{"id":8001,"date":"2024-10-21T19:47:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T19:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/?p=8001"},"modified":"2024-10-21T19:47:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T19:47:30","slug":"pharmaceuticals-in-wastewater-how-woodchips-and-biochar-could-offer-a-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/pharmaceuticals-in-wastewater-how-woodchips-and-biochar-could-offer-a-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater: How Woodchips and Biochar Could Offer a Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-blockquote uagb-block-e7eb3fc3 uagb-blockquote__skin-border uagb-blockquote__stack-img-none\"><blockquote class=\"uagb-blockquote\"><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__content\">A team led by Hongxu Zhou at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has unveiled a promising method using woodchips and biochar to remove harmful pharmaceuticals and nutrients from wastewater, offering a potential solution for better water quality.<\/div><footer><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__author-wrap uagb-blockquote__author-at-left\"><\/div><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b0ffac9c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-size:16px\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">The University Network<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share uagb-social-share__outer-wrap uagb-social-share__layout-horizontal uagb-block-ee584a31\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share-child uagb-ss-repeater uagb-ss__wrapper uagb-block-ec619ce7\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"facebook\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M504 256C504 119 393 8 256 8S8 119 8 256c0 123.8 90.69 226.4 209.3 245V327.7h-63V256h63v-54.64c0-62.15 37-96.48 93.67-96.48 27.14 0 55.52 4.84 55.52 4.84v61h-31.28c-30.8 0-40.41 19.12-40.41 38.73V256h68.78l-11 71.69h-57.78V501C413.3 482.4 504 379.8 504 256z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share-child uagb-ss-repeater uagb-ss__wrapper uagb-block-32d99934\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"twitter\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M389.2 48h70.6L305.6 224.2 487 464H345L233.7 318.6 106.5 464H35.8L200.7 275.5 26.8 48H172.4L272.9 180.9 389.2 48zM364.4 421.8h39.1L151.1 88h-42L364.4 421.8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share-child uagb-ss-repeater uagb-ss__wrapper uagb-block-1d136f14\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"linkedin\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M416 32H31.9C14.3 32 0 46.5 0 64.3v383.4C0 465.5 14.3 480 31.9 480H416c17.6 0 32-14.5 32-32.3V64.3c0-17.8-14.4-32.3-32-32.3zM135.4 416H69V202.2h66.5V416zm-33.2-243c-21.3 0-38.5-17.3-38.5-38.5S80.9 96 102.2 96c21.2 0 38.5 17.3 38.5 38.5 0 21.3-17.2 38.5-38.5 38.5zm282.1 243h-66.4V312c0-24.8-.5-56.7-34.5-56.7-34.6 0-39.9 27-39.9 54.9V416h-66.4V202.2h63.7v29.2h.9c8.9-16.8 30.6-34.5 62.9-34.5 67.2 0 79.7 44.3 79.7 101.9V416z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a new study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0304389424024610\" title=\"\">published<\/a> in the journal of Hazardous Materials, researchers from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have discovered that combining woodchip bioreactors with a specialized form of biochar can significantly reduce both nutrient pollutants and common pharmaceuticals like ibuprofen in wastewater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Even at low concentrations, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) can degrade water quality, disrupt ecosystems, promote antibiotic resistance and lead to bioaccumulation in wildlife,&#8221; lead author Hongxu Zhou, a former doctoral student in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/aces.illinois.edu\/news\/study-combines-woodchips-and-biochar-clean-water-pharmaceuticals-nutrients\" title=\"\">news release<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These pollutants, along with nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, underscore the need for improved wastewater management strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Woodchip bioreactors work by leveraging microbes that inhabit the woodchips. These microbes &#8220;eat&#8221; nitrate, converting harmful compounds into harmless nitrogen gas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zhou\u2019s team enhanced this system by developing a designer biochar. Made from sawdust pre-treated with lime sludge and slow-burned into a charcoal-like material, this biochar can effectively bind with phosphorus and various PPCPs, ensuring these harmful substances are not re-released into the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Testing their innovative &#8220;treatment-train&#8221; system, which they called B<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0(bioreactor-biochar), the researchers ran nitrogen, phosphorus, ibuprofen, naproxen, the diabetes drug sitagliptin and a form of estrogen through the woodchip bioreactors followed by the biochar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results were impressive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn average, the B<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0system removed 77% of the nitrate, 99% of the phosphorus, and about 70% of the ibuprofen, 74% of the naproxen, 91% of the sitagliptin, and 97% of the estrone,\u201d co-author\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/directory.illinois.edu\/detail?userId=weizheng@illinois.edu&amp;widgetId=15\">Wei Zheng<\/a>, a principal research scientist at the\u00a0Illinois Sustainable Technology Center\u00a0(ISTC), part of the Prairie Research Institute\u00a0at U. of I, said in the news release. \u201cThe biochar acted like activated carbon to efficiently remove pharmaceutical residues from the contaminated water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly, the study found that changing the water flow rate affected the efficiency of nitrogen removal, with slower speeds improving results. Meanwhile, using granule rather than pellet biochar proved better for absorbing pharmaceuticals and phosphorus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though some bacterial community changes were noted within the bioreactors, the system&#8217;s ability to remove nitrates remained robust. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;For me, the most exciting aspect of our findings is the confirmation that the woodchip bioreactor&#8217;s nitrate efficiency remains unaffected by PPCPs,&#8221; added Zhou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This indicates that the system could hold up well under real-world conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scaling the B2 system beyond the lab, the researchers modeled its potential effectiveness in larger applications. 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