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The removal and recycling of phosphorus from wastewater

Ana Tutić ; Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Prehrambeno-tehnološki fakultet, Osijek, Hrvatska
Anđela Zeko-Pivač ; Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Prehrambeno-tehnološki fakultet, Osijek, Hrvatska
Tibela Landeka Dragičević ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prehrambeno-biotehnološki fakultet, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Mario Šiljeg ; Sveučilište Sjever, Varaždin, Hrvatska
Mirna Habuda-Stanić orcid.org/0000-0002-0089-9488 ; Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Prehrambeno-tehnološki fakultet, Osijek, Hrvatska

Sažetak

If untreated wastewater containing high concentrations of phosphorus is discharged into a natural recipient, it poses an environmental threat, causing eutrophication of water bodies all over the world. In the past century, numerous investigations in nutrient removal from wastewater, particularly phosphorus and nitrogen, were conducted in order to reduce their adverse impact on the environment. Phosphorus is an element that is naturally present in the environment; however, its increased concentrations have been detected in many freshwater ecosystems as a consequence of many years of uncontrolled untreated or insufficiently treated wastewater discharges into the nature. Increased phosphorus concentrations in natural waters impair water quality by causing primarily excessive algae growth and reduced oxygen concentrations. Experts are making great efforts to find an efficient, ecologically acceptable and feasible solution to its reduction, i.e. removal of phosphorus from wastewater. On the other hand, rather than being considered a pollutant, phosphorus has been considered a recyclable element in the past 20 years. This paper presents an overview of the results of scientific research conducted in the past 5 years within the aim of removing and recycling phosphorus from the environment.

Ključne riječi

wastewater, phosphorus removal, phosphorus recycling

Hrčak ID:

255038

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/255038

Datum izdavanja:

30.3.2021.

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