Estimating the Feasibility of Discharging Sediment Microbial Fuel Cell–Treated Nanoparticle Wastewater in a Stream Using a Human Health Risk Assessment Approach

Abstract

AbstractHandling of effluent generated posttreatment by microbial fuel cells (MFC) has been seldom investigated, which is crucial for evaluating the utility of any treatment technology. Nanoparticles (NPs), with size <100 nm can render adverse health ...Practical ApplicationsThis study considers the effluent generated after treatment of wastewater containing nanoparticles using sediment microbial fuel cells. For these experimental conditions, the effluent was found fit for discharge as per the local ...The treated effluent from a sediment MFC containing a mixture of ZnO and CuO nanoparticles may be discharged into a water body that may contain background Zn and Cu ions. Weight-of-evidence approach for risk assessment was applied and HI was calculated to ...