Ferrate(VI) Pre-treatment and Subsequent Chlorination of Blue-green Algae: Quantification of Disinfection Byproducts

Overview

Journal Environ Int

Specialties Environmental Health
Toxicology

Date 2019 Oct 27

PMID 31654918

Citations 3

Authors

Feilong Dong

Jiaqi Liu

Cong Li

Qiufeng Lin

Tuqiao Zhang

Kejia Zhang

Virender K Sharma

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

Algal organic matter (AOM) from seasonal algal blooms may be an important precursor of disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in drinking water. This paper presents the effect of ferrate(VI) treatment on two blue-green algae, Chlorella sp. and Pseudanabaena limnetica, in eutrophic water. The results demonstrated that Fe(VI) removed the algal cells by causing cell death, apoptosis, and lost integrity, and decreased AOM (in terms of total organic carbon) in water via oxidation and coagulation. Chlorination of the Fe(VI) pre-oxidized algal water samples generated halogenated DBPs (including trihalomethanes, haloacetic acids, haloketones, chloral hydrate, haloacetonitriles, and trichloronitromethane), but the concentrations of DBPs were lower than those formed in the chlorinated samples without pre-treatment by Fe(VI). Higher Fe(VI) dose, longer oxidation time, and alkaline pH were beneficial in controlling DBPs. In bromide-containing algal solutions, negligible amount of bromo-DBPs were generated in the Fe(VI) pre-oxidation, and halogenated DBPs were mainly formed in the subsequent chlorination.

Citing Articles

In Situ Observation of Cellular Structure Changes in and Chain Segregations of sp. PCC 7120 on TiO Films under a Photocatalytic Device.

Wang X, Zhang J, Li Q, Jia R, Qiao M, Cui W Molecules. 2023; 28(20).

PMID: 37894679 PMC: 10609019. DOI: 10.3390/molecules28207200.

Ferrate(VI) pretreatment of water containing natural organic matter, bromide, and iodide: A potential strategy to control soluble lead release from PbO(s).

Liu J, Mulenos M, Hockaday W, Sayes C, Sharma V Chemosphere. 2020; 263:128035.

PMID: 33297053 PMC: 8667770. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128035.

Ferrate(VI) pretreatment before disinfection: An effective approach to controlling unsaturated and aromatic halo-disinfection byproducts in chlorinated and chloraminated drinking waters.

Liu J, Lujan H, Dhungana B, Hockaday W, Sayes C, Cobb G Environ Int. 2020; 138:105641.

PMID: 32203804 PMC: 7724572. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105641.

References

Dong F, Li C, Crittenden J, Zhang T, Lin Q, He G . Sulfadiazine destruction by chlorination in a pilot-scale water distribution system: Kinetics, pathway, and bacterial community structure. J Hazard Mater. 2018; 366:88-97. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.11.096. View

Yang X, Guo W, Zhang X, Chen F, Ye T, Liu W . Formation of disinfection by-products after pre-oxidation with chlorine dioxide or ferrate. Water Res. 2013; 47(15):5856-64. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.07.010. View

Liu J, Zhang X . Comparative toxicity of new halophenolic DBPs in chlorinated saline wastewater effluents against a marine alga: halophenolic DBPs are generally more toxic than haloaliphatic ones. Water Res. 2014; 65:64-72. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.07.024. View

Wert E, Rosario-Ortiz F . Intracellular organic matter from cyanobacteria as a precursor for carbonaceous and nitrogenous disinfection byproducts. Environ Sci Technol. 2013; 47(12):6332-40. DOI: 10.1021/es400834k. View

Gonsior M, Powers L, Williams E, Place A, Chen F, Ruf A . The chemodiversity of algal dissolved organic matter from lysed Microcystis aeruginosa cells and its ability to form disinfection by-products during chlorination. Water Res. 2019; 155:300-309. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.02.030. View

Ge F, Xiao Y, Yang Y, Wang W, Moe B, Li X . Formation of water disinfection byproduct 2,6-dichloro-1,4-benzoquinone from chlorination of green algae. J Environ Sci (China). 2018; 63:1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2017.10.001. View

Yang X, Guo W, Shen Q . Formation of disinfection byproducts from chlor(am)ination of algal organic matter. J Hazard Mater. 2011; 197:378-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.09.098. View

Huang J, Graham N, Templeton M, Zhang Y, Collins C, Nieuwenhuijsen M . A comparison of the role of two blue-green algae in THM and HAA formation. Water Res. 2009; 43(12):3009-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.04.029. View

Tao P, Zhang Y, Wu Z, Liao X, Nie S . Enzymatic pretreatment for cellulose nanofibrils isolation from bagasse pulp: Transition of cellulose crystal structure. Carbohydr Polym. 2019; 214:1-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.03.012. View

10.

Yang F, Zhang J, Chu W, Yin D, Templeton M . Haloactamides versus halomethanes formation and toxicity in chloraminated drinking water. J Hazard Mater. 2014; 274:156-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.04.008. View

11.

Shao B, Dong H, Sun B, Guan X . Role of Ferrate(IV) and Ferrate(V) in Activating Ferrate(VI) by Calcium Sulfite for Enhanced Oxidation of Organic Contaminants. Environ Sci Technol. 2018; 53(2):894-902. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b04990. View

12.

Daly R, Ho L, Brookes J . Effect of chlorination on Microcystis aeruginosa cell integrity and subsequent microcystin release and degradation. Environ Sci Technol. 2007; 41(12):4447-53. DOI: 10.1021/es070318s. View

13.

Feng M, Baum J, Nesnas N, Lee Y, Huang C, Sharma V . Oxidation of Sulfonamide Antibiotics of Six-Membered Heterocyclic Moiety by Ferrate(VI): Kinetics and Mechanistic Insight into SO Extrusion. Environ Sci Technol. 2019; 53(5):2695-2704. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06535. View

14.

Fang J, Ma J, Yang X, Shang C . Formation of carbonaceous and nitrogenous disinfection by-products from the chlorination of Microcystis aeruginosa. Water Res. 2010; 44(6):1934-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.11.046. View

15.

Hua L, Lin J, Syue M, Huang C, Chen P . Optical properties of algogenic organic matter within the growth period of Chlorella sp. and predicting their disinfection by-product formation. Sci Total Environ. 2017; 621:1467-1474. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.082. View

16.

Wert E, Dong M, Rosario-Ortiz F . Using digital flow cytometry to assess the degradation of three cyanobacteria species after oxidation processes. Water Res. 2013; 47(11):3752-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.038. View

17.

Casbeer E, Sharma V, Zajickova Z, Dionysiou D . Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of tryptophan by ferrate(VI). Environ Sci Technol. 2013; 47(9):4572-80. DOI: 10.1021/es305283k. View

18.

Richardson S, Plewa M, Wagner E, Schoeny R, DeMarini D . Occurrence, genotoxicity, and carcinogenicity of regulated and emerging disinfection by-products in drinking water: a review and roadmap for research. Mutat Res. 2007; 636(1-3):178-242. DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2007.09.001. View

19.

Gao S, Du M, Tian J, Yang J, Yang J, Ma F . Effects of chloride ions on electro-coagulation-flotation process with aluminum electrodes for algae removal. J Hazard Mater. 2010; 182(1-3):827-34. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.06.114. View

20.

Moradinejad S, Glover C, Mailly J, Seighalani T, Peldszus S, Barbeau B . Using Advanced Spectroscopy and Organic Matter Characterization to Evaluate the Impact of Oxidation on Cyanobacteria. Toxins (Basel). 2019; 11(5). PMC: 6563301. DOI: 10.3390/toxins11050278. View