Publications by authors named "Felipe A R Souza"

The effectiveness of advanced technologies on eliminating antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and resistance genes (ARGs) from wastewaters have been recently investigated. Solar photo-Fenton has been proven effective in combating ARB and ARGs from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant effluent (MWWTPE). However, most of these studies have relied solely on cultivable methods to assess ARB removal.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

This work aimed to assess the elimination and inactivation of resistance-conferring plasmids (RCPs) present in suspension in secondary wastewater by solar photo-Fenton as these are important vectors for the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance. Experiments were performed in synthetic secondary wastewater (SWW) and municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent (MWWTPE). Solar photo-Fenton (50 mg L of HO and 30 mg L of Fe) was carried out for 60 min at neutral pH by applying the intermittent iron addition strategy.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Solar photo-Fenton represents an innovative and low-cost option for the treatment of recalcitrant industrial wastewater, such as the textile wastewater. Textile wastewater usually shows high acute toxic and variability and may be composed of many different chemical compounds. This study aimed at optimizing and validating solar photo-Fenton treatment of textile wastewater in a semi-pilot compound parabolic collector (CPC) for toxicity removal and wastewater reclamation.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF