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Human health risk assessment associated with the reuse of treated wastewater in arid areas

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    Identificador:  imarina:9412964
    Autors:  Shomar, Basem; Rovira, Joaquim
    Resum:
    Qatar produces more than 850,000 m(3)/day of highly treated wastewater. The present study aims at characterizing the effluents coming out of three central wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) of chemical pollutants including metals, metalloids and antibiotics commonly used in the country. Additionally, the study is assessing human health risks associated with the exposure to the treated wastewater (TWW) via dermal and ingestion routes. Although the origin of domestic wastewater is desalinated water (the only source of fresh water), the results show that the targeted parameters in TWW were within the international standards. Concentrations of Cl, F, Br, NO3, NO2, SO4 and PO4, were 389,
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    Autor segons l'article: Shomar, Basem; Rovira, Joaquim
    Departament: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
    Autor/s de la URV: Rovira Solano, Joaquim
    Paraules clau: Water scarcity; Water reuse; Wastewater; Treated wastewater; Thallium; Soil; Risk assessment; Plan; Pharmaceuticals; Metalloids; Humans; Human health risks; Human health risk; Groundwater; Effluent; Child; Anti-bacterial agents; Agricultural irrigation; Adult
    Resum: Qatar produces more than 850,000 m(3)/day of highly treated wastewater. The present study aims at characterizing the effluents coming out of three central wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) of chemical pollutants including metals, metalloids and antibiotics commonly used in the country. Additionally, the study is assessing human health risks associated with the exposure to the treated wastewater (TWW) via dermal and ingestion routes. Although the origin of domestic wastewater is desalinated water (the only source of fresh water), the results show that the targeted parameters in TWW were within the international standards. Concentrations of Cl, F, Br, NO3, NO2, SO4 and PO4, were 389,
    Àrees temàtiques: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros; Toxicology; Saúde coletiva; Química; Pollution; Nutrição; Medicine (miscellaneous); Medicina ii; Medicina i; Matemática / probabilidade e estatística; Interdisciplinar; Health, toxicology and mutagenesis; Geografía; Geociências; General medicine; Farmacia; Environmental sciences; Ensino; Engenharias iii; Engenharias ii; Engenharias i; Ciências biológicas iii; Ciências biológicas ii; Ciências biológicas i; Ciências ambientais; Ciências agrárias i; Ciência de alimentos; Biotecnología; Biodiversidade; Arquitetura e urbanismo
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: joaquim.rovira@urv.cat
    Data d'alta del registre: 2025-01-08
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
    Enllaç font original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749124001921
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Environmental Pollution. 345 123478-
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Shomar, Basem; Rovira, Joaquim (2024). Human health risk assessment associated with the reuse of treated wastewater in arid areas. Environmental Pollution, 345(), 123478-. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123478
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    DOI de l'article: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123478
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2024
    Tipus de publicació: info:eu-repo/semantics/preprint
  • Paraules clau:

    Environmental Sciences,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Medicine (Miscellaneous),Pollution,Toxicology
    Water scarcity
    Water reuse
    Wastewater
    Treated wastewater
    Thallium
    Soil
    Risk assessment
    Plan
    Pharmaceuticals
    Metalloids
    Humans
    Human health risks
    Human health risk
    Groundwater
    Effluent
    Child
    Anti-bacterial agents
    Agricultural irrigation
    Adult
    Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
    Toxicology
    Saúde coletiva
    Química
    Pollution
    Nutrição
    Medicine (miscellaneous)
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Matemática / probabilidade e estatística
    Interdisciplinar
    Health, toxicology and mutagenesis
    Geografía
    Geociências
    General medicine
    Farmacia
    Environmental sciences
    Ensino
    Engenharias iii
    Engenharias ii
    Engenharias i
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências agrárias i
    Ciência de alimentos
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Arquitetura e urbanismo
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