Pesticides in Drinking Water—A Review

Muhammad Syafrudin, Risky Ayu Kristanti, Adhi Yuniarto, Tony Hadibarata, Jongtae Rhee, Wedad A. Al-onazi, Tahani Saad Algarni, Abdulhadi H. Almarri and Amal M. Al-Mohaimeed
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Muhammad Syafrudin: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea
Risky Ayu Kristanti: Faculty of Military Engineering, Universitas Pertahanan, Bogor 16810, Indonesia
Adhi Yuniarto: Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil, Planning and Geo-Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya 60111, Indonesia
Tony Hadibarata: Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia, CDT 250, Miri 98009, Malaysia
Jongtae Rhee: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea
Wedad A. Al-onazi: Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Tahani Saad Algarni: Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Abdulhadi H. Almarri: Department of Chemistry, College of Alwajh, Tabuk University, Tabuk 1144, Saudi Arabia
Amal M. Al-Mohaimeed: Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 2, 1-15

Abstract: The ubiquitous problem of pesticide in aquatic environment are receiving worldwide concern as pesticide tends to accumulate in the body of the aquatic organism and sediment soil, posing health risks to the human. Many pesticide formulations had introduced due to the rapid growth in the global pesticide market result from the wide use of pesticides in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. The occurrence of pesticides in the water body is derived by the runoff from the agricultural field and industrial wastewater. Soluble pesticides were carried away by water molecules especially during the precipitation event by percolating downward into the soil layers and eventually reach surface waters and groundwater. Consequently, it degrades water quality and reduces the supply of clean water for potable water. Long-time exposure to the low concentration of pesticides had resulted in non-carcinogenic health risks. The conventional method of pesticide treatment processes encompasses coagulation-flocculation, adsorption, filtration and sedimentation, which rely on the phase transfer of pollutants. Those methods are often incurred with a relatively high operational cost and may cause secondary pollution such as sludge formation. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are recognized as clean technologies for the treatment of water containing recalcitrant and bio-refractory pollutants such as pesticides. It has been adopted as recent water purification technology because of the thermodynamic viability and broad spectrum of applicability. This work provides a comprehensive review for occurrence of pesticide in the drinking water and its possible treatment.

Keywords: pesticides; water; fate; occurrence; advanced oxidation processes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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