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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2021

Transformation and fate of urea in pit-toilet blackwater after discharge to environment.

Sudhakar Madhav Rao, Nitish Venkateswarlu Mogili

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 55% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Technologies for pollutant removal and resource recovery from blackwater: a review.Frontiers of environmental science & engineering · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sudhakar Madhav RaoDepartment of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, 560012, Bengaluru, India. msrao@iisc.ac.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4112-888X
Nitish Venkateswarlu MogiliDepartment of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, 534101, Tadepalligudem, India.
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore · INNational Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies on urea transformation reactions in blackwater are limited as urea rapidly hydrolyses under anaerobic condition. Since ammonium content of blackwater mainly originates from urine-urea, studying urea hydrolysis reactions is important to predict potential nitrate loads in aquifers from on-site sanitation facilities. In this study, urea spiked blackwater samples from pour flush pit toilet are used to examine the urea-ammonium pathways at varying initial urea concentrations and temperature. Based on laboratory results, the annual nitrate load imposed by the urea constituent of blackwater in a hard rock aquifer is predicted. Laboratory results illustrated that experimental temperature of 37 °C and pH range of 6.7 to 8.1 facilitated optimum urease enzyme activity at the initial substrate concentration of 500 mg/L. The Q

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Bathroom EquipmentGroundwaterNitratesSanitationUreaNitratesUreaBlackwaterGroundwaterNitratePit toiletPollutionUrea

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PMID33409999
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