@article{10902/23681,
year = {2022},
month = {3},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/23681},
abstract = {Clean water and sanitation for the world population is one of the most important challenges established by the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations since worldwide, one in three people do not have access to safe drinking water. Groundwater, one of the main sources of fresh water, has been considerably damaged by human activities. Nevertheless, while numerous plants are globally aimed at removing pollutants from surface waters, a much scarcer number of facilities have focused on groundwater remediation. Nowadays, there is increasing concern about the presence of nitrates (NO3-) in groundwaters as a consequence of the intensive use of fertilizers and other anthropogenic sources, such as sewage or industrial wastewater discharge. In this context, the selection and development of highly effective and low-cost solutions for the sustainable management of groundwater resources need to be addressed. Thus, this work collects data from the literature regarding the presence of nitrates in groundwater, and, simultaneously, it reviews the main alternatives available to remove NO3- from groundwater sources. A total of 292 sites have been analyzed categorized by continents, carefully discussing the possible origins of nitrate pollution. In addition, a discussion is carried out of the different technologies currently employed to treat groundwater, highlighting the progress made and the main challenges to be overcome. Finally, the review gathers the data available in the literature for nitrate treatment plants at full-scale.},
organization = {This work has been conducted with financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (project RTI2018-093310-B100). This research is also being supported by the Project “HYLANTIC”-EAPA_204/2016, which is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund in the framework of the Interreg Atlantic program. E. Abascal is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through the grant PEJ2018-003323-A.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
publisher = {Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 810, 152233},
title = {Global diagnosis of nitrate pollution in groundwater and review of removal technologies},
author = {Abascal Carral, Estela and Gómez Coma, Lucía and Ortiz Uribe, Inmaculada and Ortiz Sainz de Aja, Alfredo},
}