Efficient technologies for carwash wastewater treatment: a systematic review

Carwash wastewater (CWW) is considered as an important source of either water pollution or water consumption. Therefore, its treatment is critical not only from the prevention of environmental contamination but also from the recycling of such high-volume water source. Unfortunately, the effective tr...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2020-10, Vol.27 (28), p.34823-34839
Main Authors: Sarmadi, Mohammad, Foroughi, Maryam, Najafi Saleh, Hossein, Sanaei, Daryoush, Zarei, Amin Allah, Ghahrchi, Mina, Bazrafshan, Edris
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Language:English
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Summary:Carwash wastewater (CWW) is considered as an important source of either water pollution or water consumption. Therefore, its treatment is critical not only from the prevention of environmental contamination but also from the recycling of such high-volume water source. Unfortunately, the effective treatment of CWW is almost unknown, complex, and expensive. To overcome the former challenge, this study aimed to systematically review different technologies for CWW treatment. For this, a comprehensive literature survey was conducted and 48 research articles were found suitable to be included in the investigation. The included studies were of coagulation and adsorption ( n = 5), membrane-based technologies ( n = 15), and electrochemical ( n = 11) and combined ( n = 17) systems. This comprehensive review showed that the treatment methods of advanced filtration membrane techniques, electrical and chemical coagulation, and advanced oxidation processes can be effective in the removal of pollutants from carwash wastewater (CWW). The mining of different studies, however, showed that the combined methods are the most promising option in the remediation of such wastewater.
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-020-09741-w