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Inactivation of Escherichia coli in fresh water with advanced oxidation processes based on the combination of O3, H2O2, and TiO2. Kinetic modeling

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The purpose of this work was to study the efficiency of different treatments, based on the combination of O3, H2O2, and TiO2, on fresh surface water samples fortified with wild strains of Escherichia coli. Moreover, an exhaustive assessment of the influence of the different agents involved in the treatment has been carried out by kinetic modeling of E. coli inactivation results. The treatments studied were (i) ozonation (O3), (ii) the peroxone system (O3/0.04 mM H2O2), (iii) catalytic ozonation (O3/1 g/L TiO2), and (iv) a combined treatment of O3/1 g/L TiO2/0.04 mM H2O2. It was observed that the peroxone system achieved the highest levels of inactivation of E. coli, around 6.80 log after 10 min of contact time. Catalytic ozonation also obtained high levels of inactivation in a short period of time, reaching 6.22 log in 10 min. Both treatments, the peroxone system (O3/H2O2) and catalytic ozonation (O3/TiO2), produced a higher inactivation rate of E. coli than ozonation (4.97 log after 10 min). While the combination of ozone with hydrogen peroxide or titanium dioxide thus produces an increase in the inactivation yield of E. coli regarding ozonation, the O3/TiO2/H2O2 combination did not enhance the inactivation results. The fitting of experimental values to the corresponding equations through non-linear regression techniques was carried out with Microsoft® Excel GInaFiT software. The inactivation results of E. coli did not respond to linear functions, and it was necessary to use mathematical models able to describe certain deviations in the bacterial inactivation processes. In this case, the inactivation results fit with mathematical models based on the hypothesis that the bacteria population is divided into two different subgroups with different degrees of resistance to treatments, for instance biphasic and biphasic with shoulder models.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to express their thanks for funding obtained by the consolidated research group T33 from DGA-FSE and MICINN-FEDER through the project “Regeneración de aguas depuradas mediante procesos de oxidación avanzada (CTM2008-01876/TECNO).” The authors also thank the regional government of Aragón for a Ph.D. grant awarded to Jorge Rodríguez-Chueca.

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    Jorge Rodríguez-Chueca, M. Peña Ormad Melero, Rosa Mosteo Abad, Javier Esteban Finol & José Luis Ovelleiro Narvión

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Highlights

• The disinfection of E. coli in fresh surface water samples was evaluated.

• The treatment of water with O3, TiO2 or/and H2O2 is an alternative to chlorination.

• Peroxone system and catalytic ozonation reached the best inactivation results.

• GInaFiT tool allows studying the kinetic modeling of the E. coli inactivation.

• E. coli population is divided into two subpopulation groups with different resistance.

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Rodríguez-Chueca, J., Ormad Melero, M.P., Mosteo Abad, R. et al. Inactivation of Escherichia coli in fresh water with advanced oxidation processes based on the combination of O3, H2O2, and TiO2. Kinetic modeling. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22, 10280–10290 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-4222-3

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