BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Arab Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230101 TZNAME:Arab Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Host: The WDRC Students CommitteeAbstract: In\n a majority of c ountries in the Arab world\, the poorly restricted use \nand release of em erging chemical contaminants (including \npharmaceuticals/antibiotics) cau ses a significantly higher occurrence of\n these pollutants in wastewater streams than is seen in other parts of \nthe world. Given that conventiona l wastewater treatment does not target \nthe removal of such compounds\, t he lack of upstream regulation in the \nArab world makes their potential e nvironmental and human health impacts \nmuch more acute. Among these impac ts is a direct contribution to the \nspread of antibiotic resistance. Main stream anaerobic wastewater \ntreatment technologies such as the anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR)\n can serve to reduce dependence on compromis ed traditional water \nresources by allowing for direct (non-potable) effl uent reuse. Anaerobic\n biotechnologies have also shown great promise for removing specific \nemerging contaminants that tend to be persistent in co nventional and \naerobic treated effluents. Still\, the basis of their rem oval using \nsystems such as the AnMBR is not well understood (i.e.\, to w hat extent \nthe anerobic bioprocess plays a role and what the compounds a re \ntransformed into). Recent evidence has shown that membrane biofilms i n \nAnMBRs may play a greater role in the removal process than previously \nthought. Whether such biofilms can be developed without detrimentally \n affecting transmembrane pressure\, however\, remains to be determined. Bio : Moustapha\n Harb is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental En gineering \nat the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Byblos\, Lebanon. He \nreceived his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering from Kin g \nAbdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in 2017. He hold s \nB.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Houston (Civil and \nEnvi ronmental Engineering\, respectively). Prior to joining LAU\, Dr. Harb\n s erved as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of \nSouthern California (USC). He also has over five years of experience as a\n Profes sional Engineer in the State of Texas\, with design and consulting\n exper tise in the areas of water resources and environmental \nengineering. Dr. Harb's research is centered on evaluating sustainable \nwastewater treatme nt technologies and their microbial communities\, as \nwell as their poten tial to mitigate for contaminants of emerging \nconcern. \; \;Lig ht\nrefreshments will be provided. DTEND:20220508T130000Z DTSTAMP:20240329T100251Z DTSTART:20220508T120000Z LOCATION:Auditorium 0215 btw. Buildings 4 & 5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Membrane biofilm-based strategies in anaerobic membrane bioreactors to improve mitigation of emerging contaminants UID:RFCALITEM638473141717731782 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Host: The WDRC Students Co mmittee
Abstract:
In\n a majority of countries
in the Arab world\, the poorly restricted use \nand release of emerging ch
emical contaminants (including \npharmaceuticals/antibiotics) causes a sig
nificantly higher occurrence of\n these pollutants in wastewater streams t
han is seen in other parts of \nthe world. Given that conventional wastewa
ter treatment does not target \nthe removal of such compounds\, the lack o
f upstream regulation in the \nArab world makes their potential environmen
tal and human health impacts \nmuch more acute. Among these impacts is a d
irect contribution to the \nspread of antibiotic resistance.
Mainst ream anaerobic wastewater \ntreatment technologies such as the anaerobic m embrane bioreactor (AnMBR)\n can serve to reduce dependence on compromised traditional water \nresources by allowing for direct (non-potable) efflue nt reuse. Anaerobic\n biotechnologies have also shown great promise for re moving specific \nemerging contaminants that tend to be persistent in conv entional and \naerobic treated effluents. Still\, the basis of their remov al using \nsystems such as the AnMBR is not well understood (i.e.\, to wha t extent \nthe anerobic bioprocess plays a role and what the compounds are \ntransformed into). Recent evidence has shown that membrane biofilms in \nAnMBRs may play a greater role in the removal process than previously \n thought. Whether such biofilms can be developed without detrimentally \naf fecting transmembrane pressure\, however\, remains to be determined.
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Light\nrefreshments will be provi ded.
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