Publications & Presentations

 

Reports and deliverables
Peer-reviewed publications
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
Presentations
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007

Reports and deliverables

 

1^st Periodic Activity Report, Publishable Executive Summary

 

2^nd Periodic Activity Report, Publishable Executive Summary

 

DELIVERABLES (PU - public; RE - restricted)

D1.1: Strategies to minimize micropollutant release in plant effluent (PU), in preparation

D1.2: Strategies to improve nutrient removal (PU), in preparation

D1.3: Strategies for a sustainable and safe sludge removal (RE)

D2.1: Novel technologies for wastewater and sludge treatment (PU)

D2.2: New approaches for a sustainable WWTP design (PU)

D3.1: Ecotoxicity and microbiological testing methods (OECD and DIN/ISO guidelines) optimised for whole effluent testing (PU)

D3.2: Data set of ecotoxicity testing in relevant treatment processes and additionally of two emerging contaminants (PU with confidential Annex)

D3.3: Fate and occurrence of the selected analytes, microorganisms, viruses and mode of actions in relevant treatment processes (PU), in preparation

D3.4: Concept of mobile analytical unit (PU), in preparation

D4.1: Assessment of environmental sustainability and best practice (PU)

D4.2: Methodology for including specific biological effects and pathogen aspects into LCA (PU)

D4.3: Decision support guideline based on LCA and  cost efficiency assesment (PU), in preparation

D5.2: Conclusion of the workshop about the revision of the WFD priority substances (PU)

D5.4: Catalogue with criteria for evaluating technologies, in preparation

 

Peer-reviewed publications

Year 2010

Batstone, DJ, Balthes, C., and Barr, K. (2010)

Model Assisted Startup of Anaerobic Digesters Fed with Thermally Hydrolysed Activated Sludge

Submitted Wat. Sci. Tech Feb 2010

 

Escher B.I., Baumgartner R., Koller M., Treyer K., Lienert J., McArdell C.S. (2010)

Environmental toxicology and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals from hospital wastewater,

Submitted Feb 13 2010.

 

Mascolo G. , Locaputo V. , Mininni G. (2010)

New perspective on the determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and other flame retardants  in sewage sludge by ultra high pressure liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and atmospheric pressure photoionization

Submitted to J. Chromatography A.

 

Moldovan Z., Marincas O., Avram V. Ternes T. (2010)

Determination of linear alkylbenzenesulfonates (LASs) in water samples using characteristic ion profiles

To be submitted to Journal of Mass Spectrometry

 

Prasse, C., Schlüsener M. P., Schulz, R., Ternes, T.A. (2010)

Antiviral Drugs in Wastewater and Surface Waters: A new Pharmaceutical Class of Environmental Relevance?

Environ. Sci. Technol. in press

 

Stalter D., Magdeburg A., Oehlmann J. (2010)

Comparative toxicity assessment of ozone and activated carbon treated sewage effluents using an in vivo test battery,

Water Research, in press

 

Stalter D., Magdeburg A., Oehlmann J. (2010)

Oekotoxikologische Studien zu erweiterten Abwasseraufbereitungsmethoden - ein Ueberblick,

Korrespondenz Abwasser und Abfall, in press

 

Zimmermann S. G., Wittenwiler M.,  Hollender J.,  Krauss M.,  Ort C.,  Siegrist H.,  von Gunten U., (submitted in 2010)

Kinetic assessment and modeling of an ozonation step for full-scale municipal wastewater treatment: micropollutant oxidation, by-product formation and disinfection in preparation

to be submitted in February 2010 to Water Research

 

Year 2009

Batstone DJ, Tait S, Starrenburg D. (2009)

Estimation of hydrolysis parameters in full-scale anerobic digesters

Biotech. and Bioeng. 102(5): 1513-1520

 

Braguglia C.M., Gianico A., Mininni G. (2009)

Effect of ultrasound on particle surface charge and filterability during sludge anaerobic digestion

Wat. Sci. and Tech., 60 (8), 2025-2033

 

Forrez, I., Carballa, M., Boon, N. and Verstraete, W. (2009) 

Biological removal of 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) in an aerated nitrifying fixed bed reactor during ammonium starvation, 

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 84, 119-125.

 

Hollender J., Zimmermann S.G., Koepke S., Krauss M., McArdell C.S., Ort C., Singer H., von Gunten U., Siegrist H. (2009)

Elimination of Organic Micropollutants in a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgraded with a Full-Scale Post-Ozonation Followed by Sand Filtration

Environ. Sci. Technol., 43 (20),  7862-7869

 

Joss A., Salzgeber D., Eugste J., Koenig R., Rottermann K., Burger S., Peter F., SLeumann S., Mohn J. and Siegrist H. (2009)

Full-Scale nitrogen removal from digester liquid with partial nitritation and anammox in one SBR,

Environ. Sci. Technol. in press

 

Kormos, J.L, Schulz, M., Wagner, M., Ternes, T.A.(2009)

Multistep approach for the structural identification of biotransformation products of iodinated X-ray contrast media by liquid chromatography/hybrid triple quadrupole linear ion trap mass spectrometry and ¹H and ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance.

Anal. Chem. 81, 9216–9224

 

Lee Y., Zimmermann S.G., Kieu A.T., von Gunten U. (2009)

Ferrate (Fe(VI)) Application for Municipal Wastewater Treatment: A Novel Process for Simultaneous Micropollutant Oxidation and Phosphate Removal

Environ. Sci. Technol., 43 (10), 3831-3838

 

Marincas O., Petrov P., Ternes T., Avram V.  Moldovan Z. (2009)

The improvement of removal effects on organic pollutants in Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP)
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 182 (2009) 012040

 

Stalter. D, Magdeburg A.,  Weil M.,  Knacker T.,  Oehlmann J. (2009)

Toxication or detoxication? In vivo toxicity assessment of
ozonation as advanced wastewater treatment with the
rainbow trout,

Water Research. in press

 

Tomei M.C., Braguglia C.M., Cento G., Mininni G. (2009)

Modeling of anaerobic digestion of sludge

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 39, 1003-1051

 

Weissbrodt D., Kovalova L., Ort C., Pazhepurackel V., Moser R., Hollender J., Siegrist H., McArdell C.S. (2009)

Mass flows of X-rax contrast media and cytostatics in hospital wastewater,

Environ. Sci. Technol. 43, 4810-4817.

 

Wick, A., Fink, G., Joss, A., Siegrist, H., Ternes, T.A. ( 2009)

Fate of beta blockers and psycho-active drugs in conventional wastewater treatment
Water Research 43, 1060-1074

 

Wick, A., Fink, G., Ternes, T.A. (2009)

Comparison of electrospray ionization and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization for multi-residue analysis of biocides, UV-filters and benzothiazoles in aqueous matrices and activated sludge by liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry
J. Chromatogr. A, in press.

 

Year 2008

Braguglia C.M., Mininni G., Gianico A. (2008)

Is sonication effective to improve biogas production and solids reduction in excess sludge digestion?

Water Sci. and Tech., 57 (4),  479-483.

 

Dwyer J, Starrenburg D, Tait S, Barr K, Batstone DJ, Lant PA. (2008)

The impact of thermal hydrolysis operating temperature on colour production and biodegradability of waste activated sludge

Wat Res. 42(18): 4699-4709

 

Forrez, I., Carballa, M., Noppe, H., De Brabander, H., Boon, N. and Verstraete, W. (2008) 

Influence of manganese and ammonium oxidation on the removal of 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2),

Water Research 43, 77-86.

 

Kaelin D., Rieger L., Eugster J., Rottermann K., Baenninger C. and Siegrist H. (2008)

Potential of in situ sensors with ion-selective electrodes for aeration control of WWTP ,

Wat. Sci. and Tech., 58 (3),  629-637

 

Rieger, L., Langergraber, G., Kaelin, D., Siegrist, H. and Vanrolleghem, P.A. (2008)

Long-term evaluation of a spectral sensor for nitrite and nitrate,

Wat. Sci. Tech. 57(10), 1563–1569

 

Rosen, C., Rieger, L., Jeppsson, U. and Vanrolleghem, P.A. (2008)

Adding realism to simulated sensors and actuators,

Wat. Sci. Tech. 57(3), 337–344

 

Sabirova, J.S., Cloetens, L.F.F., Vanhaecke, L., Forrez, I., Verstraete, W. and Boon, N. (2008)

Manganese-oxidizing bacteria mediate the degradation of 17α-ethinylestradiol,

Microbial Biotechnology 1(6), 507-512

 

Schulz M., Loeffler D., Wagner M., Ternes T. (2008)

Transformation of the  X-ray contrast  medium iopromide in soil  and  biological wastewater  treatment,

Environ. Sci. Technol., 42, 7207-7217

 

Tomei M.C., Braguglia C.M., Mininni G. (2008)

Anaerobic degradation kinetics of particulate organic matter in untreated and sonicated sewage sludge: Role of the inoculum,

Bioresource Technology, 99 (14), 6119-6126

 

Year 2007

Schwätter F., Hannich C. B., Noethe C. B., Oehlmann J., Fahlenkamp H. (2007)

Risk assessment for organic trace compounds in wastewater: Comparison of conventional and advanced treatment,

Wat. Sci. and Tech., 56, 9-13

 

Presentations

Year 2010

Boyer-Souchet F., Larsen H.F. (2010)

Environmental sustainability of wastewater sludge treatments

Poster presentation at the 20th annual meeting of SETAC-Europe, 23 May – 27 May 2010 in Seville, Spain. Abstract No.: 225

 

Larsen H.F. (2010)

Putting micropollutants, energy, nutrients and GHG emissions on an equal basis: An LCA approach

Platform presentation at the WWTmod2010 Workshop, 28 March 2010, Quebec, Canada

 

Larsen H.F., Hansen P.A. (2010)

Environmental sustainability of waste water ozonation

Poster presentation at the 20th annual meeting of SETAC-Europe, 23 May – 27 May 2010 in Seville, Spain. Abstract No.: 192

 

Mininni G., Braguglia, Gianico A. & Gallipoli A. (2010)

Energy balance in a novel approach to sludge processing

Residuals and Biosolids 2010, Water Environment Federation, Savannah International Trade and Convention Center Savannah, Georgia, 23-26 May, 2010, 17 p.

 

Moldovan Z., Marincas O. ,  Avram V., Petrov P., Giurgiu M., Ternes T. (2010)

Determination of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates in WWTP using GC/MS system

"Innovative and sustainable technologies for urban and industrial wastewater treatment", Neptune and Innovatech End User Conference,  27 of January, Genth

 

Year 2009

Corominas Ll. , Villez K. , Aguado D. , Rieger L. , Rosén C. , Vanrolleghem P.A. (2009)

Evaluation of fault-detection strategies performance in wastewater treatment processes

Proceedings at the Conference Instrumentation, Control and Automation, June, Cairns, Australia.

 

Lagacé E., Corominas Ll., Vanrolleghem P.A. , Rieger L. (2009)

Improving design of measuring and control systems by introducing sensor models into dynamic WWTP simulation

Americana conference, Montreal, 17-19 March

 

Larsen H.F., Hansen P.A. (2009)

Environmental sustainability of ozonating municipal waste water.

Poster presented at the 19th annual meeting of SETAC-Europe, 31 May – 4 June 2009 in Göteborg, Sweden. Abstract No.: WE 370.

 

Mininni G., Braguglia, C.M. Mascolo G. & Gianico A. (2009)

Sustainable sewage sludge management based on separated processing of primary and secondary sludge

Proceedings of the  14th European Biosolids and Organic Resources Conference and Exhibition, Leeds (UK) 9-11 November 2009,1-14

 

Moldovan Z., Avram V., Marincas O. Giurgiu M. (2009)

Characterization of water contaminants molecular distribution downstream of WWTP by GC/MS ion chromatograms

Workshop "Water Framework Directive and Emerging Pollutants. Measures to minimize river contamination by WWTP discharges", 21– 22 April, Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) Koblenz, Germany

 

Morgan-Sagastume F. Karlsson A., Bengtsson S., Werker A., Pratt S., Lant P., Magnusson P., Johansson P. (2009)

Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate bioplastics as by-products of waste treatment,

Proceedings of 17^th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany, June 29-July 2009.

 

Oehlmann J. (2009)
Effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in the environment in the environment.
Invited presentation at Colloquium of the faculty of Biology, University Giessen, Germany.

 

Oehlmann J., Galluba S., Magdeburg A., Stalter D., Oetken M., Schulte-Oehlmann U. (2009)
Tests mit Mollusken zum Nachweis hormonaktiver Sunstanzen

Invited presentation at the workshop "Biologische Nachweisverfahren hormonaktiver Substanzen in aquatischen Systemen: Basis fer die Regulatorik". Eawag, Ecotox Centre, Duebendorf, Switzerland, 11^th-12^th June

 

Oehlmann J.,  Magdeburg A., Stalter D., Weil M., Knacker T. (2009)

Ecotoxicological impact assessment of upgrading technologies.

Invited presentation at the workshop "Water framework directive and emerging pollutants - Measures to minimise river contamination by WWTP discharges". Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz, Germany, 21^st-22^nd April

 

Stalter D., Magdeburg A., Weil M., Knacker T., Oehlmann J. (2009)

Vergleichende oekotoxikologische Untersuchung von erweiterten Abwasseraufbereitungsmethoden,

Platform presentation at the 4^th Dresdner Symposium "Endokrin aktive Stoffe in Abwasser, Klaerschlamm und Abfaellen, Dresden, Germany, 25^th March.

 

Stalter D., Magdeburg A., Weil M., Knacker T., Oehlmann J. (2009)

Ozon oder Aktivkohle? Eine oekotoxikologische Vergleichsstudie zur erweiterten Abwassserreinigung,

Platform presentation at the 4^th annual meeting of SETC-GLB, Freising, Germany, 5th-7th October

 

Stalter D., Magdeburg A., Weil M., Knacker T., Oehlmann J. (2009)

Toxicity assessment of micropollutant removal strategies via upgrading wastewater treatment technologies: Ozonation vs. activated carbon treatment,
Platform presentation at the SETAC Europe 19^th annual meeting, Goetteborg, Sweden, 31^st May-4^th June

 

Thomas T., Wick A., Schulz M., Kormos J., Fink G.,  Schlusener M., Marincas O., Moldovan Z., Joss ., Siegrist A. (2009)

Occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in the aqueous environment

Workshop "Water Framework Directive and Emerging Pollutants. Measures to minimize river contamination by WWTP discharges", 21– 22 April, Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) Koblenz, Germany

 

Wick, A., Schulz, M., Fink, G., Wagner, M., Joss, A., Siegrist, H., Ternes, T.A. (2009)

Fate of psycho-active drugs in biological wastewater treatment: Examining removal processes and formation of transformation products
Micropol and Ecohazard Conference, 8-10 Jun 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA.

 

Zimmermann S., Wittenwiler M., Koepke S., Krauss M., Salhi E., Traber J.,  Hammes F., Gansner E., Koch M., Ort C., Hollender J., Siegrist H., von Gunten U. (2009)

Assessment and modeling of a full-scale ozonation step of municipal secondary wastewater effluent

Micropol and Ecohazard Conference, 8-10 Jun , San Francisco, CA, USA

 

Zimmermann S., Wittenwiler M., Koepke S., Krauss M., Salhi E., Traber J.,  Hammes F., Gansner E., Koch M., Ort C., Hollender J., Siegrist H., von Gunten U. (2009)

Spurenstoffoxidation und Desinfektion in einer Ozonungsstufe zur Behandlung kommunalen
Abwassers: Messungen und Modellierung GdCh Tagung, Fachgruppe Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie, 23-25 Sep, Trier, Germany.

 

Year 2008

Batstone, DJ, Keller, J., and Darvodelsky, P.S. (2008)

Trends in Biosolids Handling Technologies: Economics and Environmental Factors

AWA Biosolids Conference June 7-10, Adelaide

 

Forrez I., Pauwels B., Vanhaecke L., Carballa M., Sabirova J., Boon N. And Verstraete W. (2008)

Process technical oriented aspects of biological removal of 17alfa-ethinylestradiol in an aerated fixed bed reactor,

Poster and short presentation at IWA World Water Congress 2008, Vienna, September 9

Poster presented at the technical visit of the water reclamation and treatment facility of “La Transhennuyère” organized by the Belgian committee of the International Water Association (B-IWA), Doornik, Belgium, October 20, 2008.

 

Hansen P. A., Larsen H. F.  (2008)

Sustainable treatment of municipal waste water,

Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of SETAC-Europe,  in Warsaw, Poland, 25. - 29. May  2008 (Abstract No.: MO 191)

 

Larsen H., F., Hauschild M.  (2008)

Review of existing LCA studies on waste water treatment technologies,

Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of SETAC-Europe,  in Warsaw, Poland, 25. - 29. May  2008  (Abstract No.: TUPC4-3)

 

Magdeburg A., Stalter D., Weil M., Knacker T., Oehlmann J. (2008)

Vergleichende oekotoxikologische Untersuchung von ozoniertem und konventionell behandeltem Abwasser,

Platform presentation at the 3^rd joined annual meeting of SETC-GLB and GDCh, Frankfurt, Germany, 23^rd-26^th October

 

Magdeburg A., Stalter D., Weil M., Knacker T., Oehlmann J. (2008)

Comparative in vivo toxicity assessment of ozonation as advanced wastewater treatment method,
Platform presentation at the 1^st Young environmental scientists meeting, Landau, Germany, 16^th-18^th March

 

Moldovan Z., Marincas O., Ternes T. (2008)

Fragmentation of some Linear Alkylbenzenesulfonates Compounds under Electron Impact

The 18^th International Mass Spectrometry Conference, 30.09-04.09., Bremen, Germany

 

Morgan-Sagastume F., Karlsson A., Bengtsson S., Werker A. (2008)

Biopolymer production from a high-strength waste stream: waste sludge treated with high-pressure thermal hydrolysis,

4th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1. - 4. June 2008

 

Oehlmann J., Magdeburg A., Stalter D. (2008)

Ecotoxicology of emerging contaminants in the aquatic environment,

Invited presentation at the LET conference on water and wastewater treatment technologies, Zurich, Switzerland, 1^st-4^th June

 

Oehlmann J., Magdeburg A., Stalter D., Oetken M., Schulte Oehlmann U. (2008)

Effects of sewage born emerging contaminants in aquatic ecosystems,
Invited presentation at the Colloquium of the institute for  hydrobiology, Technical university Dresden, Germany, 17th June

 

Vanrolleghem, P.A., Beaupré, M., Boudreault, M.-C. and Rieger, L. (2008)

Comparing on-line sensors: Application and critical review of ISO standard 15839,

Presentation at 2008 National Water Quality Monitoring Conference, May 18-22, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

 

Zimmermann S., Lee Y., Trung Kieu A.,  von Gunten U. (2008)

Oxidation of micropollutants and removal of phosphate during treatment of municipal wastewaters by ferrate (Fe(VI)): Comparison with ozonation

IWA, 5th Leading Edge Technology Conference, 1-4  Jun, Zürich, Switzerland

 

Zimmermann S., Salhi E., Koepke S., Hollender J., Hammes F., Gansner E., Koch M., Traber J., Ort C., Siegrist H., von Gunten U. (2008)

Assessment of a full scale ozonation to reduce micropollutant concentrations in municipal wastewater

IWA, 5th Leading Edge Technology Conference, 1-4  Jun, Zürich, Switzerland

 

Year 2007

Forrez I., Pauwels, B., Carballa, M., Sabirova J., Boon, N. and Verstraete, W. (2007)

Process technical approach of EE2 removal in WWTP effluent: direct biodegradation respectively indirect by mineral or biogenic manganese oxides,

Presentation at Aquabase workshop “Mitigation Technologies” November 28

 

Joss, A., Siegrist, H., Ternes, T. A. (2007)

Are we about to upgrade wastewater treatment for removing organic micropollutants?,

Micropol & Ecohazard Conference, 17 - 20 June 2007 Frankfurt, Germany

 

Kaelin D., Siegrist H., Rieger L., J. Eugster J., K. Rottermann K., C. Bänninger C. (2007)

Real time aeration control in wastewater treatment plants using in-situ sensors with ion-selective electrodes,

3rd International IWA Conference on Automation in Water Quality Monitoring - AutMoNet2007, Gent - Belgium, September 5-7, 2007

 

Larsen H. F., Wenzel H.,  Hauschild M. (2007)

New methodology in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) of waste water treatment,

Poster presented at 17th annual meeting of SETAC-Europe, 20-24 May 2007 in Porto, Portugal. Abstract No.: MO 463

Poster presented at the Micropol&Ecohazard Conference, 17-20 Jun 2007, Frankfurt, Germany. Poster E4

 

Moldovan Z., Marincaso. (2007)

Development of method for determination of polar herbicide residues in water samples using GC/IT-MS system after SPE pre-concentration,

EUROANALYSIS XIV, Antwerp, Belgium, 9-14, September 2007

 

Moldovan Z., Marincaso., Avram V. (2007)

Mass spectrometric methods for determination of synthetic antioxidants

Fifth Conference on Isotopic and Molecular Proceses, 20-22 September, Cluj-Napoca,  p 194

 

Moldovan Z., Marincaso. (2007)

Determination of pesticide residues like triazine herbicides in waters samples using GC/MS system after SPE pre-concentration

Fifth Conference on Isotopic and Molecular Proceses, 20-22 September, Cluj-Napoca, p 195

 

Siegrist, H., Joss, A., Ternes, T. A. (2007)

Fate of Micropollutants in Drinking and Wastewater Treatment and Consequences for Process Design,

Leading Edge Technology Conference, 4 - 7  June 2007 Singapore

 

Siegrist H., Salzgeber D., Eugster J. and Joss A. (2007)

Anammox brings WWTP closer to energy autarky due to increased biogas production and reduced aeration energy for N-removal,

Proceedings of 11th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD11) in Brisbane Australia, 23-27 September 2007

 

Ternes, T. A., Joss, A., Siegrist, H. (2007)

Contaminants of emerging concern a challenge for urban water management,

WEF Symposium "Compounds of emerging concern", USA, 29. - 30. July 2007

 

Wenzel H., Larsen H. F., Clausson-Kaas J., Hoibye L. (2007)

Weighing environmental advantages and disadvantages of advanced wastewater treatment of micro-pollutants using environmental life cycle assessment,

Micropol&Ecohazard Conference, 17-20 Jun 2007, Frankfurt, Germany

 

Werker A. (2007)

The next generation of wastewater and sludge treatment: biorefineries producing bioplolymer,

Water 21, Magazine of the International Water Association, December 2007

 

Zimmermann, S, Lee, Y, von Gunten, U. (2007)

Oxidation of Pharmaceuticals and Removal of Phosphate during Treatment of Municipal Wastewaters by Ferrate (Fe(VI)

Aquabase workshop “Mitigation Technologies” 27-28 Nov, Aachen, Germany