Remoção de agrotóxicos em uma instalação piloto de tratamento de águas de abastecimento do tipo convencional, associado à pré-oxidação e adsorção em carvão ativado granular

• Ano de defesa: 2012
• Autor(a) principal: Gorza, Nadja Lima
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BR; Mestrado em Engenharia Ambiental; Centro Tecnológico; UFES; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Ambiental
• Palavras-chave em Português: Pesticides; Water treatment; Oxidation; Granular activated carbon; Agrotóxicos; Tratamento de água; Carvão ativado granular; Produtos químicos agrícolas; Água - Estações de tratamento; Oxidação; Carbono ativado; Engenharia Sanitária; 628
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/6127

Contamination of surface water and groundwater with pesticides has been recognized as a major problem because of its persistence in the aquatic environment and potential adverse health effects. Among the options for water treatment process more effective for the removal of pesticides is the adsorption on activated carbon, except for the polar substances. However, the adsorption capacity of activated carbon is affected by the nature and concentration of contaminants in raw water. This study aims at evaluating the removal / transformation of the pesticide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), chlorpyrifos, glyphosate and its main metabolites in pilot plant for water treatment in complete cycle (coagulation with sulfate aluminum, sedimentation and filtration) with pre-oxidation with chlorine dioxide and chlorine adsorption on activated carbon granular bituminous. The results showed that the oxidant promoted partial oxidation of organic matter present in raw water, an effect observed through the decay of the UV absorbance (λ = 254nm) treatment combined with complete cycle of oxidation with chlorine dioxide and adsorption on granular activated carbon proved to be suitable for the removal of contaminants 2,4-D, chlorpyrifos and its transformation products, 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) and chlorpyrifos-oxon. However, oxidation with chlorine associated with the treatment in full cycle, proved to be more efficient in the removal of glyphosate and its metabolite, AMPA. Studies on the adsorption capacity and the saturation time of the AGC were also performed showing that the bituminous AGC can be effective in the removal of chlorpyrifos and 2,4-D. Given the difficulty to qualify and quantify all the products formed in the process of treating water contaminated with pesticides, mutagenicity assays (Ames) were performed in treated water. It was also investigated the formation of byproducts such as trihalomethanes disinfection total haloacetic acids total chlorite and chlorate