compared with a slow filter of sand and non-woven synthetic fabric to treat constructed wetland effluent. The results had shown the removal of 74,6% of total coliforms for the slow sand filter with activated carbon and 57.6% for the slow sand filter without activated carbon. The solid reduction was 36,2% for the filter with activated carbon and 26.2% for the filter without activated carbon. For the turbidity, the reduction of 43,2% for the filter with activated carbon against 33,2% for the filter without activated carbon, and for color the filter with activated carbon got 39.3% of efficiency against 26,0% for the filter without activated carbon. Due to simplicity of construction and operation, the slow sand filter with activated carbon, sand and non-woven synthetic fabric can be applied for treatment of domestic sewer in small communities and can be used to improve the quality of an effluent to be launched in water or use this simple technology to water treatment and water reuse / Mestrado / Saneamento e Ambiente / Mestre em Engenharia Civil

Orientador: Jose Euclides Stipp Paterniani / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agricola / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T19:36:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pelegrini_NubiaNataliadeBrito_D.pdf: 996195 bytes, checksum: 77e195562e461a19e9d3b633f0f102c1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Atualmente, uma das maiores preocupações ambientais está relacionada à grande geração de resíduos sólidos urbano. A disposição final em aterros sanitários é ainda uma prática que traz sérios impactos ao meio ambiente. Os resíduos em decomposição geram uma fração líquida conhecida como percolado de aterro sanitário, que é um líquido escuro com elevado potencial poluente. Os métodos convencionais de tratamento, comumente empregados em esgotos, têm demonstrado ineficiência na remediação do percolado que tem sido descartado nos corpos receptores com intensa coloração, elevadas concentrações de matéria orgânica, metais tóxicos e apresentando ainda alta toxicidade. Este trabalho teve como objetivo estudar um sistema integrado para o tratamento do percolado proveniente do aterro sanitário da cidade de Limeira-SP. O sistema consistiu em um tratamento preliminar por processo de filtração lenta e seqüencial tratamento por processos oxidativos avançados, sendo que, as técnicas fotocatálise heterogênea com TiO2/UV e fotocatálise homogênea com H2O2/UV foram experimentadas no processo de remediação. O filtro lento foi constituído por um tanque cilíndrico de polipropileno tendo como meio filtrante areia e mantas sintéticas não tecidas. A taxa de filtração adotada durante os experimentos foi de 3 m3/m2.dia. Os tratamentos fotocatalíticos foram realizados em um reator de vidro Pyrex com capacidade volumétrica de 1,7 L (com dimensões de: 100 mm de diâmetro interno, 145 mm de diâmetro externo e altura total de 300 mm) equipado com refrigeração à água e sistema de recirculação interna do percolado. Para otimizar o processo de tratamento foi avaliada a melhor metodologia para minimizar a coloração do percolado, um dos parâmetros de maior dificuldade de remoção. Foram estudadas as combinações: filtração lenta seguida de fotocatálise e fotocatálise seguida de filtração lenta, sendo que a primeira proposta apresentou melhores resultados. Na seqüência foram avaliadas as tecnologias: fotocatálise heterogênea com TiO2/UV e fotocatálise homogênea com H2O2/UV. Os resultados apresentaram-se bastante satisfatório após a aplicação dos dois processos oxidativos avançados, com redução da coloração do percolado na ordem de: 66% em 180 min e 76% em 540 min de tratamento com a fotocatálise heterogênea, empregando 700 mg.L-1 de TiO2, temperatura 45°C, vazão de ar 15 L.min-1 e lâmpada de 400 Watts. Com a fotocatálise homogênea obteve-se 91% de descoloração em 90 min de tratamento empregando condições experimentais otimizadas: volume de H2O2 35 mL (concentração: 205 mg.L-1 H2O2) adicionados ao reator em alíquotas de 15 mL (início); 10 mL (30 minutos) e 10 mL (60 minutos), temperatura 45oC e lâmpada de 400 Watts. Após a fotocatálise homogênea também foi observado reduções consideráveis nos valores de vários parâmetros importantes para o controle ambiental, tais como: 90% de turbidez, 46% de carbono orgânico total (COT), 93% de fenóis totais e 97% de nitrogênio amoniacal. Ensaios toxicológicos empregando sementes hortaliças e flores demonstraram melhora significativa no potencial de germinação, apresentando possibilidade de utilização de uma maior concentração do percolado tratado na germinação das sementes, indicando que o sistema de tratamento estudado é capaz de reduzir também a toxicidade do percolado. / Abstract: Nowadays, one of the great environmental concerns is related to the great generation of urbane solid residues. The final disposition in sanitary landfill is a practice that still brings serious impacts to the environment. The residues goes through physical, chemical and biological decomposition processes, generating into a gas phase (mainly composed by CH4 and CO2) and a liquid phase known as leachate, that is a dark liquid with potential pollutant high. The conventional methods used in the treatment of this residue lead to a discharge with intense coloration, high organic matter concentration, toxic metals and high toxicity. This work had as objective to study a system integrated for the remediation of the leachate originating from the sanitary landfill of Limeira-SP city The system consisted in a preliminary treatment by a system of slow sand filtration and the subsequent treatment through advanced oxidative processes, such as: heterogeneous photocatalysis UV/TiO2 and homogeneous photocatalysis UV/H2O2. The slow sand filter was constituted by a polypropylene cylindrical tank, sand and non-woven synthetic fabrics. The filtration rate of 3 m3/m2.day was adopted during the experiments. The photocatalytic treatment was accomplished in a Pyrex glass reactor of approximately 1.7 L (100 mm of internal diameter, 145 mm of external diameter and total height of 300 mm). The experiments were carried out through water refrigeration and internal recirculation system of the leachate. To optimize the treatment process the best methodology it was evaluated to minimize the coloration of the leachate, one of the parameters of larger removal difficulty. They were studied the combinations: slow filtration followed by fotocatálise and fotocatálise followed by slow filtration, and the first proposal presented better results. In the sequence they were evaluated the technologies: photocatalysis UV/TiO2 and homogeneous photocatalysis UV/H2O2. The results were satisfactory after the application of the two advanced oxidativos processes, with leachate coloration reduction in the order of: 66% in 180 min and 76% in 540 min of treatment with the heterogeneous fotocatálise, using 700 mg.L-1 of TiO2, 45°C temperature, 15 L.min-1 air flow and 400 Watts lamp. The highest reduction of the leachate coloration was 91% using the following optimized experimental conditions: homogeneous photocatalysis with H2O2 35 mL added to the reactor in aliquots of 15 mL (starting), 10 mL (30 minutes), 10 mL (60 minutes), 45oC temperature, 400 Watts lamp and 90 minutes treatment time. After the homogeneous photocatalysis also was observed considerable reduction of the values of environmental control parameters, such as: 90% turbidez, 46% total organic carbon (TOC), 93% total phenols and 97% amoniacal nitrogen. For the toxicological studies the vegetables and flowers seeds germination potential after homogeneous photocatalytic treatment got better, presenting the possibility of use of a leachate concentration larger in the seeds germination in study, showing that the treatment can to also reduce the leachate toxicity. / Doutorado / Agua e Solo / Mestre em Engenharia Agrícola

O interesse na remoção de material orgânico no tratamento de águas de abastecimento surgiu em decorrência do aumento na poluição dos mananciais, da descoberta de novas doenças de veiculação hídrica e do melhor conhecimento das propriedades mutagênicas e carcinogênicas de poluentes orgânicos, entre eles os agroquímicos. Na presente pesquisa foi estudada a seqüência de processos de tratamento: pré-filtração; pré-oxidação com ozônio e ozônio associado ao peróxido de hidrogênio e filtração lenta com leito de areia e leito de carvão ativado granular. Para concentração de atrazina no afluente entre 2,2 e 110,3 µg/L o filtro lento de areia com camada intermediária de carvão ativado granular apresentou para a condição de não utilização de pré-oxidação valores para atrazina no efluente inferiores a 2,0 µg/L e para dose de ozônio entre 0,9 e 3,7 mg/L e para relação de peróxido de hidrogênio entre 0,1 e 1,1 valores para atrazina inferiores a 0,1 µg/L. O sistema de tratamento com pré-filtração, pré-oxidação com ozônio e ozônio associado ao peróxido de hidrogênio seguido da filtração lenta com camada intermediária de carvão ativado granular, mostrou-se eficiente na remoção de atrazina para concentrações inferiores a 0,1 µg/L. / The interest in removing organic matter in supplying waters treatment processes emerged from the increasing levels of water pollution worldwide, the discovery of new water-born diseases and of a better knowledge of mutating (mutagenic) and carcinogenic features of organic pollutants, including the pesticides. The two sequential arrangements for the water treatment process considered in this research were: 1) pre-filtration, slow sand filtration and granular activated carbon filtration; and 2) pre-filtration, pre-oxidation with ozone and ozone associated to hydrogen peroxide, slow sand filtration and granular activated carbon filtration. For concentrations of atrazine between 2.2 and 110.3 µg/L in the affluent, its concentration in the effluent was lower than 2.0 µg/L for the first arrangement, and lower than 01 µg/L for the second one, in this case for consumed doses of ozone between 0.9 and 3.7 mg/L and ratio H2O2/O3 between 0.1 and 1.1. The treatment system used composed of pre-filtration, pre-oxidation with ozone and ozone associated to hydrogen peroxide followed by the slow filtration, with an intermediate layer of granular activated carbon, was found efficient in reducing atrazine to levels inferior to 0.1 µg/L.

M. Tech (Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied and Computer Sciences) Vaal University of Technology. / The presence of enteric viruses in drinking water poses a health risk to consumers. It is therefore very important for drinking water suppliers to provide water that is pathogen free and fit for human consumption. This can be achieved by an effective water treatment system that ensures the safety of water from the treatment plant until the water reaches the consumer. This study assessed the ability of a conventional water treatment system to remove viruses. The system consisted of three unit processes, namely, clarification, sand filtration and disinfection. These processes were simulated on a bench-scale to determine the effectiveness of each one at removing viruses. Clarification was conducted using a Phipps and Bird jar testing system and three different chemical treatments: (i) Polyelectrolyte (SUDFLOC 3835), (ii) a combination of lime and activated silica and (iii) a combination of lime, activated silica and ferric chloride. Sand filtration was simulated using a Phipps and Bird column filtration system. Disinfection was conducted using free chlorine. The findings from this study showed that the removal or inactivation of viruses increased with an increase in the concentration of chemicals added. For clarification, the combination of lime, activated silica and ferric chloride was the most effective treatment for the removal or inactivation of viruses. Sand filtration was found to be ineffective for the removal of viruses. Disinfection was shown to be the most effective process for the removal or inactivation of viruses. While clarification, sand filtration and disinfection did not remove or inactivate viruses equally, the entire treatment chain is still essential. This is because even if a barrier does not directly remove viruses it ensures that subsequent processes can function effectively. Overall the treatment processes should not be considered as discrete barriers but rather an integrated system that must function throughout to avoid a risk to customers.