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Emerging organic contaminants in surface water and groundwater: A first overview of the situation in Italy by Meffe, Raffaella, de Bustamante, Irene

“…This paper provides the first review of the occurrence of 161 emerging organic compounds (EOCs) in Italian surface water and groundwater. The reported EOCs…”
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Sorption/desorption of non-hydrophobic and ionisable pharmaceutical and personal care products from reclaimed water onto/from a natural sediment by Martínez-Hernández, Virtudes, Meffe, Raffaella, Herrera, Sonia, Arranz, Elena, de Bustamante, Irene

“…In the present work, the sorption of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) (acetaminophen, atenolol, carbamazepine, caffeine, naproxen and…”
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Pharmaceutical and transformation products during unplanned water reuse: Insights into natural attenuation, plant uptake and human health impact under field conditions by Meffe, Raffaella, de Santiago-Martín, Ana, Teijón, Gloria, Martínez Hernández, Virtudes, López-Heras, Isabel, Nozal, Leonor, de Bustamante, Irene

“…[Display omitted] •The impact of unplanned water reuse in agriculture on human health is addressed.•Natural attenuation processes in the soil are effective for…”
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Amended Vegetation Filters as Nature-Based Solutions for the Treatment of Pharmaceuticals: Infiltration Experiments Coupled to Reactive Transport Modelling by Salvi-Taga, Raisa Gabriela, Meffe, Raffaella, Martínez-Hernández, Virtudes, De Miguel Garcia, Angel, De Bustamante, Irene

“…In small populations and scattered communities, wastewater treatment through vegetation filters (VFs), a nature-based solution, has proved to be feasible,…”
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Pharmaceutical and Trace Metal Interaction within the Water-Soil-Plant Continuum: Implications for Human and Soil Health by Ayala Cabana, Lesly, de Santiago-Martín, Ana, Meffe, Raffaella, López-Heras, Isabel, de Bustamante, Irene

“…Unplanned water reuse for crop irrigation may pose a global health risk due to the entry of contaminants into the food chain, undesirable effects on crop…”
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Effect of particle size on the transport of polystyrene micro- and nanoplastic particles through quartz sand under unsaturated conditions by Rieckhof, Cynthia, Martínez-Hernández, Virtudes, Holzbecher, Ekkehard, Meffe, Raffaella

“…Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are contaminants of emerging concern recently found in soil ecosystems. Their presence in terrestrial environments and their…”
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The role of sorption and biodegradation in the removal of acetaminophen, carbamazepine, caffeine, naproxen and sulfamethoxazole during soil contact: A kinetics study by Martínez-Hernández, Virtudes, Meffe, Raffaella, Herrera López, Sonia, de Bustamante, Irene

“…In countries like Spain, where water is a limited resource, reusing effluents from wastewater treatment plants may imply the introduction of incompletely…”
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Pharmaceuticals and trace metals in the surface water used for crop irrigation: Risk to health or natural attenuation? by de Santiago-Martín, Ana, Meffe, Raffaella, Teijón, Gloria, Martínez Hernández, Virtudes, López-Heras, Isabel, Alonso Alonso, Covadonga, Arenas Romasanta, Marta, de Bustamante, Irene

“…The use of surface water impacted by wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents for crop irrigation is a form of unplanned water reuse. Natural attenuation…”
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Soil amendments and water management to improve attenuation and recovery of wastewater originated nutrients through a vegetation filter by Barbero, Lucía, Martínez-Hernández, Virtudes, Huidobro-López, Blanca, Meffe, Raffaella, de Bustamante, Irene

“…Vegetation filters (VFs) are on-site wastewater (WW) treatments that can be considered as a nature-based solution (NbS). They are green infrastructures that…”
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Evaluation of contaminants of emerging concern attenuation through a vegetation filter managed using different operating conditions by Huidobro-López, Blanca, Martínez-Hernández, Virtudes, Barbero, Lucía, Meffe, Raffaella, Nozal, Leonor, de Bustamante, Irene

“…In wastewater treatment using Vegetation Filters (VFs), natural processes reduce contaminants present in water although some of them can reach the environment…”
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Clinoptilolite and palygorskite as sorbents of neutral emerging organic contaminants in treated wastewater: Sorption-desorption studies by Leal, María, Martínez-Hernández, Virtudes, Meffe, Raffaella, Lillo, Javier, de Bustamante, Irene

“…Water reuse for aquifer recharge could be an important route for the introduction of emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) into the environment. The…”
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Sustainable soil amendments to improve nature-based solutions for wastewater treatment and resource recovery by Martínez-Hernández, Virtudes, Meffe, Raffaella, Hernández-Martín, Jorge, Alonso González, Adriana, de Santiago-Martín, Ana, de Bustamante, Irene

“…Vegetation Filters (VFs) can be a sustainable solution to treat wastewater and to recover resources such as nutrients, water and biomass from small…”
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Investigating natural attenuation of pharmaceuticals through unsaturated column tests by Martínez-Hernández, Virtudes, Meffe, Raffaella, Kohfahl, Claus, de Bustamante, Irene

“…The growing consumption of pharmaceuticals together with their incomplete removal in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) implies the occurrence of these…”
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Fate of para-toluenesulfonamide (p-TSA) in groundwater under anoxic conditions: modelling results from a field site in Berlin (Germany) by Meffe, Raffaella, Kohfahl, Claus, Hamann, Enrico, Greskowiak, Janek, Massmann, Gudrun, Dünnbier, Uwe, Pekdeger, Asaf

“…This article reports on a field modelling study to investigate the processes controlling the plume evolution of para-toluenesulfonamide (p-TSA) in anoxic…”
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Soil amendment using poplar woodchips to enhance the treatment of wastewater-originated nutrients by Meffe, Raffaella, de Miguel, Ángel, Martínez Hernández, Virtudes, Lillo, Javier, de Bustamante, Irene

“…Vegetation filters, a nature based wastewater regeneration technology, have been reported as a feasible solution for small municipalities and scattered…”
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Corrigendum to “Sorption/desorption of non-hydrophobic and ionisable pharmaceutical and personal care products from reclaimed water onto/from a natural sediment” Sci Total Environ 472 (2014) 273–281 by Martínez-Hernández, Virtudes, Meffe, Raffaella, Herrera, Sonia, Arranz, Elena, de Bustamante, Irene

“…In the present work, the sorption of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) (acetaminophen, atenolol, carbamazepine, caffeine, naproxen and…”
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Treating municipal wastewater through a vegetation filter with a short-rotation poplar species by Miguel, Angel de, Meffe, Raffaella, Leal, María, González-Naranjo, Víctor, Martínez-Hernández, Virtudes, Lillo, Javier, Martín, Isabel, Salas, Juan J., Bustamante, Irene de

“…•We evaluated the performance of a VF to remove wastewater originated contaminants.•DOC, COD and PT removal reached values of about 85%.•According to…”
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Geochemical, geological and hydrological influence on ostracod assemblages distribution in the hyporheic zone of two Mediterranean rivers in central Spain by Iepure, Sanda, Meffe, Raffaella, Carreño, Francisco, Rasines, Ruben L., de Bustamante, Irene

“…On the catchment spatial scale, rivers can be considered a patchy discontinuity from headwaters to mouth with significant implications on the structure and…”
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Long-term transport behavior of psychoactive compounds in sewage-affected groundwater by Nham, Hang Thuy Thi, Greskowiak, Janek, Hamann, Enrico, Meffe, Raffaella, Hass, Ulrike, Massmann, Gudrun

“…The present study provides a model-based characterization of the long-term transport behavior of five psychoactive compounds (meprobamate, pyrithyldione,…”
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Modelling the removal of p-TSA (para-toluenesulfonamide) during rapid sand filtration used for drinking water treatment by Meffe, Raffaella, Kohfahl, Claus, Holzbecher, Ekkehard, Massmann, Gudrun, Richter, Doreen, Dünnbier, Uwe, Pekdeger, Asaf

“…A finite element model was set-up to determine degradation rate constants for p-TSA during rapid sand filtration (RSF). Data used for the model originated from…”
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