Giovanni Berardi

TL;DR: In this paper, a full-scale tertiary treatment based on membrane ultrafiltration and UV disinfection was tested at an agro-industrial site in Apulia (Italy), and the results showed that the adopted technologies effectively removed suspended solids and the faecal indicator Escherichia coli below the local standards for reuse in irrigation.

TL;DR: The quality of the produced effluent increased for lower mesh size and lower air scouring intensity and the self-formation of a biological filtering layer on a support of inert material effectively treated real municipal wastewater.

TL;DR: Two lab-scale Self Forming Dynamic Membrane BioReactors, equipped with 50 µm nylon meshes, performed very well, achieving excellent effluent quality under steady state conditions and showing good resilience to extreme organic loading conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, the results of treated wastewater reuse field experiments carried out in Apulia (Italy) were reported, showing that both lettuce and fennel yields were enhanced by the high content of nutrients in the effluent of one of the treatment plants, which had been operated for partial nitrogen removal.

TL;DR: Results showed that short- and medium-term effects on topsoil were strongly dependent on the concentration of E. coli in the irrigation water, and bacterial decay as the dominant mechanism affecting the underground indicator's concentration followed a log-linear model.